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Finding a needle in a haystack: Osceola family looks for precious memory in tornado wreckage
OSCEOLA, Iowa — Joe and JoAnn Franksain have 75 years worth of family photos, keepsakes and priceless mementos. It's now all scattered across their yard after a tornado ripped through their Osceola home. "You just want to pick stuff up and put it where it goes … but there's...
Creston & Afton communities cleaning up after tornado hits
UNION COUNTY, IA — Tornado victims spent much of the day salvaging what they could in Creston and Afton. The National Weather Service says the EF-2 tornadoes hit Union County from just before 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Friday night. Several homes along Highway 34 outside Creston were lost. One resident saw the tornadoes coming […]
Updated: Flood Watch
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service issued a Flood Watch through Sunday afternoon for the following counties. Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby, Cass, Adams, Union, Clarke, Lucas, Monroe, Wapello, Taylor, Ringgold, Decatur, Wayne, Appanoose, and Davis. Excessive runoff may flood rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations....
Osceola, Iowa’s Housing Boom: Working to Meet All Levels of Housing Needs
OSCEOLA, Iowa, April 24, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — At the beginning of the year, another call into the Clarke County Development Corporation’s (CCDC) offices rang, telling Executive Director, Bill Trickey, the Osceola Building Incentive Program is still connecting with home builders and developers. Since its inception in early 2019, the lot program, originally referred to as the “Free Land Program,” has resulted in more than a half dozen lots exchanged with developers and home builders in lieu of standard homeowner tax abatements.
Ex-Simpson professor Gowun Park gets 10 years in husband's bizarre strangulation death
A former Simpson College professor will spend up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter and kidnapping in the 2020 death of her husband, who police say was strangled while gagged and tied to a chair. Gowun Park appeared before Judge Brad McCall on Thursday to enter her plea, the...
Decatur County suspect nabbed in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) -- A Decatur City man is in custody in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office says 48-year-old Timothy Lee Hutchison was arrested early Tuesday evening on an active Decatur County warrant for for probation violation. The arrest took place in the 1700 block of Highway 34 shortly before 7:30 p.m.
Newton girls tennis falls to conference rivals Pella, Indianola
INDIANOLA — Lauryn Garrett scored the team’s lone win, but the Newton girls tennis team was 0-3 in three-set tiebreaks during a 10-1 loss to Indianola on Monday in Little Hawkeye Conference action. Garrett won her match at No. 1 singles 6-1, 6-3. Lex Dirksen and Olivia Hotchkin...
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