NEWS

Eight deaths from coronavirus were reported over the weekend in Iowa.  That brings the state’s death total for the pandemic to 5471.  None of the deaths reported Saturday (2/27) or Sunday (2/28) were from the…

Monday night (3/1), the Oskaloosa City Council will vote on approving a bid for the Meadow Creek Pavement Improvements Project.  The Council will also set dates for public hearings on the proposed fiscal year 2022…

Nominees for the 56th Annual ACM Awards were announced Friday, with Maren Morris and Chris Stapleton leading this year’s back. Both artists earned six nominations, with Miranda Lambert close behind with five, bringing her overall…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, LOLITA C. BALDOR, and ROBERT BURNS BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. airstrike in Syria targeted facilities belonging to a powerful Iranian-backed Iraqi armed group, killing one of their militiamen and wounding a…

BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR After a year of the pandemic, Quad Cities-based Deere and Company is planning to reopen its facilities across Iowa and elsewhere within several weeks. Hundreds of Deere employees have been working from…

Governor Kim Reynolds has good news about coronavirus vaccines in Iowa.  At a Thursday morning (2/25) news conference, she said Iowans are getting the vaccines in good numbers. "Next week, we project that 70 percent…

Poweshiek County Public Health will hold COVID-19 vaccine clinics for people age 65 and over in Grinnell on Tuesday, March 2 and Thursday, March 4.  Starting Friday morning (2/26) at 9, those 65 and over…

“The Voice” is kicking off it’s 20th season, and 10th year on the air Monday, and Blake Shelton is still surprised it’s lasted this long. “To be honest, I didn't think the show was gonna…

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood announced earlier this month they were quarantining after being exposed to the coronavirus. Well, Garth has now revealed that Trisha tested positive and is recovering from the virus, while he…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine offers strong protection against severe COVID-19, according to an analysis by U.S. regulators Wednesday that sets the stage for a final…