The latest local news, weather and high school sports from the Heartland

Yesterday at 11:06 PM  The students learned how to take a patient's blood pressure and use a stethoscope. They even dissected the heart of a pig, which instructors say is similar to a human heart.

Monday, June 17, 2013  Branstad spokesman Tim Albrecht says Monday the governor will sign the bill Thursday in Mason City.

Friday, June 14, 2013  Friday morning Kirksville Manor Care celebrated Flag Day.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  School may be out for the summer, but the calendar of events at Indian Hills Community College is anything but empty.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  The Ottumwa Symphony Board of Directors annouces that Dr. Carey H. Bostian II has accepted the position of music director and conductor for the symphony

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  The Iowa legislature renewed funding for a program called LearningExpress Library through 2014.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  It's been almost a hundred years since the Henry B. Smith freighter sank in Lake Superior.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  Search for 1st Web page by European physicists is as elusive as mysteries of the universe

Monday, June 10, 2013  Ricardo McGlothin, 42, has been behind bars since October of 2002, when a Davis County jury convicted him of Second Degree Murder in the death of Robert Carter.

Monday, June 10, 2013  After receiving emails from several employees at Maritz in Kirksville telling us that hours were being cut, we did some checking.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Ottumwa School Distrcit will begin offering preschool child care in Augst to stduents enrolled in their four-year-old preschool program.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Weakened Tropical Storm Andrea moving briskly up East Coast, bringing rains to Georgia, Carolinas

Friday, June 07, 2013  Hartzell Hardwoods hire local businesses for their expansion

Thursday, June 06, 2013  Roy Clark was originally charged with felony counts of possession of meth and resisting arrest.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  A fight posted to YouTube leads to charges against six juveniles