STATE NEWS

Boy recovered from lake dies

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…
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Iowa throws out thousands of expired COVID-19 vaccines

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.…
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Prosecutor says Anamosa inmate plea a rare occurrence

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…
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Trucking industry continues to face driver shortage

BY DAR DANIELSON RADIO IOWA - Trucking companies continue to be behind when it comes to finding enough drivers to get behind the wheel. Iowa Motor Truck Association president, Brenda Neville, says they’d been behind before…
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Worried parents seek change to Iowa school mask mandate ban

By DAVID PITT DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Worried parents with children too young to be vaccinated called on the the Iowa State Board of Education on Thursday to implore Gov. Kim Reynolds to reverse…
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Covid patient count in Iowa hospitals increasing

BY O. KAY HENDERSON RADIO IOWA - The pace of vaccinations appears to be trending up slightly in Iowa as the number of patients hospitalized in Iowa with Covid grows. In the past 40 days, the…
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Teen injured in Adventureland accident released from the hospital

A teenager who was critically injured in an Iowa amusement ride accident that killed his younger brother last month was expected to be released from the hospital Tuesday (8/3), the family’s attorney said. David Jaramillo,…
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Polk County leader says a ‘perfect storm’ looms with State Fair, school starts ahead

BY O. KAY HENDERSON Iowa’s most populous county and host of this month’s Iowa State Fair now has a high level of coronavirus transmission, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Polk County officials are urging…
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Air Quality Alert in Iowa

There’s an Air Quality Alert for the entire state of Iowa until noon Monday (8/2).  Smoke from Canadian wildfires moved into Iowa last Thursday and is still in the Hawkeye State.  Sensitive groups such as…
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Air Quality Alert

An Air Quality Alert is in effect for the State of Iowa until 4pm Friday (7/30).  The National Weather Service says smoke from wildfires in the western US is moving into Iowa thanks to northerly…
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