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State Senator cited for having a gun at Des Moines airport

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

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…
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House passes bill for schools' Covid related costs

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…
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Reynolds cancels plan for Microsoft-based vaccine registration

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…
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More Iowans vaccinated despite winter weather

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…
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State backtracks on plan to withhold Covid vaccine from some counties

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…
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Wind Chill Warning extended to Tuesday morning

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…
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Ottumwa man guilty of drug trafficking and illegal firearm possession

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…
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Kirby hired as Oskaloosa High Principal

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…
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McAtee update

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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