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Labor Day weekend travel

Labor Day weekend is coming up.  This is traditionally the last big travel weekend of the summer.  Mark Peterson of Triple-A Iowa says traveling will be easier on your wallet than it was a year…
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Health officials worry nation not ready for COVID-19 vaccine

By LIZ SZABO AP - Millions of Americans are counting on a COVID-19 vaccine to curb the global pandemic and return life to normal. While one or more options could be available toward the end of…
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August ends up as one of the driest months in the record book

BY MATT KELLEY RADIO IOWA -  August of 2020 will be remembered for one of Iowa’s worst-ever weather disasters, but the just-ended month is also going down as one of the state’s tenth driest Augusts on…
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COVID-19 causes EBF to move to hybrid learning

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…
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Poweshiek & Jasper Counties eligible for derecho relief

Poweshiek and Jasper County residents who sustained damage from last month’s windstorm are now eligible for assistance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.  Governor Kim Reynolds said in a news release Tuesday that FEMA now…
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The CMA Award Nominations Are Here

Nominees for the 54th annual CMA Awards were announced yesterday with Miranda Lambert leading all nominees with seven, including a nod for Entertainer of the Year. Miranda’s new nominations extend her record for the most…
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Trump to wade into racial tensions with visit to Kenosha

By ZEKE MILLER, JONATHAN LEMIRE and WILL WEISSERT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is diving into the latest eruption in the nation’s reckoning over racial injustice with a trip Tuesday to Kenosha, Wisconsin, over…
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Walk to End Alzheimer's update

Here’s an update to a story the No Coast Network has been following.  Saturday’s (8/29) Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Ottumwa raised $10,600 and counting.  The top-fundraising team was Team Mary’s Mission, which raised over…
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Coronavirus update

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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Iowa Democrats sue over absentee ballot rulings

Iowa Democrats filed a lawsuit Monday (8/31) seeking to overturn court rulings last week that invalidated thousands of absentee ballot requests. The Democratic Party, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee filed the…
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