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

You're Getting More Ads, and You're Gonna Like It

Why is Steve Jobs trying to convince us that iPhone ads are a good thing?

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Windfall from casinos in doubt

An expansion of Iowa's billion-dollar casino industry might not provide the state's economy with the extraordinary windfall envisioned by gambling supporters, say two prominent economists who have studied the industry.

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Re-enactment to have panel of noted historians

Time travel to the Civil War era will be possible April 23-25 in Keokuk. The 23rd annual Civil War Re-enactment at Rand Park will include military encampments of both the Union and Confederacy armies and more than 600 re-enactors portraying Civil War era individuals from civilians to artillerymen.

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Students protest teacher firings

About 30 Washington High School students sat down in front of the main office Friday morning to protest the news that nine teachers were being given notices they wouldn’t return in the fall.

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Macon County swears in new board members

The Macon County school district broke a tie Thursday night, to determine its last school board member. Tyler Souther will join the board, after winning a coin toss.

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Quincy house fire 

QUINCY, ILL. -- A Quincy man is staying with a neighbor after a fire left him without a home.

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Volunteers build custom home for injured vet

COLUMBIA -- The sound of home construction is a welcome one in this economy. Over the weekend 500 volunteers were busy in one Columbia neighborhood doing just that for an injured vet and his family.

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