Category Archives: Local News

(Area) An unfortunate part of the holiday season is fraud. Sean Voskuhl, the Oklahoma State Director for the AARP says 82 percent of U.S. consumers have experienced some type of fraud... AARP Fraud Wa...

(Des Moines, IA) -- Fall in Iowa is a great time to work on your trees. It's also a safe time for the tree to get trimmed. The DNR says in a release that watering trees deeply and less frequently to e...

(Atlantic) Henningsen Construction, Inc. has donated $100,000 to Vision Atlantic's transformative project, which will bring a housing development, a new childcare center, and a YMCA expansion to Atlan...

(Atlantic) On Thursday, November 19th, 2024, the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors visited Hanson's Fine Jewelry to learn more about their exciting holiday promotions and extended holiday ...

(Washington, DC) -- Cigarette smoking rates are the lowest they've ever been, but Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says there's more that needs to be done. The nation's top doc says nearly 500-thousand pe...

(Area) The Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association announced its award winners on Friday afternoon. Among the recipients is Amber Jipsen, who has been recognized as the 2025 Iowa High School A...

(Area) The Iowa Department of Education announced nine teachers, representing all education regions of the state, as the first-ever Iowa Regional Teachers of the Year. Each teacher represents outstand...

(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 21-year-old Mason Dean Franzen, of Red Oak, Friday afternoon for Driving While Barred and Theft 5th Degree. The arrest occurred in the 1000 block of Mi...

(Omaha, NE) -- Ames-based Summit Carbon Solutions is in court again, this time suing Shelby and Story counties over who has the right to regulate pipeline safety regulations. The counties want to be a...

(Undated) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture is denying Iowa's request to prohibit SNAP benefits from being used to buy lab-grown meat or egg substitutes. The waiver request from the Iowa Departmen...