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The Oskaloosa School Board holds its first meeting of 2021 Tuesday night (1/12).  The agenda includes approval of a virtual instruction program and approval of what’s called a dropout prevention budget.  Tuesday’s Oskaloosa School Board…

14 people in Iowa died over the weekend from coronavirus.  None of those people are from the No Coast Network listening area.  The state’s death total for the pandemic as of Sunday (1/10) is 4138. …

The Test Iowa Clinic in Ottumwa will be open five days a week beginning next Monday, January 11.  The clinic’s Monday hours will be from 3 to 8 pm.  And from Tuesday through Friday, hours…

Seven people in Iowa have died from coronavirus.  Those deaths reported Tuesday (1/5) bring the state death total for the pandemic to 3999.  None of the new deaths were in the No Coast Network listening…

Ottumwa residents who want to dispose of their Christmas trees can leave them on the curb to be picked up during January.  Trees will be picked up Tuesday (1/5) on Ottumwa’s south side and Thursday…

A Wapello County resident has died from coronavirus.  46 additional Iowans were reported dead Monday (1/4) from COVID-19, bringing the state death total for the pandemic to 3992.  And another 601 positive coronavirus tests were…

A Kalona man with a history of sex crimes has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for creating and storing child pornography, federal officials said. Jackson Yaro Young, 22, was sentenced Tuesday (12/29) after…

BY MATT KELLEY RADIO IOWA - NASA plans to have a permanent, manned lunar base by 2024 and the Iowan on the team of astronauts who will make the journey calls the Moon a stepping stone…

No deaths from coronavirus were reported in Iowa Monday (12/28).  That keeps the state’s COVID-19 death total for the pandemic at 3745.  There were 540 new positive tests for COVID-19 reported Monday, bringing the state…

BY MATT KELLEY Researchers are making progress in trying to combat what’s known as white-nose syndrome, which has killed many thousands of bats in Iowa and millions across the continent. Jeremy Coleman, the national white-nose syndrome coordinator…