Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Audubon County Sheriff's Report
(Audubon) The Audubon County Sheriff's Office released a lengthy list of arrests dating back to July. Most recently, William Brubaker, age 26 of Audubon, was arrested on December 5, for Violation of S...
Mandy Billings Dec 16, 2022

Red Oak Police Report
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 35-year-old Heather Lynn Porter of Ottumwa for Driving Under Suspension. Officers transported Porter to the Montgomery County Jail and held her on a $491.25 bond. &nb...
Tom Robinson Dec 16, 2022
Iowa State Patrol Has Busy Thursday
(Undated) Slick roads kept Iowa State Troopers busy yesterday in Central Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol says they covered 18-crashes in Thursday morning, one of which was fatal. As weather conditions wor...
Tom Robinson Dec 16, 2022
Audubon County purchases leftover rock from Wind Turbine project
(Audubon) The Audubon County Secondary Roads Department is taking advantage of an opportunity to get higher quality rock at a lower cost. Supervisor's Chairman Doug Sorensen explains the rock left ove...
Western Iowa Today Dec 16, 2022

Atlantic Board of Adjustment Approves New Life Church Request for Conditional Use Permit for Atlas Atlantic Cinema Building
(The link to the entire video-stream of the Board of Adjustment meeting is posted below the story) (Atlantic) The Atlantic Board of Adjustment approved New Life Churches' application for a conditional...
Tom Robinson Dec 15, 2022
Creston woman injured in a two-vehicle accident
(Creston) A Creston woman was injured in a two-vehicle accident this (Thursday) morning. The Creston Police Department says a 15-year-old male from Creston was driving a 2001 Ford Escort north on Cott...
Mandy Billings Dec 15, 2022

Atlantic Police Department Canned Food Drive Results
(Atlantic) Between November 28th and December 12th, the Atlantic Police Department conducted their annual canned food drive to benefit the Atlantic Food Pantry. This event is a challenge at the Washin...
Mandy Billings Dec 15, 2022
Missouri Valley Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Sexual Offenses
(Council Bluffs) The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 23-year-old Quinn Matthew Sorensen, of Missouri Valley, was sentenced on Tuesday to 168 months in prison following hi...
Mandy Billings Dec 15, 2022
Fatal accident in Carroll County
(Carroll Co) A woman was killed in a head-on collision in Carroll County this morning. The Iowa State Patrol says 26-year-old Lorraine Haley Wuebker, of Auburn, Iowa, was driving a 2007 Chevy Equinox ...
Mandy Billings Dec 15, 2022

Adair Chief of Police Charged with Getting Machine Guns Through False Statements to the ATF
(Des Moines) A federal grand jury in Des Moines returned an indictment on December 14, 2022, charging Adair Chief of Police Bradley Wendt with unlawfully obtaining and possessing machine guns. Accordi...
Mandy Billings Dec 15, 2022







