Author Archives: Western Iowa Today

Gary "Jake" Jacobson, the son of Arthur "Art" Carl Edward Jacobson and Esther Marcella Hill Jacobson passed away Thursday March 14th, 2024 at the Griswold Care Center in Griswold after fighting a long...

With the Elite Eight coming down to the wire, it's all down to the Final Four of the next round of the NCAA Tournament. Provided below are all the scores for the Elite Eight round of the tournament. A...

(Albany, NY) - Iowa looked dominant all night long in the Hawkeyes 94-87 victory over LSU in a rematch from last season's National Championship game. Iowa will advance to the Final Four for the third ...

Here are all of Monday's local high school girl's and boy's soccer scores from April 1st. Girls Scores West Central Valley 11, AHSTW 1 Council Bluffs Jefferson 10, Riverside 0 Underwood 9, Missouri Va...

(Des Moines, IA) - With a successful run at Northwest Missouri State, Ben McCollum is moving on to Division I basketball after being hired to be the new Head Men's Basketball Coach at Drake University...

(Mills County) - The Mills County Sheriff's Office reported two arrests and one incident. Arrests Richard Steven Kraft, 41, of Omaha, Nebraska was arrested March 29th at 5:44 a.m. for two counts of Po...

67-year-old Roosevelt "Rosie" Oliver, of Harlan, Iowa passed away on Sunday, March 24th at Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan. Funeral services are pending. Pauley-Jones Funeral Home in Harlan, Iowa is c...

Jeri Eilts, 67, of Anita, Iowa, and formerly of Wiota, died Sunday, March 31, 2024, at Caring Acres in Anita. A private graveside service will be held at a later date the First Lutheran Cemetery, sout...

Stephen Lynn Simon was born November 8, 1945 in Atlantic, Iowa to Mardell and Harold Simon of Anita, Iowa. Steve passed away unexpectedly at the age of 78 on March 25, 2024 in Huntington Beach, CA whe...

Gerald Jensen (91), of Elk Horn, passed away March 27, 2024 after a short illness. He was the son of Soren T. and Mabel D. (Madsen) Jensen. Gerald was born January 30, 1933 in Harlan. He grew up on hi...