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Republicans in the Iowa Senate approved a bill Tuesday sharply limiting early voting, with some arguing that changes were needed to ensure the integrity of the state’s election despite no evidence of fraud. The bill,…

Here’s an update to a story the No Coast Network has been following.  The name of the man tragically shot and killed during a home invasion in rural Wapello County last week has been released. …

BY O. KAY HENDERSON A central Iowa legislator has been cited for having an unauthorized gun inside the Des Moines Airport. State Senator Brad Zaun, a Republican from Urbandale, says he accidentally left an unloaded gun…

The Iowa Department of Public Health says no one from Iowa died from coronavirus on Friday (2/19) and Saturday (2/20). As of Sunday morning (2/21), the state’s death total for the pandemic is 5336.  There…

A bill providing public schools extra money to cover Covid-related costs has won bipartisan approval in the Iowa House. $27 million would be split among all districts, but Republican Representative Dustin Hite of New Sharon…

Within days of abandoning a plan to hire a private company to establish a statewide call center to help residents set up coronavirus vaccine appointments, Iowa officials on Wednesday said they have cancelled a deal…

Iowa continued to see thousands of people vaccinated this week, despite a weather system that brought snow and frigid temperatures to the state. The Iowa Department of Public Health reported Tuesday that more than 245,800…

Iowa health officials have reversed a decision to withhold COVID-19 vaccines from some counties that were reported as not having used up to 80% of their allocation last week. The Iowa Department of Public Health…

We’re not out of the deep freeze yet.  A Wind Chill Warning remains in effect now until 10am Tuesday (2/16) for the No Coast Network listening area.  The National Weather Service says we can expect…

An Ottumwa man has been found guilty of possessing a gun for drug trafficking and possessing a firearm by a prohibited person in violation of federal law.  A jury in federal court found 34-year-old Hector…