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

37 minutes ago  Kirksville Violin Instructor Karen Kubin will be starting "The Violin Project" at Kirksville Primary School this fall.

57 minutes ago  16-year-old Dakotta Snyder is into bone taxidermy. He is this week's Ag Kid.

1 hour, 24 minutes ago  Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

1 hour, 30 minutes ago 

Today at 4:28 PM  The powerful system that's responsible for some tornadic activity across the Central U.S. hit the Heartland hard with strong storms.

Today at 4:00 PM  Bruce Cole is under house arrest in his home state of California awaiting a Missouri trial on felony fraud and forgery charges.

Today at 3:55 PM  Cagle hit a man with her car who was running away from police.

Today at 3:34 PM  Pockets of Southeast Iowa were hit hard by Sunday night's storms.

Today at 2:19 PM  All four buildings on the property have several hundred thousand dollars worth of damage to them.

Today at 1:44 PM  Darrall Smith owns Smitty's Barber Shop in Ottumwa and has been cutting hair and shaving for 62 years

Today at 7:40 AM  Swarm of tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Oklahoma mobile home park ravaged by twister