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Iowa turns down 22,000 coronavirus vaccines

Iowa has asked the federal government to withhold more than one-quarter of its allotment of coronavirus vaccines this week because demand for the shots has waned across the state. The Iowa Department of Public Health told the…
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Almost half of Iowa adults have had two-dose series of Covid vaccine

BY O. KAY HENDERSON The state website tracking Covid-19 vaccinations shows more than 911-thousand Iowans have had both doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. “We are very, very close to having nearly half of the…
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Reynolds encourages Iowans to get COVID-19 vaccine

Gov. Kim Reynolds implored Iowans on Wednesday to get vaccinated for COVID-19, however she refused to acknowledge that slowing demand for the shots is greatest in Republican parts of the state or that there’s a…
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Another cold night in store

It’s going to be another cold night in the No Coast Network listening area.  Another Freeze Warning starts at midnight until 9am Thursday (4/22). Below freezing temperatures are expected and those temperatures and frost can…
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Bibby and Cook sentenced for 2018 shootout with Ottumwa Police

Two men convicted of getting into a shootout with Ottumwa Police in 2018 were sentenced Monday (4/19).  35-year-old Michael Bibby of Ottumwa was sentenced to 60 years for attempted murder, first degree burglary, first degree…
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Freeze Watch Tuesday night into Wednesday morning

We haven’t seen the last of winter weather.  A Freeze Watch will go into effect Tuesday night (4/20) at 7 until 10am Wednesday (4/21) for the No Coast Network listening area.  The National Weather Service…
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Naig says Raccoon River’s endangered ranking is ‘propaganda’

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig is dismissing a national environmental group’s report that cited ag run-off in ranking Iowa’s Raccoon River as one of the nation’s most-endangered rivers. “That so-called report was…
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Bahena Rivera in court

The man accused of murdering Mollie Tibbetts was in court Thursday (4/15) for the first time in over a year. Cristian Bahena Rivera attended a pretrial conference for his first degree murder trial.  Rivera is…
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House passes bill to boost protest penalties

The Iowa House has passed a wide ranging bill that would escalate penalties for protests that damage property and provide police with new liability protection from lawsuits. Fifty-five Republicans and eight Democrats voted for the…
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Centerville man sentenced to prison on child pornography charges

BY DAR DANIELSON A south-central Iowa man will serve 27 years in prison on child pornography charges. Forty-nine-year-old Ryan Ford of Centerville was sentenced in U.S. District Court for production of child pornography and receipt of…
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