Charley Pride Succumbs To COVID-19 Complications
Dec 14, 2020
Country music has lost a legend. Charley Pride died Saturday at age 86, from complications of COVID-19. Born a sharecropper's son in Mississippi, Pride rose to become country music's first Black superstar - and the…
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US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Dec 11, 2020
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign…
Oskaloosa will vote on raising the hotel & motel tax
Dec 11, 2020
Oskaloosa voters will decide in March if the City should raise its hotel and motel tax from five percent to seven percent. Oskaloosa City Manager Michael Schrock says the City Council voted to hold the…
Bahena Rivera murder trial delayed again
Dec 11, 2020
The trial of a man charged in the killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts has again been delayed because of the coronavirus outbreak. The Des Moines Register reports that Cristhian Bahena Rivera was…
Second man convicted of murdering Oskaloosa couple is executed
Dec 11, 2020
Federal prison officials in Terre Haute, Indiana on Thursday (12/10) executed a Texas street-gang member for his role in the 1999 slayings of an Oskaloosa couple. 40-year-old Brandon Bernard was 18 when he and four…
Dolly Parton...Lifesaver? Yes!
Dec 11, 2020
Dolly Parton is literally a lifesaver. Just ask Talia Hill, a 9-year-old actor, and dancer in Dolly's Netflix holiday special, “Christmas on the Square.” She just revealed that Dolly saved her life by pulling her…
Coronavirus update
Dec 10, 2020
The Iowa Department of Public Health added 123 more deaths to the state’s coronavirus list on December 9, bringing the pandemic total to 3021. Two people in both Poweshiek and Wapello Counties and one each…
US jobless claims jump to 853,000 amid resurgence of virus
Dec 10, 2020
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people applying for unemployment aid jumped last week to 853,000, the most since September, evidence that companies are cutting more jobs as new virus cases spiral…
Tonight is the best opportunity to see the Northern Lights
Dec 10, 2020
BY MATT KELLEY RADIO IOWA - For Iowans who long to watch the fascinating swirls of green and purple waves of light in the sky, tonight will likely be your best opportunity. A powerful solar flare…
Iowa hospitals prepare for vaccinations
Dec 10, 2020
University of Iowa Health Care officials said Wednesday (12/9) that the group’s hospitals expect to get their first shipment of a coronavirus vaccine as early as next week and that they plan to begin giving…