Coronavirus update
Sep 23, 2020
Nineteen more Iowans have died from coronavirus, bringing the total from the pandemic to 1285. None of the deaths reported Tuesday (9/22) are from the No Coast Network listening area. Another 517 people in the…
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Senator Grassley explains view on Supreme Court Justice vote
Sep 22, 2020
BY MATT KELLEY RADIO IOWA - If Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley were still chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, there might be a much different political landscape today with regard to the nominating of a new…
Weekend coronavirus update
Sep 21, 2020
Seven more Iowans died from coronavirus over the weekend. As of Sunday (9/20), the state’s death total from COVID-19 stands at 1265. There was also a sharp rise in positive tests for COVID-19 from the…
Coronavirus update
Sep 18, 2020
A Monroe County resident is among ten new coronavirus deaths in the state reported Friday (9/18) by the Iowa Department of Public Health. The pandemic total in Iowa now stands at 1258. There was another…
Iowa Supreme Court lets rulings on absentee ballots stand
Sep 17, 2020
The Iowa Supreme Court is refusing to review lower court decisions that invalidated tens of thousands of voters’ absentee ballot requests at the urging of President Trump’s reelection campaign. The court issued orders Wednesday (9/16)…
Derecho wipes out over half a million acres of corn
Sep 16, 2020
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has estimated that 550,000 acres of Iowa corn will not be harvested this fall due to damage caused by the Aug. 10 wind storm that swept across the state. That…
Des Moines police say teen shot to death in robbery attempt
Sep 15, 2020
BY MATT KELLEY RADIO IOWA - Two teenagers were shot — one to death — by a man who police say the boys were trying to rob in a residential neighborhood north of downtown Des Moines.…
Branstad to step down as US Ambassador to China
Sep 14, 2020
The U.S. ambassador to China will step down early next month, ending a three-year tenure marked by a trade war and increasingly bitter relations between the world’s two largest economies. Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad,…
Nebraska court ruling will allow vote on casino gambling
Sep 11, 2020
Y RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR RADIO IOWA - The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled residents should be able to vote on a constitutional amendment to legalize casino gambling and two initiatives to regulate casinos. The ruling supports…
Iowa courts decline to halt push for in-class learning
Sep 09, 2020
Two state district court judges on Tuesday (9/8) declined to halt enforcement of a state requirement for schools to return students to classrooms, denying the Des Moines and Iowa City school districts a legal avenue…