The U.S. Forest Service said it has incurred over $2 million worth of expenses related to the suppression of the Slate Fire.

(Mahaska Co.) Two people were killed and two others were injured in an accident in Mahaska County Friday evening.

A man is facing charges after he turned himself in on Friday in connection to the Slate Fire that burned more than 90 acres near the Detroit Reservoir.

An investigation revealed that a man had started multiple fires to signal for help, but lost control of the fires, setting the surrounding forest ablaze.