A federal judge on Monday (9/13) ordered the state of Iowa to immediately halt enforcement of a law that prevents school boards from ordering masks to be worn to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.…
BY O. KAY HENDERSON A Des Moines businessman and philanthropist who has been chairman of the Des Moines-based World Food Prize Foundation has died at the age of 78 after a long illness. For more than…
Iowa will use federal coronavirus relief funds to pay for a $3.7 million national ad campaign that promotes the state as a destination for visitors and workers, an agency spokeswoman said Thursday. The 30-second ad is part…
Iowa Republican legislators and the governor prohibited mask mandates in schools for purely political reasons to appease complaining constituents, a lawyer representing a mother and her sons argued Thursday. “The popularity of the governor and…
Iowa saw 30 more deaths caused by the coronavirus in the past week as data showed more children and young adults were getting infected and more people were being treated in hospitals, according to the…
BY DAR DANIELSON RADIO IOWA - The Board of Regents today approved plans for the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics to build a facility in North Liberty that includes a hospital that local health officials…
BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR Several dogs and cats displaced by Hurricane Ida have been brought to the Siouxland Humane Society in Sioux City. Spokesperson Kelly Erie says there are nine dogs and six cats. She says…
A man fatally shot by several police officers and deputies as he held a knife has been been identified by authorities as a northeastern Iowa resident. Jeremy Michael Berg, 45, of Elkport, died Tuesday night…
As of Wednesday (9/1), there are now 524 people in Iowa hospitalized with coronavirus—32 more than last week. 12 of those in the hospital with Covid-19 are from Wapello County, with seven in Marion County,…
Five people in the No Coast Network listening area have died from coronavirus over the past week. Two of the deaths were in Jasper County, with one each in Mahaska, Wapello and Marion Counties. In…