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The Grand Ole Opry’s 95th anniversary is being celebrated this weekend with a new NBC special. “Grand Ole Opry: 95 Years of Country Music,” hosted by Blake Shelton and Brad Paisley, airs Sunday. The special…

By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVI WASHINGTON (AP) — Chilling security video of last month’s deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, including of rioters searching menacingly for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…

A Marion County resident is among 22 deaths from coronavirus reported Thursday (2/11) by the Iowa Department of Public Health.   The state’s death total for the pandemic now stands at 5196.  There were also 841…

While it looks a lot like Christmas, Oskaloosa’s Lighted Christmas Parade is ten months away.  Even so, planning has begun for the 2021 parade.  Oskaloosa Main Street Executive Director Jessica Reuter tells the No Coast…

The Oskaloosa School Board has chosen a new high school principal.  Jeff Kirby was hired at Tuesday’s (2/10) School Board meeting.  He is currently director of innovative programs for the Ottumwa school district and prior…

Brad Paisley is back with new music. The singer just dropped the new tune “Off Road.” “It’s about every girl who won’t stay in her lane, every girl that busts through roadblocks to get where…

Here's an update to a story the No Coast Network has been following.  The man accused of a stabbing in Mahaska County made his first court appearance Tuesday.  29-year-old Jonathan Jerome McAtee of St. Louis,…

By LISA MASCARO, ERIC TUCKER, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN WASHINGTON (AP) — Opening arguments begin Wednesday in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial after an emotional first day that wrenched senators and the nation back to the…

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Republicans on an Iowa House subcommittee have advanced a bill that would pull state funding from public schools if a New York Times series about slavery is used in history classes. Representative Skyler Wheeler,…

The Iowa Transportation Commission has approved funds for roadway improvements to help a business in Pella.  D-O-T spokesman Craig Markley says the money will benefit Lely (Lee-lee) North America, which designs and manufactures automated systems…