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Atlantic City Council Considers Hiring Retail Coach Company
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council is considering hiring Retail Coach, a business recruitment company. Retail Coach Program Director Austin Farmer appearing at the Atlantic City Council meeting Wedn...
Tom Robinson Aug 04, 2021
SWIPCO Community Development Director Alexis Fleener Discusses Housing Grant
(Atlantic) On Wednesday, Southwest Iowa Planning Council Community Development Director Alexis Fleener appeared in front of the Atlantic City Council and presented information on a housing grant. This...
Tom Robinson Aug 04, 2021
Fort Dodge Man Pleads Guilty to Greene County Bank Robbery
(Jefferson, IA) -- A Fort Dodge man is pleading guilty for his role in a bank robbery in Greene County. Twenty-seven-year-old Zachary Michael Wailes admitted to entering a bank in Scranton in February...
Western Iowa Today Aug 04, 2021
2 Iowa Meth Dealers Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison
(Sioux City, IA) -- Federal prosecutors say a man from northwest Iowa and a man from southeast Iowa will spend two decades in prison on drug charges. Thirty-one-year-old Christian Javier Ramirez of St...
Western Iowa Today Aug 04, 2021
Lifting of Boil Orders Begin in Pottawattamie County
(Council Bluffs) Regional Water Rural Water Association has announced the lifting of boil orders in Shelby and Harrison Counties. Those areas also included some facilities in Pottawattamie County such...
Western Iowa Today Aug 04, 2021
Page County Man arrested on Drug Possession Charges
\(Clarinda) A growing marijuana plant leads to the arrest of a Shenandoah man. The Page County Sheriff's Office received an anonymous tip on Wednesday about a large Marijuana plant growing at a reside...
Tom Robinson Aug 04, 2021
Region 4 COVID-19 Weekly Update
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health's weekly data shows 134 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Region 4 from Wednesday, July 28 through Wednesday, August 4. That's a decline of 45 ...
Mandy Billings Aug 04, 2021
Authorities searching for Suspect involved in Pursuit in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office searches for a Bedford, Iowa man connected with a pursuit on Tuesday afternoon. The Sheriff's Office has filed charges and warrants against the suspect...
Tom Robinson Aug 04, 2021
Cass County Fair 4-H and FFA Poultry Results
(Atlantic) The Cass County 4H and FFA Poultry Show results are listed below. 4H: Champion Pen of three Egg Layers-Gary Walker, Bear Grove Blazers Champion Hy-Line Egg Production Pen-Abbi Richter-Grove...
Tom Robinson Aug 04, 2021
One Person Died and One Person Injured in Harrison County Crash
(Mondamin) A Nebraska man died in a two-vehicle crash that injured another person on Interstate 29 in Harrison County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, near th...
Tom Robinson Aug 04, 2021