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Knoxville, Ia. - From the camper, to the cockpit, to victory lane at Knoxville Raceway.

AUTO RACING: Engines rev, the skies pop. Welcome to the Fourth of July weekend of racing in central Iowa - from today's 305 sprint car and dirt truck events at Knoxville to 'the Eve of Destruction' at Boone.

Knoxville, Ia. - Two yellows. Three reds. And that was just in the first three laps.

Shirley Bos didn't come back for the weather. The 69-year-old was inducted into the Iowa Rural Water Association Hall of Fame on June 18 during a meeting of IRWA managers at the Holiday Inn Express in Altoona.

Knoxville officials says no charges are expected to filed in a fatal police shooting there.

The Marion County Soil and Water Conservation District is holding an All-You-Can-Eat Fish Fry on Thursday evening, July 3, at the South Overlook Recreational Area which is located on the southwest edge of Lake ...

NEW JOBS Chris Bern, a veteran high school math teacher from Knoxville, has assumed the position of Iowa State Education Association president.

Steve Everly of Ardent Lighting Group of Knoxville, IA, donned his gear and climbed a utility pole west of the Gothenburg High School football field on June 11 to place a cable around it.

Waterloo, Ia. - Downtown Waterloo and residential areas of Cedar Rapids were ordered evacuated Wednesday as record-setting flood levels on the Cedar River continued to punish parts of eastern Iowa.

Water gushed through a natural opening in a levee along the Des Moines River downstream from Lake Red Rock Dam around 10:10 p.m. Marion County Emergency Management officials said the water released from the ...

Knoxville, Ia. - Donny Schatz released frustration with a confetti-spreading punch in the air.

Severe weather swept across Iowa Thursday night. This time doing damage to homes south of Des Moines.

Knoxville, Ia. - He leaps waist-high shrubbery in a single bound. He's back in the familiar yellow No.

Knoxville, Ia. - The hair is gone, but the skill remains. Randy Smith - the highest finishing Iowan in Knoxville Nationals history - added to his enviable trophy collection on Friday, after surging to his 36th ...

A second round of destructive weather in less a than week rumbled through Iowa early Friday with at least four confirmed tornadoes and heavy rain that triggered widespread flooding.

A Marion County man was trapping under his home for a short time Friday morning after powerful storms pushed through Attica.

Kelsey Hammer, of Central Lee High School, carded an opening-day 92 to tie for seventh-place in the individual medalist standings at the Class 3A state tournament at the Elmwood Country Club in Marshalltown.

“Diabetes is more prevalent now because our general population is aging and people have a very sedentary lifestyle these days”

The Diabetes Case Management program for Pella Regional Health Center now includes a dedicated diabetes dietitian, Carla McFarland, RD, to educate and support people with diabetes. via Oskaloosa Herald

The Knoxville Police Department has identified the suspect fatally wounded Thursday as Frederick Dean Wright, 51, of Des Moines. via Oskaloosa Herald

“We look forward to Valley Bank taking over the ownership and management and to a long relationship with them in the community”

The former Horizon Bank in Pleasant Hill has become Valley Bank after a late April acquisition by the 15-year-old Valley Bank conglomerate. via Des Moines Register