LOCAL NEWS

A U.S. House Committee has voted to review Democrat Rita Hart's challenge of the outcome in Iowa's Second Congressional District race. State officials declared Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks the winner -- by six votes – in…

Brace yourself for some strong winds.  The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for the No Coast Network listening area starting at 9am Wednesday (3/10) until 8pm.  We can expect southwest winds of…

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday (3/8) signed into law a Republican-backed bill that makes it harder to vote early, potentially eroding a key aspect of Democratic campaigns. Republicans in the House and Senate quickly…

The Oskaloosa School Board will meet with representatives of the Oskaloosa Education Association Monday afternoon (3/8) at 4 at the George Daily Auditorium.  The teachers will present their proposal in an open session, then the…

Mahaska County Public Health Director Patty Malloy gives the No Coast Network an update on COVID-19 vaccines in the county. "Vaccine distribution is going well.  We're in the phase IB, which is our 65 and…

The Ottumwa City Council is no longer looking for an outside company to run the city’s airport.  At Tuesday’s (3/2) Ottumwa City Council meeting, the Council voted down bids from several companies to run the…

Turnout was light for Tuesday’s (3/2) special elections across the No Coast Network listening area.  In Oskaloosa, voters overwhelmingly approved raising the city’s hotel/motel tax from five percent to seven percent.  There were 157 votes…

There are special elections across the area Tuesday (3/2).  In Oskaloosa, voters are asked to raisie the city’s hotel-motel tax from 5 percent to 7 percent.  The additional money would go toward economic development and…

BY MATT KELLEY RADIO IOWA - With the arrival of March and the one-year anniversary of sweeping COVID-19 shutdowns across the state, more people are getting vaccinated which is prompting some Iowans to consider Spring Break…

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…