Police trying to determine how Kimballton man died

It’s still a mystery what killed an elderly western Iowa man who’d been missing several days.The body of a Kimballton man was found late Thursday afternoon inside his pickup truck which was in a ditch midway into a field near Elkhorn. 70-year-old Donald...

Man charged with smuggeling drugs into jail

A small amount of methamphetamine was found -inside- the Mahaska County jail this week, leading to an up-close search of an inmate.A body cavity search was done on 31-year-old inmate Jesse Jones, of Ottumwa, who was in jail on drug charges. Authorities say more meth...

Springing ahead could throw off your internal clock

Iowans will again be forced to “spring ahead” this weekend by setting our clocks ahead one-hour Saturday night. One sleep expert says it won’t have a serious effect on most of us. Dr. Eric Dyken is director of the University of Iowa Sleep Disorder...