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Treasurer Smith Announces Upgraded ISave 529 Rating from Morningstar
Iowa State Treasurer Roby Smith announced today ISave 529, Iowa’s direct-sold education savings plan, has earned a Silver Morningstar Medalist Rating. The rating recognizes...
Silos & Smokestacks Honors Those Telling America’s Agricultural Story
Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area (SSNHA) proudly announces the recipients of the 2026 Golden Silo Awards, honoring outstanding contributions to preserving and sharing...
Holiday Train Attendees Should Prepare for Parking Changes
Residents planning to attend the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) Holiday Train on Wednesday, November 25, 2026, should be aware of several parking and...
Legal fight escalates over physician’s sanctions for past drug use
The Iowa Board of Medicine is fighting to sanction an emergency room physician who allegedly “drank to excess and used cocaine, opiates, mushrooms, and...
CyRide bus system changes firearms policy for Ames riders
CyRide, the bus system in Ames, has updated its firearms policy amid a lawsuit from an Iowa State University student who alleges the bus...
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WATCH: Zach Lahn Makes Final Appeal to Ottumwa Voters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvcNxO3BUR4
With Election Day less than a week away, the Republican candidate to be Iowa’s next governor stopped in Ottumwa to make a final appeal...
WATCH: Ribbon-Cutting Celebrates Opening of New IHCC CDL Training Facility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URk_k9QtOmk
Congressman Zach Nunn and other elected officials gathered at the north campus of Indian Hills Community College to celebrate the opening of the new...
WATCH: GOPIP Ambassadors Celebrate Return of Hertz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9mBvoatGLc
The Greater Ottumwa Partners in Progress Ambassadors gathered at the Ottumwa Regional Airport to celebrate the return of Hertz to Ottumwa.
WATCH: Nunn Touts GUARD Act
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1hRBtKnKUU
Representative Zach Nunn, along with local law enforcement and elected leaders, met at a Wapello County farm on Wednesday to tout the bipartisan GUARD...
WATCH: Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce Hosts Meet the Candidates Forum
https://youtu.be/msO04N_4g0U
The Fairfield Area Chamber of Commerce held its annual Meet the Candidates Forum on Tuesday evening, October 13th, at the Fairfield Arts and Convention...
Athlete of the Week
KBIZ Athlete of the Week: Connor Garland, Davis County Cross Country
William Penn University, along with Ottumwa Radio Group, would like to congratulate Davis County Cross Country runner Connor Garland, our 1240 AM/102.7 FM KBIZ...
97.7 KOTM-FM Team of the Week: Fairfield Football
Ottumwa HyVee’s: South HyVee on Quincy Avenue and Drugstore on the corner of Pennsylvania and Jefferson, along with Ottumwa Radio Group, want to congratulate...
KRKN Athlete of the Week: Rory Phillips, Van Buren County Cross Country
State Farm Agent Shawn McCarty, serving southeast Iowa from his office at 604 W Burlington in Fairfield, along with Ottumwa Radio Group, would like...
KKSI Athlete of the Week: Gage Moss, Davis County Cross Country
Josh and the team at Meridian Credit Union in Ottumwa, along with Ottumwa Radio Group, would like to congratulate Davis County Cross Country runner...
KKSI Athlete of the Week: Piper Gevock, Ottumwa Swimming
Josh and the team at Meridian Credit Union in Ottumwa, along with Ottumwa Radio Group, would like to congratulate Ottumwa Swimmer Piper Gevock, our...
