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DES MOINES - The number of initial unemployment claims in Iowa, filed between Sunday, Dec. 27, and Saturday, Jan. 2, was 8,236, an increase of 1,095 from last week’s adjusted numbers. There were 7,628 initial…

Several of your favorite country stars have donated memorabilia and experiences to a new auction raising money for several non-profits. The "Young Winter Bazaar" auction is being held by entertainment agency CAA, with items up…

By STEVE PEOPLES, BILL BARROW and RUSS BYNUM ATLANTA (AP) — Democrat Raphael Warnock won one of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs Wednesday, becoming the first Black senator in his state’s history and putting the Senate majority within…

Seven people in Iowa have died from coronavirus.  Those deaths reported Tuesday (1/5) bring the state death total for the pandemic to 3999.  None of the new deaths were in the No Coast Network listening…

A Knoxville man convicted in a civil trial for the death of his mother will have his appeal heard by the Iowa Supreme Court.  You’ll remember Jason Carter was accused of killing Shirley Carter in…

Five years.  That sentence for an Ottumwa woman who was convicted of strangling her five-year-old daughter.  Kelsie Thomas was sentenced Monday (1/4) in Wapello County for the July 2018 death of her daughter, Cloe Chandler. …

Florida Georgia Line’s Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard announced they’ll be doing some projects outside the group in 2021, and Tyler’s the first one to reveal one of his. The singer has teamed up with…

By STEVE PEOPLES and BILL BARROW ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia voters are set to decide the balance of power in Congress in a pair of high-stakes Senate runoff elections that will help determine President-elect Joe…

Ottumwa residents who want to dispose of their Christmas trees can leave them on the curb to be picked up during January.  Trees will be picked up Tuesday (1/5) on Ottumwa’s south side and Thursday…

A federal appeals court upheld a life prison sentence Monday (1/4) for an influential Iowa youth basketball coach who used his position to sexually exploit more than 400 boys over 20 years. A panel of the 8th…