NEWS

By PAUL J. WEBER AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas can continue banning most abortions after a federal appeals court rejected the Biden administration’s latest attempt to stop a novel law that has become the nation’s…

BY DAR DANIELSON Cedar Rapids police say a 17-year-old is charged with two counts of first-degree murder after they found him outside a northeast side home covered in blood and he told them he’d killed his…

Oskaloosa school students still won’t be required to wear masks in school.  The Oskaloosa School Board made that decision at Tuesday night’s (10/12) meeting.  Oskaloosa Superintendent Paula Wright says masks will be recommended, rather than…

With three more home football games to go and Kinnick Stadium facing severe staffing shortages, the University of Iowa is looking for “game day volunteers" to work stadium gates, parking and other areas beginning Saturday.…

Miranda Lambert is back with new music. The singer just dropped the brand new song, “If I Was A Cowboy.” “I wrote this song with my new friend, Jesse Frazier,” Miranda shares. “We met doing the…

Here’s an update to a story the No Coast Network has been following.  A missing Ottumwa woman was found dead Thursday morning (10/14).  81-year-old Connie Jean Turner was found along the edge of a lagoon…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to its lowest level since the pandemic began, a sign the job market is still improving even as hiring has…

BY MATT KELLEY RADIO IOWA - A new report finds about one in every six Iowa kids is obese, which is on par with national figures. Jamie Bussel is a senior program officer with the Robert…

Here are the latest figures on coronavirus in Iowa.  Another 97 people died from COVID-19 as of Tuesday (10/12), raising the pandemic total to 6748.  Two of those deaths were in Jasper County, two in…

More than 10,000 workers at John Deere and Company are now on strike after negotiators couldn't deliver a new agreement. This includes UAW Local 74 in Ottumwa.  In a statement, The United Auto Workers said…