A busy road in Des Moines was partially closed Tuesday due to a crash. Des Moines police say a crash was reported on Merle Hay Road near Douglas Avenue shortly before 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. At least one ...

Country icon Merle Haggard has been as much of an inspiration to the mainstream music world as he has been to the scrappy indie scene bubbling beneath it, and two tribute albums that came out in the ...

Merle Lee Cox, 85, of Adel, Iowa, passed away peacefully on December 7, 2025, in Des Moines. Merle was born on August 2, 1940, in Brighton, Iowa, the third son of Marvin and Myrtle Cox, who had eight ...

Loch, Merle H. was welcomed by his Lord & Savior into Heaven on November 18, 2025, at the age of 91 years old. Merle was the beloved husband of Janet Loch for over 70 years. He was also the loving ...

Before there was the outlaw country movement, there was Merle Haggard, a California transplant via Oklahoma who spent his teen years in and out of juvenile detention centers for forging checks, ...

Merle Floyd “Buck” Gardner, legendary duck caller and hunter from Memphis,TN passed away peacefully at his home on Thursday, November 7, 2025, at the age of 76, surrounded by family and friends. Born ...

Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle is a fitting farewell to the outlaw-country legend—and the bandmates Willie lost after recording it. Your opinion of Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle will depend on how ...

Merle Gene Bockting, 83, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2025 peacefully at home. He is survived by two children: Brett (Tera) Bocking of Morrison, and Heather Pendley (Gregory Voss) of Arnold; ...

Merle Watzka, age 96, of Green Bay, entered eternal life after a full and blessed journey surrounded by the love of family and faith on Saturday, September 6, 2025. Born on May 13, 1929, to Joseph and ...

Willie Nelson is releasing "Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle," his 78th solo album, as a tribute to Merle Haggard. The new album features 11 covers of Haggard's songs, including "Workin’ Man Blues" and ...

Willie Nelson will interpret the songs of Merle Haggard on the country legend’s upcoming 78th solo studio album. Workin’ Man: Willie Sings Merle, due out November 7, finds Nelson delivering 11 new ...

Hawke may not have picked the place to meet by accident, being a Telluride veteran. He first came to the festival in 2015 with his first directorial effort, “Seymour: An Introduction,” a doc about ...