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State Senator cited for having a gun at Des Moines airport
Feb 22, 2021 by Rick Watts
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…
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No COVID deaths reported in Iowa Saturday and Sunday
Feb 22, 2021 by Rick Watts
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…
House passes bill for schools' Covid related costs
Feb 19, 2021 by Rick Watts
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…
Reynolds cancels plan for Microsoft-based vaccine registration
Feb 18, 2021 by Rick Watts
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…
More Iowans vaccinated despite winter weather
Feb 17, 2021 by Rick Watts
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…
State backtracks on plan to withhold Covid vaccine from some counties
Feb 16, 2021 by Rick Watts
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…
Wind Chill Warning extended to Tuesday morning
Feb 15, 2021 by Rick Watts
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…
Ottumwa man guilty of drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession
Feb 12, 2021 by Rick Watts
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…
Kirby hired as Oskaloosa High Principal
Feb 11, 2021 by Rick Watts
The Oskaloosa School Board has chosen a new high school principal. Jeff Kirby was hired at Tuesday’s (2/10) School Board meeting. He is currently director of innovative programs for the Ottumwa school district and prior…
McAtee update
Feb 10, 2021 by Rick Watts
Here's an update to a story the No Coast Network has been following. The man accused of a stabbing in Mahaska County made his first court appearance Tuesday. 29-year-old Jonathan Jerome McAtee of St. Louis,…
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