Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Last Few Days for a Long Time Atlantic Business
(Atlantic) This weekend will be the last time a longtime Atlantic business will remain open. After 77 years of serving customers across southwest Iowa and beyond, Barb Jorgensen, owner of the Little C...
Tom Robinson Apr 21, 2023

Cass Health Reports Scam Phone Calls
(Atlantic) Cass Health has been made aware of a series of scam phone calls that appear to be from the main hospital phone number 712-243-3250. The caller states that they are with Nebraska Iowa Radiol...
Mandy Billings Apr 20, 2023
Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports five arrests. Timothy Scott Tompkins, 57, and Jolene Kay Christensen, 55, both of Omaha, Nebraska, were each arrested on Tuesday for Possession of ...
Mandy Billings Apr 20, 2023
Pacific Junction man transported to the hospital following a two-vehicle accident
(Mills Co) A Pacific Junction man was transported to the hospital following a car vs semi accident in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says 46-year-old Corey Manley of Pacific Junction ...
Mandy Billings Apr 20, 2023
Two more plead guilty in Fentanyl Distribution case
(Cass Co) According to documents from the United States District Court in the Southern District of Iowa, Colby Ray Clarken and Collin Jacob Clarken have both pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute...
Mandy Billings Apr 20, 2023

Atlantic City Council Holds Public Hearings on Dissolution of Community Promotion Commission and Cable Television Commission
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council held a public hearing on the Dissolution of the Community Promotion Commission Wednesday evening. The Council heard from Chamber Director Bailey Smith who had stat...
Mandy Billings Apr 20, 2023
Audubon County Man Sentenced for Firearm Offense
(Council Bluffs) The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says an Audubon County man was sentenced on Tuesday to 60 months in prison following his plea of guilty to being a prohibi...
Mandy Billings Apr 20, 2023
Creston Man arrested on Multiple Theft Charges
(Creston) Creston Police arrested 40-year-old Mark Anthony Weems Jr, of Creston, on Wednesday at his residence on two Union County Warrants for 1st-degree theft x2, 3rd-degree theft, and 4th-degree th...
Tom Robinson Apr 20, 2023
Rain Totals (Subject to Change)
Anita-1.50 Atlantic-1.50 Avoca-1.30 Charter Oak-2.75 Corning-2.82 Hancock-1.30 Lewis-1.30 Massena-2.58 Mount Ayr-1.00 Schleswig-2.75 Winterset-2.01 Wiota-1.00
Tom Robinson Apr 20, 2023

2023 Farm Bill Faces Numerous Obstacles
(Washington D.C.) The 19th modern-day farm bill before the U.S. House and Senate faces many challenges. Randy Russell, President of the Russell Farm Group, appeared in front of Farm Broadcasters at th...
Tom Robinson Apr 20, 2023








