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Cass County EMA reminds Residents to re-register for Alert Iowa Emergency Notification System
(Atlantic) Cass County Emergency Management Director Mike Kennon reminds residents of changes coming to the Alert Iowa Emergency Notification System. The state changed the contract for the system, and...
Tom Robinson Jun 25, 2021
Update: One person suffers minor injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Atlantic
(Atlantic) One person was transported to the hospital with minor injuries following a two-vehicle accident at 7th and Elm Streets in Atlantic just after noon today (Friday). Atlantic Police Officer Ca...
Tom Robinson Jun 25, 2021
Iowa Developer Announces Plans for $325 Million, 750 Employee Beef Processing Facility in Mills County to Open in Late 2023
(Des Moines) Cattlemen's Heritage, a newly formed corporation with its roots in livestock production and construction, announced plans on Friday to construct a $325-million, 1,500-head-per-day beef-pr...
Tom Robinson Jun 25, 2021
Cass County Sheriff's Office Weekly Arrest and Accident Report
(Atlantic) The Cass County Sheriff's Office reports one accident and three arrests this week. Cass County Deputies responded to a single-vehicle accident Tuesday at around 12:14 p.m. on 620th Street a...
Tom Robinson Jun 25, 2021
Area Rain Totals
Anita-.30 Atlantic-.20 Audubon-.04 Council Bluffs-.13 Denison-.01 Harlan-.07 Lewis-.30 Marne-.20 Red Oak-.35 Wiota-.25
Tom Robinson Jun 25, 2021
Griswold School Board Meeting Recap
(Griswold) The Griswold Community School Board met Monday night to discuss several different items. The meeting opened up with old business regarding board policies and establishing activity pass fees...
Western Iowa Today Jun 25, 2021
DNR Water Summary Shows 44% of Iowa in Severe Drought, Some Improvements
(Des Moines, IA) -- The latest D-N-R Water Summary Update shows the entire state of Iowa in some form or dryness or drought. Precipitation remains two inches below normal with seven days remaining in ...
Mandy Billings Jun 24, 2021
Red Oak man arrested on a Pottawattamie County warrant
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested Cody Thomas Thramer, 31, of Red Oak, today (Thursday) on a valid Pottawattamie County warrant for Contempt of Court Failure to Pay Child Support. Thram...
Mandy Billings Jun 24, 2021
Gov. Reynolds to send Iowa Law Enforcement Officers to aid border security efforts
(Des Moines) Today, Governor Kim Reynolds announced that Iowa State Patrol officers will be deployed to the U.S. Southern Border to aid law enforcement and border security efforts. The governor is res...
Mandy Billings Jun 24, 2021
Mills County Accident Reports
(Mills Co.) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports four accidents. Jo Beck, 65, of Shenandoah, was transported to the Shenandoah Hospital by Malvern Rescue following a car vs deer accident on June ...
Mandy Billings Jun 24, 2021