Coronavirus update
Jan 04, 2021
A Wapello County resident has died from coronavirus. 46 additional Iowans were reported dead Monday (1/4) from COVID-19, bringing the state death total for the pandemic to 3992. And another 601 positive coronavirus tests were…
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Oskaloosa City Council meets Monday
Jan 04, 2021
The Oskaloosa City Council will hold its first meeting of the new year Monday night (1/4). The Council will hold a public hearing on an amendment to the City’s 2021 fiscal year budget. According to…
Brad Paisley Sends Guitar To Nashville Musician Who Lost Home In Christmas Day Bombing
Jan 04, 2021
Brad Paisley has helped out a fellow musician who lost everything in the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville. Guitarist Buck McCoy lost his home on Second Avenue in the blast, and shared that not only…
California has nation’s 2nd confirmed case of virus variant
Dec 31, 2020
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and CARLA K. JOHNSON AP - California on Wednesday announced the nation’s second confirmed case of the new and apparently more contagious variant of the coronavirus, offering a strong indication that the…
Kalona man sentenced for child pornography
Dec 31, 2020
A Kalona man with a history of sex crimes has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for creating and storing child pornography, federal officials said. Jackson Yaro Young, 22, was sentenced Tuesday (12/29) after…
Miller-Meeks will be sworn in as 2nd District Congresswoman
Dec 31, 2020
Majority Democrats in the U.S. House will allow an Iowa Republican to take office while they review her opponent’s contest claiming the six-vote race was wrongly decided, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday (12/30). Pelosi said…
Ottumwa holiday luminaries postponed
Dec 31, 2020
Ottumwa’s Historic Preservation Commission is postponing the holiday luminary project indefinitely. The event, which had originally been scheduled for December 23, was rescheduled to take place on New Year’s Eve due to the high winds…
Carrie Underwood Announces Gospel Album 'My Savior'
Dec 31, 2020
Carrie Underwood is already hard at work on her next album. The singer, who released the holiday album “My Gift” earlier this year, announced that she's recorded a new gospel album, titled “My Savior.” In…
Nashville man’s girlfriend warned he was building bombs
Dec 30, 2020
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and ERIC TUCKER NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — More than a year before Anthony Warner detonated a bomb in downtown Nashville on Christmas, officers visited his home after his girlfriend told police that…
Iowa-born astronaut talks about NASA’s new Moon mission, Mars and more
Dec 30, 2020
BY MATT KELLEY RADIO IOWA - NASA plans to have a permanent, manned lunar base by 2024 and the Iowan on the team of astronauts who will make the journey calls the Moon a stepping stone…