Mike Peterson

1 week ago | kmaland.com | Mike Peterson

(Valley) -- Portions of KMAland are under extreme heat watches for this weekend. The National Weather Service's Valley, Nebraska office says an extreme heat watch is in effect from Friday morning through Sunday evening for portions of southwest Iowa and southeast Nebraska. In Iowa, the watch includes Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Fremont and Page counties. In Nebraska, the watch includes Douglas, Sarpy, Cass, Otoe, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee and Richardson counties.

1 week ago | kmaland.com | Mike Peterson

(Essex/Hamburg) -- Options for early childhood facilities and programs are under consideration at two KMAland school districts. Discussion regarding a possible child care center took place at Wednesday night's Essex School Board meeting. Outgoing Essex and Hamburg School Superintendent Dr. Mike Wells tells KMA News officials with the Essex Child Care Center seek district property to construct a new facility.

1 week ago | kmaland.com | Mike Peterson

(Jefferson City) -- Missouri State Senator Rusty Black is among lawmakers supporting provisions to keep professional sports teams in the state. In a special session last week, the Missouri Legislature approved bills signed by Governor Mike Kehoe updating two different tax credit programs related to amateur sports events in Missouri.

1 week ago | kmaland.com | Mike Peterson

(Kennedy Space Center) -- Axiom Space officials are now targeting a weekend launch for KMAland native Peggy Whitson's latest spaceflight. Liftoff is now set for no earlier than Sunday at 3:42 a.m. from the Kennedy Space Center for Axiom 4. Whitson and fellow astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary are set to fly aboard a SpaceX crew dragon spacecraft on a private mission to the International Space Station.

1 week ago | kmaland.com | Mike Peterson

(Des Moines) -- Gas prices are up dramatically in Iowa this week. Triple A Iowa's weekly report indicates the price of regular unleaded gasoline rose 14 cents this week, averaging $3.06 per gallon across the state. Prices are down 7 cents from a year ago. The national average on Wednesday was $3.19, up 7 cents from last week’s price. Retail diesel prices in Iowa rose 20 cents this week with a statewide average of $3.48 per gallon. One year ago, diesel prices averaged $3.50 in Iowa.