The summer leg spanned 22 dates, compared to the first leg’s lengthy 50-show run in 2017, which brought in $35.7 million. The trek began on May 5, 2017, the same day as the release of Stapleton’s sophomore LP, From a Room: Volume 1. He followed that album up with From a Room: Volume 2, released Dec. 1, 2017, just after the close of the tour’s first leg. The All-American Road Show Tour, supported by Brent Cobb and Marty Stuart, will play throughout the fall before the third and final leg closes Nov. 4 at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore.
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Are Expecting a Baby
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Kensington Palace says Prince Harry and his wife the Duchess of Sussex are expecting a child in the spring. The palace says the couple has “appreciated all of the support they have received from people around the world since their wedding in May and are delighted to be able to share this happy news with the public.” The announcement Monday comes as Harry and the former Meghan Markle arrived in Sydney at the start of a 16-day visit to Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand. The trip officially begins on Tuesday and will see the couple watch the Invictus Games, visit a Sydney zoo and visit the rural Flying Doctor service.
October 15: On this day
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On this day in 1960,Loretta Lynn made her first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. In a press conference she said, “I’ve played in a million places, but the Grand Ole Opry is different.” Lynn has been a member of The Grand Ole Opry for over years, since joining on September 25, 1962.
Mahaska County EMA/911 Board met last Thursday night
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The Mahaska County EMA/911 Board met for almost three hours Thursday night with much discussion and no action taken on a new radio communications system. At a special meeting earlier this week, the County Board of Supervisors invited Raycom of Marshalltown to make a bid for the system. Supervisors say they did this because they only had one bid. That led to back and forth discussion between EMA/911 board members and County Board Member Mark Groenendyk about the County Board taking the lead on the project. During the meeting, there was also a performance review of EMA/911 Administrator Jamey Robinson in open session. During this week’s County Board meeting, Groenendyk suggested Robinson withheld information from Motorola, specifically a letter from Motorola saying they weren’t planning to bid on the radio system. Robinson was strongly defended Thursday by Mahaska County Sheriff Russell Van Renterghem, New Sharon Mayor Dustin Hite and a dispatcher who spoke during public comments. The EMA/911 Board voted to approve Robinson’s performance….with Groenendyk abstaining.
Oskaloosa with the big win over Knoxville Friday night
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Oskaloosa’s Cole Henry is making massive re-writes to the football team’s record book. In Friday night’s 42-7 win at Knoxville, the senior quarterback completed 19 of 24 passes for 338 yards and two touchdowns. The 338 yards is the second most in a game in school history, behind Ethan Arnold’s 402 against Fairfield in 2016. For the season, Henry has now completed 131 passes, which breaks Jon Eveland’s mark of 121 from 2008. Henry is also on the verge of breaking Oskaloosa records for yardage in a season (Arnold, 1969 in 2016) and touchdown passes in a season (Arnold, 21 in 2016). He has a chance to set new records Friday night when the Indians play at South Tama County. We’ll have that game on KMZN and the No Coast Network.
Oskaloosa city council meeting tonight
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The Oskaloosa City Council will be dealing with traffic tonight (10/15). At 5pm, they will study proposed safety improvements from the city’s 2018 traffic study…and then vote on which improvements to make at their regular meeting at 6pm. Among the suggested changes are removing the protected left turn signals from the east and westbound approaches at A Avenue and Market Street, removing the traffic signal at the east and westbound approaches of Highway 23 and 3rdAvenue East and putting in stop signs there, and converting Highway A to a three-lane road from Highway 432 to the eastern city limits, as well as making Market Street a three lane road from 16th Avenue to 2nd Avenue.
US, Russian astronauts safe after emergency landing
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International Space Station commander Alexander Gerst says he is grateful two astronauts are doing well after an exceedingly rare and harrowing launch abort ended their journey toward the orbiting laboratory. Gerst, a European Space Agency astronaut from Germany, tweeted from orbit after the failed launch: “Spaceflight is hard. And we must keep trying for the benefit of humankind.” He thanked the rescue force that arrived quickly to retrieve American Nick Hague and Russian Alexei Ovchinin from their capsule after an emergency landing. The capsule was jettisoned from a three-stage booster rocket that failed two minutes after liftoff. Hague and Ovchinin were supposed to spend the next half year aboard the International Space Station. Gerst wrote that the mishap shows “what an amazing vehicle the Soyuz is, to be able to save the crew from such a failure.”
A booster rocket failed less than two minutes after launching an American and a Russian toward the International Space Station on Thursday, forcing their emergency — but safe — landing on the steppes of Kazakhstan. It was the latest in a recent series of failures for the troubled Russian space program, which is used by the U.S. to carry its astronauts to the station.
October 11: On this day
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Born on this day in 1932 near McMinnville, Tennessee, was Dottie West, country music singer and songwriter. Along with Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, West is considered one of the genre’s most influential and groundbreaking female artists. Her career started in the early 1960s, with her Top 10 hit, “Here Comes My Baby Back Again,” which won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965. She died in hospital on September 4, 1991 after being involved in a car crash a few days earlier when she was on her way to perform at the Grand Ole Opry.
Phone call scam alert
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Imagine getting a phone call from the Iowa State Police telling you they’ve seized a vehicle with drugs inside and that vehicle is registered to you. Apparently, that’s been happening recently—and it’s a scam. The Iowa Department of Public Safety (and that’s the official name, not “Iowa State Police”) says they’ve had several reports of those calls coming from the 712 area code. If you get a call like that, call your local police. The Department of Public Safety also reminds you to not give out personal information or financial information to anyone who calls.
Ottumwa shooting arrest
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Here’s an update to a story the No Coast Network has been following. Ottumwa Police have arrested a man in connection with a weekend shooting. 24-year-old Michael James Williams of Ottumwa was arrested Monday afternoon for intimidation with a dangerous weapon and carrying weapons. Williams is accused of a shooting early Sunday morning that injured a 17-year-old man. Williams is in custody in the Wapello County Jail on $12,000 bond. The investigation into the shooting is continuing.
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