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Eight deaths from coronavirus were reported over the weekend in Iowa.  That brings the state’s death total for the pandemic to 5471.  None of the deaths reported Saturday (2/27) or Sunday (2/28) were from the…

BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR After a year of the pandemic, Quad Cities-based Deere and Company is planning to reopen its facilities across Iowa and elsewhere within several weeks. Hundreds of Deere employees have been working from…

The FBI has identified an Iowa woman and her adult son as participants in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol after receiving a tip from a longtime family acquaintance, according to a court…

It’s hard to miss the rising prices at the gas pump.  On Monday (2/22) in Oskaloosa, the price of a gallon of unleaded soared into the $2.70 range. Meredith Mitts, a public affairs specialist with…

One person from Mahaska County, one from Wapello County and one from Marion County have died from coronavirus.  The deaths reported Monday (2/22) are the first in the No Coast Network listening area in over…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - A Republican from Adel is entering his seventh week in a new role in the Iowa Legislature, but his name could be on the ballot for another office next…

Someone who broke into a home in rural Wapello County was shot and killed by the homeowner.  Around 9:20 Thursday night (2/18), Wapello County Sheriff’s Deputies received a 911 call that a man was trying…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Governor Kim Reynolds says it’s time for an ethanol mandate in Iowa, to boost an industry battered by the EPA’s resistance to the federal ethanol production mandate. “It’s such an important industry…

An election watchdog group has filed a federal lawsuit that claims an Iowa-based nonprofit organization violated election laws by failing to register as a political committee that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to support…

The newly-hired principal at Oskaloosa High School says he’s looking forward to his new job.  Jeff Kirby is currently director of innovative programs for Ottumwa Schools.  He says he’s familiar with the Oskaloosa area. "I've…