‘We hear you,’ Iowa lawmakers tell protesters as police reform bill passes
Jun 12, 2020
BY O. KAY HENDERSON The Iowa legislature has unanimously passed a police reform bill — responding to the police misconduct the nation saw when a bystander in Minneapolis videotaped the death of George Floyd. Representative Ras…
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Long-term care centers off coronavirus outbreak list
Jun 11, 2020
Two long-term care facilities in the area have been taken off the state’s list for coronavirus outbreaks. Park Centre in Newton and St. Francis Manor in Grinnell no longer have outbreaks. Governor Kim Reynolds said…
Tenco & First Resources to merge
Jun 10, 2020
Two area non-profit groups will be merging as of July 1. Sigourney-based First Resources and Ottumwa-based Tenco will join forces in what the two companies say will strengthen their positions in southeast Iowa. According to…
One killed, one hurt in Marion County crash
Jun 09, 2020
One man is dead and another injured after a one car crash Monday (6/8) in Marion County. The Iowa State Patrol tells the No Coast Network 24-year-old Jalen Frost of Corydon was driving west on…
Weekend coronavirus update
Jun 08, 2020
Two people from Wapello County, one from Mahaska County and one from Monroe County are among 17 deaths from coronavirus reported over the weekend in Iowa. As of early Monday morning (6/8), the Iowa Department…
Drop in reported coronavirus cases
Jun 06, 2020
There’s been a sharp drop in the increase of coronavirus cases in Iowa. As of late Wednesday morning (6/3), 54 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, for a pandemic total of 20,010. Two new cases…
Primary election turnout
Jun 04, 2020
Just over 24 percent of Iowa’s registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s (6/2) primary election. In Mahaska County, turnout was just over 20 percent, with the vast majority of votes being cast by mail rather…
Tyson announces 591 at Storm Lake plant test COVID positive
Jun 03, 2020
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR Tyson Foods has released the results of facility-wide testing for COVID-19 at its Storm Lake pork facility and most of those that tested positive were asymptomatic. Of more than 2300 team…
Primary Election Today
Jun 02, 2020
Today (6/2) is Election Day in Iowa. This primary election will be a bit different in Mahaska County because only two polling places are open: at the Environmental Learning Center on Highway 92 in Oskaloosa…
Protests, looting, vandalism at Iowa shopping malls
Jun 01, 2020
BY O. KAY HENDERSON Protesters broke into a Des Moines shopping mall late Sunday afternoon, looting stores that had closed early, including a Target. On Sunday night, a Davenport mall was vandalized. Early this morning, two…