NoCoast Beer Co. to serve special beverage at Fall Festival
Sep 14, 2021
There will be a strong local connection to Saturday’s (9/18) Fall Festival at Pioneer Farm. Margaret Spiegel, the director and curator of the Mahaska County Historical Society and Nelson Pioneer Farm and Museum, says Pioneer…
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Judge's temporary order allows Iowa schools to mandate masks
Sep 14, 2021
A federal judge on Monday (9/13) ordered the state of Iowa to immediately halt enforcement of a law that prevents school boards from ordering masks to be worn to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.…
Taylor Swift Misses Her Fans
Sep 14, 2021
Taylor Swift is missing her fans. The singer posted a new TikTok video about it, sharing a image of her making music at home, writing, “I’ve loved making music during the pandemic to connect with fans from…
Worker dies at Prestage Foods plant near Eagle Grove
Sep 13, 2021
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR A statement from Prestage Foods confirms an employee died at their pork processing plant near Eagle Grove in an accident early today. Fifty-seven-year-old Jeffrey Leonardi was performing routine maintenance duties when he…
Tropical Storm Nicholas threatens Gulf Coast with heavy rain
Sep 13, 2021
HOUSTON (AP) — Tropical Storm Nicholas strengthened just off the Gulf Coast and could blow ashore in Texas as a hurricane Monday as it brings heavy rain and floods to coastal areas from Mexico to storm-battered…
Trucking company leader, philanthropist John Ruan III has died
Sep 13, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON A Des Moines businessman and philanthropist who has been chairman of the Des Moines-based World Food Prize Foundation has died at the age of 78 after a long illness. For more than…
Teaching about 9/11 to students who weren’t born in 2001
Sep 13, 2021
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR Events were held throughout Iowa to mark the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. While many have vivid memories of that day, it’s all history to students in elementary and high…
Parenting Has Given Thomas Rhett Some Album Ideas
Sep 13, 2021
Thomas Rhett is a dad of three girls, with another one on the way, so he knows a thing or two about parenting at this point. And it looks like he’s contemplating channeling it into his…
From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.
Sep 10, 2021
By CALVIN WOODWARD, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and DAVID RISING In the ghastly rubble of ground zero’s fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew. World affairs reordered abruptly on that morning…
Iowa to use COVID relief funds for ad campaign
Sep 10, 2021
Iowa will use federal coronavirus relief funds to pay for a $3.7 million national ad campaign that promotes the state as a destination for visitors and workers, an agency spokeswoman said Thursday. The 30-second ad is part…