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A U.S. House Committee has voted to review Democrat Rita Hart's challenge of the outcome in Iowa's Second Congressional District race. State officials declared Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks the winner -- by six votes – in…

Brace yourself for some strong winds.  The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for the No Coast Network listening area starting at 9am Wednesday (3/10) until 8pm.  We can expect southwest winds of…

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday (3/8) signed into law a Republican-backed bill that makes it harder to vote early, potentially eroding a key aspect of Democratic campaigns. Republicans in the House and Senate quickly…

Iowa's congressional delegation is urging the Biden Administration to restructure the state's weekly allocation of Covid vaccine. The group says putting more doses of Johnson and Johnson's vaccine in the mix make sense. Representative Ashley…

BY MATT KELLEY Iowa was inundated by record or near-record flooding in 2019, followed by severe-to-extreme drought in 2020, drought that’s endured into 2021. What will this spring hold, as planting season is mere weeks away? Nathan…

Mahaska County Public Health Director Patty Malloy gives the No Coast Network an update on COVID-19 vaccines in the county. "Vaccine distribution is going well.  We're in the phase IB, which is our 65 and…

The Ottumwa City Council is no longer looking for an outside company to run the city’s airport.  At Tuesday’s (3/2) Ottumwa City Council meeting, the Council voted down bids from several companies to run the…

Turnout was light for Tuesday’s (3/2) special elections across the No Coast Network listening area.  In Oskaloosa, voters overwhelmingly approved raising the city’s hotel/motel tax from five percent to seven percent.  There were 157 votes…

There are special elections across the area Tuesday (3/2).  In Oskaloosa, voters are asked to raisie the city’s hotel-motel tax from 5 percent to 7 percent.  The additional money would go toward economic development and…

BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR RADIO IOWA - The three Republicans from Iowa who serve in the U.S. House voted against the pandemic relief House Democrats approved this weekend. Fourth district Congressman Randy Feenstra of Hull is…