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News from Western Iowa.
Wet forecast this week for Southwest Iowa
(Atlantic) Rainfall is on its way to the area this week. There are several chances for some moisture according to Andrew Ansorge with the National Weather Service in Des Moines. "We have slow moving f...
Western Iowa Today Jul 06, 2021
Bird Watchers Asked To Be On The Lookout
(Undated) -- The Iowa D-N-R is asking bird watchers statewide to be on the alert for any unusual behavior they may spot with the health of songbirds. There's a sharp uptick in reports of sick or dead ...
Tom Robinson Jul 06, 2021
Pedestrian Hit And Killed Near Promise City
(Promise City, IA) -- A pedestrian died after being hit by a car on Highway 2 in south-central Iowa's Wayne County near Promise City. The Iowa State Patrol says 67-year-old David Curtis of Promise Cit...
Tom Robinson Jul 06, 2021
Atlantic Community Schools Athletic Facilities Update
(Atlantic) Atlantic Schools Superintendent Steve Barber discussed the facilities project at the high school during "Trojan Talk," which aired on KS95.7 FM on Friday. This phase includes new tennis cou...
Tom Robinson Jul 06, 2021
Adair County Sheriff's Report
(Greenfield) Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports two arrests. Law Enforcement arrested 38-year old Christopher Anthony Ford of Greenfield on Thursday, June 29th, on an Adair County Felony War...
Tom Robinson Jul 06, 2021
Ice Cream Social and Celebration of Service for Sherry Toelle
(Atlantic) The Cass County Democrats are hosting an Ice Cream Social and special guests to honor the years of service Sherry Toelle gave to the Cass County Democrats at the City Park in Atlantic on Mo...
Mandy Billings Jul 05, 2021
DNR forecasts Iowa's 2021 fall pheasant population to be similar to 2020
(Area) If Iowa pheasant hunters like the hunting they had in 2020, they should like it again in 2021. Bryan Hayes, with the Iowa DNR, says based on the annual pheasant nesting forecast, Iowa's pheasan...
Mandy Billings Jul 05, 2021
Reminder: Beyond BOW - Women, Water and Wine to be held in Shelby County August 27-29
(Shelby Co.) Registration continues for Beyond BOW (Becoming an Outdoors Woman) - Women, Water, and Wine. Christina Roelofs, Naturalist with Shelby County Conservation Board and Iowa DNR, said the eve...
Mandy Billings Jul 05, 2021
DNR Derelict Building Grant Program awards grants to rural communities
(Des Moines) The DNR Derelict Building Grant Program awarded grants to nine small, rural Iowa communities to help deconstruct or renovate abandoned structures, remove asbestos, and limit construction ...
Mandy Billings Jul 05, 2021
Artist Behind the Freedom Rock Tour Announces 100th Freedom Rock to be Auctioned off Online
(Press release) Ray "Bubba" Sorensen, of Greenfield, and Iowa House District #20 Representative, recently announced his way of concluding the Iowa Freedom Rock Tour. With 97 out of 99 counties current...
Tom Robinson Jul 04, 2021