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Add US Senator Joni Ernst to the list of lawmakers encouraging people to get COVID-19 vaccines. "It should still be a personal choice.  But, I would say please get vaccinated. I think for those that…

If you watched Friday’s Opening Ceremony for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics you likely caught a glimpse of Keith Urban,  who took part in a pre-recorded performance of John Lennon’s classic “Imagine," alongside artists like John Legend, Angélique…

By FOSTER KLUG TOKYO (AP) — Belated and beleaguered, the virus-delayed Tokyo Summer Olympics finally opened Friday night with cascading fireworks and made-for-TV choreography that unfolded in a near-empty stadium, a colorful but strangely subdued…

A Heat Advisory has been issued for the No Coast Network listening area starting at Noon Saturday (7/24) until 10pm.   A combination of warm temperatures and high humidity can cause heat related illnesses.  The National…

A top Iowa pork producer is pushing federal lawmakers to allow immigrant workers to stay on the job year-round. A spokeswoman for Iowa Select Farms — the state’s largest pork producer — told U.S. senators…

An Oskaloosa High School graduate is this year’s Southern Iowa Fair Queen.  Trisha Van Donselaar was crowned Fair Queen Monday night (7/19).  She says she’s enjoying her duties. "It's so fun; I've been really enjoying…

Jason Aldean was teasing the new duet “If I Didn’t Love You,” but wouldn’t give up the name of his singing partner. Well, the song is now out, with Carrie Underwood joining Jason, but she gave up the…

Democrat Abby Finkenauer, a former congresswoman, is running for Republican Chuck Grassley’s U.S. Senate seat, hoping her blue-collar credentials will propel her forward in a state that has grown more conservative over the years. The 32-year-old…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON The highly-anticipated Major League Baseball game at the Field of Dreams Movie Site is coming up on August 12 and Dyersville is hosting a “Beyond the Game” festival that starts the day…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee fired the director of the opening ceremony on Thursday because of a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998. Organizing committee…