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Ottumwa City Council calls special meeting
Sep 18, 2020 by Rick Watts
The Ottumwa City Council has called a special meeting later this month to discuss and possibly vote on the City’s sanitation services. The special meeting will be Tuesday, September 29 at the Bridge View Center…
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Dead body found in ditch in rural Kellogg
Sep 17, 2020 by Rick Watts
A dead body was found after firefighters in rural Kellogg put out a fire in a roadside ditch. And that death is being treated as a homicide. Around 5:30 Wednesday afternoon (9/16), the Jasper County…
Court rules against Mahaska County
Sep 16, 2020 by Rick Watts
The legal fight over a proposed airport between Oskaloosa and Pella turned against Mahaska County. On Monday (9/14), a judge turned down the Mahaska County Board’s request to reverse a 2018 court ruling. That ruling…
Celebrate Recovery in Oskaloosa Tuesday
Sep 15, 2020 by Rick Watts
Celebrate Recovery of Mahaska County will have its annual Celebrate Recovery in the Square Tuesday afternoon (9/15) at the square in downtown Oskaloosa. This is meant to honor people who have recovered from alcohol to…
New Oskaloosa hotel could attract more businesses to town
Sep 14, 2020 by Rick Watts
The newly opened Fairfield Inn and Suites in Oskaloosa brings an additional 76 hotel rooms to the region. Oskaloosa Mayor David Krutzfeldt tells the No Coast Network the hotel could be the first domino in…
Ottumwa's Holiday Nights & Lights will be held
Sep 11, 2020 by Rick Watts
The City of Ottumwa will be going ahead with its annual Holiday Nights and Lights display later this year, despite the coronavirus pandemic. The event will take place at Greater Ottumwa Park, but no dates…
Iowa courts decline to halt push for in-class learning
Sep 09, 2020 by Rick Watts
Two state district court judges on Tuesday (9/8) declined to halt enforcement of a state requirement for schools to return students to classrooms, denying the Des Moines and Iowa City school districts a legal avenue…
Axne says another Covid relief package should pass ASAP
Sep 03, 2020 by Rick Watts
BY O. KAY HENDERSON Third District Congresswoman Cindy Axne says the U.S. House must act quickly to avert another government shutdown at the end of this month and pass another coronavirus relief package. Axne, a Democrat…
COVID-19 causes EBF to move to hybrid learning
Sep 02, 2020 by Rick Watts
Seventh through twelfth graders at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont are now attending school every other day. EBF Superintendent Steve Williamson says the district switched to hybrid learning Tuesday (9/1). "The reason why was because in contact tracing and a…
Coronavirus update
Sep 01, 2020 by Rick Watts
Two people from the No Coast Network listening area are among nine new deaths reported from coronavirus in Iowa. The deaths of one person from Wapello County and one from Marion County were reported Tuesday…
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