Afghan interpreter living in Iowa gets good news about asylum request
Aug 23, 2021
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR RADIO IOWA - An Iowa Falls man who was an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan is one step closer to being granted political asylum. Zalmay Niazy says his lawyer called…
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Iowa woman sentenced to 25 years for hate attacks on two kids
Aug 20, 2021
A white Iowa woman who said she drove her SUV into two children in 2019 to try to kill them because of their race was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison on federal hate…
Grinnell College to require students to be fully vaccinated for fall semester
Aug 20, 2021
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR RADIO IOWA - Grinnell College President Anne Harris says the school has decided to require students to be vaccinated this fall. “We did so after much, much, thinking. Much consultation with legal…
Biden threatens legal action on Iowa’s mask ban in schools
Aug 19, 2021
BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - President Biden has ordered the U.S. Education Secretary to explore whether a civil rights law gives the federal government authority to overturn state bans on mask mandates in schools.…
Iowa working to accept Afghanistan refugees
Aug 19, 2021
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Iowa would welcome refugees from Afghanistan who want to resettle in Iowa saying their situation is much different from the immigrants coming across the U.S.-Mexico border Reynolds refused to accept…
Iowa State University welcomes students back for fall semester
Aug 18, 2021
BY DAR DANIELSON RADIO IOWA - Students have started moving back to campus at Iowa State University in Ames. Provost Jonathan Wickert, says the fall semester will see things get back to more normal operation after…
Ottumwa inmate found dead inside his cell
Aug 17, 2021
An inmate from Ottumwa was found dead inside his prison cell. 32-year-old Joshua Michael Pierce was found dead early Monday morning (8/16) inside his cell at the Clarinda Correctional Facility. An autopsy will determine the…
Boy recovered from lake dies
Aug 16, 2021
Here’s an update to a story the No Coast Network has been following. A nine-year-old boy who was rescued from the beach at Rock Creek State Park Saturday (9/14) has died. The Jasper County Sheriff’s…
Iowa throws out thousands of expired COVID-19 vaccines
Aug 11, 2021
Iowa has tossed out tens of thousands of expired COVID-19 vaccine doses and could toss out hundreds of thousands more if demand for the vaccine continues to lag in the state, health officials there said.…
Prosecutor says Anamosa inmate plea a rare occurrence
Aug 10, 2021
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR The prosecutor in the case of the inmate who pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder Friday in the deaths of two employees at the Anamosa prison says such pleas are…