An Iowa judge blocked a state law that would have imposed a 24-hour waiting period before women could get abortions, likely setting up a legal battle before the state Supreme Court. Judge Mitchell Turner ruled…
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR The number of travelers at Iowa airports is rebounding from the impact of the pandemic, but is not yet back to normal. Just more than 92,000 people boarded flights at the Des…
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR Fireworks are now on sale in Iowa, mostly from tents, but just because you can buy the booming noisemakers doesn’t mean it’s okay to set them off. State law says cities and…
BY O. KAY HENDERSON The U-S House has passed a proposal from Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne that would force big corporations to disclose if they’re outsourcing jobs and using so-called tax havens in other countries to…
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on Wednesday (6/16) signed into law a tax bill that requires the state to take over funding of mental health services, removing them from local property taxes. The measure also phases…
One person in Iowa has died of coronavirus…bringing the state’s death total for the pandemic to 6103 as of Wednesday (6/16). That death was not in the No Coast Network listening area. There were 87…
BY DAR DANIELSON The new U.S. Drought Monitor map shows 90% of Iowa is experiencing some type of dryness or drought. The Iowa DNR’s Tim Hall says only one section of the state has no water…
BY O. KAY HENDERSON The Appanoose County Sheriff’s Office has identified the fisherman who died at Rathbun Lake on Friday. The sheriff’s office announced an autopsy has confirmed 79-year-old Ralph Jay Rosenberger of Indianola died of…
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR Another Special Traffic Enforcement Project (STEP) begins Wednesday focused on impaired drivers. Iowa State Patrol Trooper Ryan DeVault says the upcoming four-day STEP time frame was identified by the Fatality Reduction Task…
A request for a mistrial in Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s murder trial has been denied. You’ll remember on May 28, Bahena Rivera was found guilty of first degree murder in the July 2018 death of Mollie…