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UnityPoint Health System Requiring Employee COVID Vaccinations
(Des Moines, IA) -- The UnityPoint Health system is the latest to announce it will require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. UnityPoint says all employees in the 31 Iowa hospitals in its n...
Western Iowa Today Aug 05, 2021
State Board of Education Asked to Allow Masks in Schools
(Des Moines, IA) -- Some Iowa parents and school board members are asking the State Board of Education to pressure lawmakers to allow masks in classrooms again. Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill in ...
Western Iowa Today Aug 05, 2021
Box culvert and grading project in Adair County prompting road closure
(Adair) A road notification has been issued from Adair County. A portion of 310th Street (G61) and Adair-Cass Avenue will be closed to traffic for a box culvert and grading project. The project is app...
Western Iowa Today Aug 05, 2021
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrests man on warrant
(Red Oak) A Red Oak man has been arrested on a warrant. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested 21-year-old Tyler Baucom on Thursday afternoon on warrant for violation of protective order. He ...
Western Iowa Today Aug 05, 2021
Mills County motorcyclist airlifted after animal in roadway causes accident
(Glenwood) The Mills County Sheriff's Office responded to a motorcycle accident with critical injuries on Tuesday morning. The initial investigation determined that the cause of the accident was due t...
Western Iowa Today Aug 05, 2021
Latest Map Shows 11 Iowa Counties in 'Extreme' Drought
(Des Moines, IA) The latest U-S Drought Monitor shows 11 Iowa counties are now in "extreme" drought. The map shows two areas of extreme drought. The state climatologist said the areas in the northwest...
Tom Robinson Aug 05, 2021
Nebraska man charged with OWI in Mills County
(Glenwood) One arrest appears on the latest Glenwood Police report. 37-year-old Robert Stanton, of Papillion, NE, was arrested Thursday morning for OWI 1st Offense. His bond was set at $1,000 cash or ...
Western Iowa Today Aug 05, 2021
Pickup hits bull in Guthrie County accient
(Guthrie Center) The Guthrie County Sheriff's Office has released details on a pair of recent accidents, one of which involved a pickup and a bull. At the time of the release, no farmers contacted by ...
Western Iowa Today Aug 05, 2021
Page County man arrested on warrant
(Clarinda) The Page County Sheriff's Office reports the arrest of 35-year-old David Dale Morelock. Morelock, of Clarinda, was arrested at his residence on a Page County Warrant for Failure to Appear o...
Western Iowa Today Aug 05, 2021
Pace of Iowa Vaccinations Trending Up Slightly
(Des Moines, IA) The pace of vaccinations appears to be trending up slightly in Iowa as the number of patients hospitalized in Iowa for treatment of Covid grows. The number of COVID patients in Iowa h...
Tom Robinson Aug 05, 2021