Iowa drug ring leader sentenced to 30 years in prison
Mar 21, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON An eastern Iowa man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to dealing drugs. Prosecutors describe 62-year-old George Patrick Ashby as a large-scale meth dealer. Court records…
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Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol
Mar 21, 2022
By CARA ANNA LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the…
Filing deadline nears, GOP and Democratic Party Primary ballots appear to be set
Mar 21, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - The deadline is 5 p.m. today, but by midafternoon all the candidates who’ve announced campaigns for statewide office have already filing their nominating petitions in the Secretary of State’s…
Oskaloosa City Council meets Tonight
Mar 21, 2022
Monday night (3/21), the Oskaloosa City Council will hold several public hearings. The first one will certify the budget for the current fiscal year….with adjustments to income and expenses because of the timing of the…
Ottumwa Police need help identifying woman
Mar 21, 2022
Ottumwa Police are asking for your help in identifying an elderly woman who was found dead Friday morning (3/18). Around 11:35 am Friday, Ottumwa Police were called to the area of Madison Avenue and Adeline…
Carrie Underwood On Her “Hauntingly Beautiful” Song “Ghost Story”
Mar 21, 2022
Carrie Underwood is back with a new song “Ghost Story,” which was written by David Garcia, Hilary Lindsey and Josh Kear. “The song is hauntingly beautiful, has a really wide range and amazing melody,” Carrie shares, noting it “just…
Russian strikes hit Ukrainian capital and outskirts of Lviv
Mar 18, 2022
By CARA ANNA LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces pressed their assault on Ukrainian cities Friday, with new missile strikes and shelling on the capital Kyiv and the outskirts of the western city of Lviv,…
Drought conditions getting worse in the west, could linger
Mar 18, 2022
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR RADIO IOWA - Parts of western Iowa are again in “severe drought” and extremely low soil moisture levels may linger even longer, as the National Climate Prediction Center is now forecasting the…
Bottle Bill changes and cut in beer tax win GOP backing in Senate panel
Mar 18, 2022
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Republicans on an Iowa Senate committee have approved making changes in Iowa’s Bottle Bill — tripling the amount of deposit fees that go to redemption centers that accept empties…
Federal judge finds another Iowa ag-gag law unconstitutional
Mar 18, 2022
By DAVID PITT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has struck down an Iowa law that seeks to stop animal welfare groups from secretly filming livestock abuse, the latest in a decade of…