Category Archives: Local News
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2 More Iowa Counties Become 2nd Amendment Sanctuaries
(Winterset) Two more Iowa counties have become Second Amendment sanctuaries. Tuesday votes by the Board of Supervisors at both Cedar and Madison counties mean there are now four Iowa counties where sh...
Tom Robinson Jul 29, 2021
Atlantic City Council's Personnel and Finance Committee Reviews Fireworks Proposals
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council's Personnel and Finance Committee is recommending the City go a different direction for next year's fireworks display. The City received citizen complaints after J...
Tom Robinson Jul 29, 2021
Cass County Fair Events for Thursday
(Atlantic) The Cass County Fair events this morning and afternoon consist of weighing in the swine, meat goat, and sheep and checking in the rabbits, poultry, dairy, and horses. Kate Olson, Cass Count...
Mandy Billings Jul 29, 2021
Atlantic School Board approves Middle School Mitigation Low Bid for $875,000
(Atlantic) The Atlantic School Board met for an emergency meeting on Wednesday evening to approve bids to mitigate the water-related damages to the Middle School. Firefighters were called to the blaze...
Tom Robinson Jul 28, 2021
Press Conference: Atlantic Middle School Fire
(Atlantic) Atlantic Schools Superintendent Steve Barber and Atlantic Fire Chief Tom Cappel held a press conference this afternoon regarding the fire at the Atlantic Middle School that occurred on Tues...
Tom Robinson Jul 28, 2021
Live Broadcast of the Atlantic Middle School Fire Press Conference
(Atlantic) The Archive of the Atlantic Middle School Fire Press Conference can be found here.
Mandy Billings Jul 28, 2021
Iowa Law Enforcement Officers return from border security mission
(Des Moines) Today Governor Kim Reynolds announced that Iowa Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers have successfully concluded their deployment to the U.S. Southern Border to aid law enforcement ...
Mandy Billings Jul 28, 2021
Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co.) Two people were arrested on drug charges in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says Gwen Marie Vanderhoof, 37, of Clarinda, and Stuart Duane Haley, 32, of Villisca, were broth...
Mandy Billings Jul 28, 2021
Red Cross Blood Drive at Cass Health today Canceled
(Atlantic) The Red Cross Blood Drive today (July 28) at Cass Health has been canceled. Donors may go to redcrossblood.org to find future opportunities to give.
Mandy Billings Jul 28, 2021
Atlantic Personnel and Finance Committee to Hear Fireworks Display Proposals
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Personnel and Finance Committee will hear a proposal from a retail coach and three fireworks display companies at a meeting later today. The recent fireworks display at the Atl...
Tom Robinson Jul 28, 2021