Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Former RAGBRAI director creates "Save RAGBRAI" Facebook group, calls race is unstable
(Des Moines, IA) A former RAGBRAI director is trying to save the world's longest-running bike ride. Dieter Drake led the race from 2019 to 2022. He started a Facebook page this summer, named "Save RAG...
Tom Robinson Oct 28, 2022

Company With Pasta Produced In IA, NY Facing Class Action Lawsuit
(Ames, IA) -- The pasta company Barilla is facing a class action lawsuit over its claims the pasta was made in Italy when it's actually made in Iowa and New York. Iowa Attorney Andrew Reed says if you...
Mandy Billings Oct 27, 2022

Carbon Company Applies For Permit From IUB To Build
(Sioux City, IA) -- A company is filing for a permit from the Iowa Utilities Board to begin building a proposed carbon capture pipeline. The pipeline proposed by Navigator CO2 would stretch across 33 ...
Mandy Billings Oct 27, 2022

Red Oak Police Report
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 43-year-old Kim Jack Douglas Trost of Red Oak on Wednesday in the 1600 block of 200th Street for driving while revoked. Officers transported Trost to the Montgomery C...
Tom Robinson Oct 27, 2022
The Iowa Youth Straw Poll Results Are In
(Des Moines, IA) Results are in for the 2022 Iowa Youth Straw Poll. The Iowa Secretary of State's Office says K-though-12 students from more than 140 schools cast ballots for the governor's race and t...
Tom Robinson Oct 27, 2022
Adair City Council Reinstates Police Chief Brad Wendt
(Adair) The Adair City Council Reinstated Police Chief Brad Wendt on Wednesday night. In early September, the Council placed Chief Wendt on paid administrative leave after the FBI executed search warr...
Tom Robinson Oct 26, 2022

Cass County Sheriff's Office releases information on Iowa Permits to Carry Weapons and Iowa Permits to Acquire Weapons
(Cass Co) The Cass County Sheriff's Office has received some questions about the timeliness of the Iowa Permits to Carry Weapons and Iowa Permits to Acquire Weapons being delivered from the state. The...
Mandy Billings Oct 26, 2022

Announcement: OSI shut down due to water main break
(Oakland, IA) OSI (Oakland Foods) is shut down through at least Friday, due to a water main break.
Mandy Billings Oct 26, 2022

Audubon County Supervisors discuss best route for payment of emergency communication equipment
(Audubon) December 6th is the deadline for the Audubon County Board of Supervisors to decide on a financing option for their new Motorola tower. Bonding, financing through Motorola, and other options ...
Western Iowa Today Oct 26, 2022
Council Bluffs Police identify driver in fatal crash
(Council Bluffs) The Council Bluffs Police Department has identified the driver involved in a fatal accident early Sunday morning as 32-year-old Darian Davis of Lincoln, Nebraska. At approximately 4:1...
Mandy Billings Oct 26, 2022







