Author Archives: Western Iowa Today

(Red Oak) An Omaha man was arrested twice during the holiday weekend by the Red Oak Police Department. 39-year-old David Allan Minard, was originally taken into custody at 8:35 p.m. Sunday at 201 E Ma...

(Troy Mills, IA) -- The delayed start of the school year in the North Linn School District in eastern Iowa has been pushed back again after the discovery of asbestos during construction at the high sc...

(West Des Moines, IA) -- Monday marked the 40th anniversary of one of the state's most high-profile unsolved missing person cases. It was on this date that 12-year-old Johnny Gosch disappeared while d...

(Area) The fall of 2018 and fall of 2019 brought wet conditions, resulting in challenges in the field for harvest. Don't expect a repeat this year. Warmer and dyer conditions are expected to hang arou...

Eleanor Kay Tietz, the daughter of Clair A. and E. Yvonne (Westfall) Bissell, was born May 16, 1939, at her home in Anita, IA. She passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2022, at the Montgomery County ...

(Elk Horn) It's homecoming week at Exira-EHK with the theme of "Welcome to the Circus: Presenting the EEHK Tiger Tamers". Queen candidates are Jessi Marshall, Shay Burmeister, Ella Petersen, and Maken...

(Anita) A key matchup in 8-Player, District 10 will play out Friday in Anita. CAM takes on West Harrison in a contest that will air on 96.5 KSOM with live video HERE CAM has wins over Fremont-Mills (2...

ACGC Graduates Kate Crawford, Sophomore, Cross Country, UNI -The Panthers next meet is September 16th at Illinois State. Noah Nelsen, Junior, Cross Country, Simpson -Placed 18th at the Bill Buxton Inv...

Funeral service for Kathleen Ruth Eyberg, 91, of Atlantic IA, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, September 09, 2022, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Atlantic, IA, with Rev. Lauri Boysen Officiatin...

(NAFB) As students around the country get back into the swing of a new school year, it's important to remember that COVID-19 is still active in the U.S. Ann Marie Pettis is the director of infection p...