Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Snow is on the way
(Area) A narrow band of precipitation is moving through western Iowa up through north central Iowa late this morning. Brooke Hagenhoff, Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Des Moines, s...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2022

Atlantic Police Report
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department reports seven arrests and three citations between October 18 and November 13. Rinanten Amo, 35, of Atlantic, was arrested November 13 for Public Intoxication....
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2022
Update on three vehicle accident in Atlantic
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department released more information on a three-vehicle accident in Atlantic that occurred Friday morning. According to the report, Case Arnold, of Atlantic, was driving...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2022

Man Arrested After Police Say He Crashed Into Building Near Downtown Des Moines
(Des Moines, IA) -- A man's arrested after a police chase that ends with him crashing his car into a building just southeast of downtown Des Moines. Police say they tried to pull the suspect over near...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2022
Pieper Lewis Returns To Polk County Court This Week
(Des Moines, IA) -- A Des Moines teen whose murder trial made national headlines returns to court this week. Eighteen-year-old Pieper Lewis, who was granted a deferred judgment and five years probatio...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2022

Griswold man arrested on drug charges in Adams County
(Adams Co) The Adams County Sheriff's Office arrested 36-year-old Carl Daniel of Griswold following a traffic stop near the intersection of Dogwood Avenue and Highway 34 in Corning Saturday. Upon furt...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2022

Des Moines Man In Custody, Accused Of Threatening To Blow Up Library
(Des Moines, IA) -- A Des Moines man is in custody after police say he threatened to blow up the Des Moines Public Library. Thirty-two-year-old Donnie Shuman, who is also accused of threatening police...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2022
Afton man cited after vehicle strikes a gas pump
(Union Co) An Afton man was cited after his vehicle struck a gas pump Sunday evening. The Union County Sheriff's Office says a 1996 Ford Explorer was parked in the parking lot of Casey's in Afton. The...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2022
Man Arrested on Valid Warrant
(Red Oak) Saturday at around 2:24 p.m. officers of the Red Oak Police Department arrested 47-year-old Terry J. Aherns in the 2400 block of N. 8th St. on a valid Montgomery County warrant for failure t...
Western Iowa Today Nov 13, 2022

Atlantic Community School District Promotes Orange Day on November 22
(Atlantic) Atlantic Schools Superintendent Steve Barber invites neighbors, businesses, and employees to join the school district wearing orange on November 22 and a picture of your family, co-workers,...
Tom Robinson Nov 13, 2022







