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Trial has been set for two prison inmates accused of using a hammer to kill a prison nurse and correctional officer during an escape attempt last month. Station WHO-TV reports that Michael Dutcher and Thomas…

BY MATT KELLEY You may know the song that includes the line, “Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch,” but most Iowans have never tasted or even seen the fruit from trees that once thrived in…

The Greater Ottumwa Convention and Visitors Bureau has a new name and a new message.  The CVB is rebranding itself as Meet Ottumwa, with the slogan “Where Iowa Meets the World.”  Meet Ottumwa executive director…

A man charged in the shooting death of an Iowa State Patrol trooper was released from a hospital Wednesday (4/21) and transported to jail, the Iowa Department of Public Safety said. Michael Lang, 41, of…

The coronavirus caused last year’s Oskaloosa Women’s Night Out to be cancelled.  But the event will be held Thursday night (4/22) from 4:30 to 7:30.  Oskaloosa Main Street Director Jessica Reuter tells us what you…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - House Republicans have sent the governor a bill that immediately forbids five Iowa school districts from using voluntary diversity plans to deny student transfers. It’s one in a group…

An Ottumwa man is accused of stabbing two people and injuring two others Sunday morning (4/18). Ottumwa   Police say they were called around 7:10am to the 200 block of West Fifth for a domestic dispute.…

Monday night (4/19) the Oskaloosa City Council will consider preliminary approval of plans for the third phase of the City’s façade improvement project.  This phase will cover several buildings on 1st Avenue East, as well as…

The 2021 racing season is set to take it's first green flag of the season on Wednesday, April 21st at the Southern Iowa Speedway located on the Mahaska County Fairgrounds in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Following a shortened…

It’s now four consecutive days with no deaths reported from coronavirus in Iowa.  And the number of positive tests for COVID-19 in the No Coast Network listening area seems to be slowing down.  The Iowa…