LOCAL NEWS

There’s going to be live music in downtown Oskaloosa Saturday night (9/4).  The sixth annual Concert on the Square is a free event featuring Christian music.  Wyndell Campbell is on the planning committee for Concert…

A man’s body was found in a lagoon near Beach Ottumwa.  Ottumwa Police were called around 1pm Wednesday (9/1) when the caller saw the man’s body floating in the water.  Police say the man had…

BY RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTOR We could see an increase in prices at the gas pump in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. AAA Iowa spokesperson Meredith Mitts says the storm forced the oil industry to take action.…

Life in prison with no possibility of parole.  That sentence was handed down Monday (8/30) to Cristhian Bahena Rivera for stabbing Mollie Tibbetts to death.  In May, a jury found Bahena Rivera guilty of first…

Cristhian Bahena Rivera will be sentenced Monday afternoon (8/30) for killing Mollie Tibbetts.  In May, a jury in Scott County found the 27-year-old Bahena Rivers guilty of first degree murder in the July 2018 death…

Keokuk County had some heavy weather Thursday night (8/27).  Severe storms that moved through the area knocked down trees and power lines in Sigourney, What Cheer, Delta, Ollie and Hedrick.  And in Poweshiek County, Sheriff…

The Ajinomoto plant in Eddyville had to be evacuated Wednesday night because of a chemical spill.  Mahaska County 911 was told around 8:20pm about an acid leak at the plant.  Ajinomoto makes amino acids that…

Senator Chuck Grassley held a town hall discussion in Oskaloosa Tuesday were topics included vaccinations, infrastructure and increasing tensions in Afghanistan. He also touched on California’s Proposition 12 which requires pig farmers to provide more…

The heat has been turned up.  The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory Tuesday (8/24) starting at noon until 7pm.  Warm temperatures and high humidity expected during the day can cause heat related…

It’s back to school time.  The new school year starts Monday (8/23) in several districts in the No Coast Network listening area, including Oskaloosa, Pella, EBF and Montezuma.  Sigourney’s new school year starts Wednesday (8/25(. …