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…
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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…
Weekend coronavirus update
Sep 21, 2020
Seven more Iowans died from coronavirus over the weekend. As of Sunday (9/20), the state’s death total from COVID-19 stands at 1265. There was also a sharp rise in positive tests for COVID-19 from the…
Coronavirus update
Sep 18, 2020
A Monroe County resident is among ten new coronavirus deaths in the state reported Friday (9/18) by the Iowa Department of Public Health. The pandemic total in Iowa now stands at 1258. There was another…
Iowa Supreme Court lets rulings on absentee ballots stand
Sep 17, 2020
The Iowa Supreme Court is refusing to review lower court decisions that invalidated tens of thousands of voters’ absentee ballot requests at the urging of President Trump’s reelection campaign. The court issued orders Wednesday (9/16)…