Iowa sees another record number of Covid patients
Oct 08, 2020
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - This week’s report from the White House Coronavirus Task Force shows Iowa currently has the sixth highest rate of Covid transmission in the country. The state’s coronavirus website shows…
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Iowa Supreme Court issues stay in dispute over absentee ballot request forms in 3 counties
Oct 07, 2020
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - The Iowa Supreme Court has issued what’s called a “stay” — so a district court judge’s recent ruling on absentee ballot request forms sent to voters in Woodbury, Linn,…
Harvest continues speeding ahead
Oct 06, 2020
BY DAR DANIELSON RADIO IOWA - Iowa farmers continue to benefit from good weather as they bring in the crops. The U.S.D.A. weekly report shows one-quarter of the Iowa corn crop has been harvested — which…
Grassley won’t be tested for Covid, Ernst tests negative
Oct 05, 2020
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Three Republicans in the U.S. Senate have tested positive for Covid, but Senator Chuck Grassley’s spokesman says the 87-year-old senator will not be tested. Grassley and Senator Mike Lee…
Iowa sees 31% increase in Covid hospitalizations in past 2 weeks
Oct 02, 2020
BY O. KAY HENDERSON The number of Iowa nursing home residents who’ve died of Covid-19 has surpassed 700. Nursing home residents account for just over half of all Covid deaths in Iowa and the state website…
Governor says Northwest Iowa Covid spike not tied to specific events, activites
Sep 30, 2020
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - Two “Test Iowa” locations are opening in Orange City and Sioux Center to expand Covid-19 testing capacity in the northwest corner of the state. Governor Kim Reynolds said coronavirus…
Weekend coronavirus update
Sep 28, 2020
Twelve people in Iowa have died over the weekend from coronavirus, including two from the No Coast Network listening area. One person from Marion County and one from Monroe County passed away from COVID-19, as…
Tama beef plant fined after COVID-19 outbreak
Sep 25, 2020
Iowa regulators have issued their first citation to a meatpacking plant with a large coronavirus outbreak that sickened its workforce — a $957 fine for a minor record-keeping violation. The outbreak at the Iowa Premium…
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…
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…