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

Friday, April 19, 2013  Water levels are settling down in The Des Moines River.

Monday, March 25, 2013  What spring? Storm dumps foot or more of snow across several central US states, pushes east

Saturday, March 23, 2013 

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Missouri conducted the 39th annual Statewide Tornado Drill Tuesday afternoon.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Updated with video: "This will be the biggest widespread storm of the winter," National Weather Service meteorologist Amy Seeley said.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Warning about some unnecessary tests

Friday, February 22, 2013 

Thursday, January 03, 2013  With the holiday season coming to an end, medical experts predict that the number of people infected with influenza is going to jump.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012  An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation's midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South began punching its way toward the Northeast on Wednesday, slowing holiday travel.

Friday, December 21, 2012  The storm, part of a system that began in the Rockies earlier in the week, led airlines to cancel more than 1,000 flights Thursday

Friday, December 07, 2012  The 7.3 quake struck the same Japanese coast devastated by last year's massive quake and tsunami.

Monday, November 05, 2012  One siren is being paid for out of the 2012 budget, and the other is being paid for out of the 2013 budget. Both will likely be installed at the same time.

Wednesday, September 05, 2012  Powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake reported in Costa Rica

Thursday, August 23, 2012  For the second time in a week, some of Kirksville's emergency warning sirens sounded for no reason.

Friday, July 06, 2012  Midwest's hot sticky days give way to equally stifling nights, offering no relief