Category Archives: Local News

(Corning) The Corning School Board on Monday approved the 2023-2024 Fiscal year certified teacher contracts. Schools Superintendent Chris Fenster says the settlement agreement included a 3.11 percent ...

(Harlan) On Tuesday night, the Harlan City Council voted to enter into a 28E agreement with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. Under the plan, the Sheriff's Office would expand from 11 to 17 deputies...

(Des Moines) The Iowa House is considering a bill that would allow carbon dioxide pipeline companies to get permission from landowners on at least 90 percent of the route if they want to use eminent d...

(Winterset) The Madison County Sheriff's Office arrested a Bristow, Iowa, man on numerous charges related to a stolen vehicle and firearms taken from a Creston residence. According to the press releas...

(Lewis) The Lewis Fire Department is hosting a benefit for Lewis Firefighter Jeff Pope and his family. Lewis Firefighter Ryan Archibald said Debbie Pope recently lost her battle with pancreatic cancer...

(Audubon) On Monday night the Audubon School Board approved a teacher salary settlement and salaries for staff not included in bargaining unit. Superintendent Eric Trager says a 3.62% increase has bee...

(Creston) Creston School District was the target of a fake active shooter threat this morning. At approximately 10:30 a.m., the Union County Dispatch Center received a call from an unknown male report...

(Pottawattamie Co) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors this morning approved the sale of the Avoca Shop. The Secondary Roads Department has consolidated shops to reduce operating costs and s...

(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports four arrests. Elizabeth Rene Lynnette Evans, 33, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Friday for Violation of Probation. Bond was set at $5,000. Creight...

(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 40-year-old Joseph Aaron Nelson, of Red Oak, in the 200 block of Oakwood Avenue this morning for Domestic Abuse Assault Causing Bodily Injury. Nelson w...