Category Archives: Local News
Montgomery County Man arrested on Multiple Drug Charges
(Red Oak) A Red Oak man faces multiple drug charges. Red Oak Police arrested 66-year-old Calvin Merle Watt on Sunday afternoon at the 5th and Corning Street intersection and found Watt using drugs wit...
Oct 10, 2022
Combine Fire near Anita
(Anita) Firefighters responded to a combine fire southeast of Anita on Sunday afternoon. Anita Fire Chief Eric Steffenson says the call went out at 4:40 p.m. of a combine fire at 765th Street and Glen...
Oct 10, 2022
Audubon County Crash Claims one Life
(Exira) A car semi accident in Exira on Sunday afternoon claimed the life of an Exira woman. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 2:48 p.m. at 418 Washington Street. Authorities say 75-...
Oct 10, 2022
Two High-Speed Drivers Caught On I-35
(Des Moines, IA) A driver is charged with going 121 miles an hour on I-35 this weekend. The Iowa State Patrol says Trooper Marc Griggs arrested the driver for going 56 miles over the speed limit. Afte...
Oct 10, 2022
Homeless Man Accused Of Pulling Knife On Des Moines Bar Employee
(Des Moines, IA) A homeless man is in the Polk County Jail this morning, accused of threatening a worker with a knife outside a Des Moines bar this weekend. Several weeks ago, a bar co-owner told the ...
Oct 10, 2022
Public Health Leaders Worried About Latest Kids Vaping Report
More than two-and-a-half million high schoolers and middle schoolers are vaping. The latest report from the CDC has public health leaders worried. Dr. Jennifer Cofer of Houston's M-D Anderson Cancer C...
Oct 09, 2022
Atlantic School District's 2022-2023 Enrollment Numbers to be Released on Wednesday
(Atlantic) Atlantic School's Superintendent, Steve Barber, will report 2022-2023 student enrollment numbers to the Atlantic School Board at Wednesday's meeting. Last school year, the Atlantic School D...
Oct 09, 2022
Cass County Emergency Management Continues to Increase Communication Capability
(Atlantic) Cass County Emergency Management continues to move forward with integrating the new state-of-the-art digital communications platform. In the summer of 2019, the County started a measured ap...
Oct 09, 2022
Atlantic Mayor Reports on Neighborhood Re-vamping Project
(Atlantic) Atlantic Mayor Grace Garrett reported to the City Council on Wednesday about a bus tour while attending the Iowa League of Cities meeting in Waterloo. Garrett attended the meeting with four...
Oct 09, 2022
COVID-19 Vaccine Challenges in Rural Communities
(NAFB) Rural communities face extra challenges when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic. While there were once concerns over vaccine availability and access to medical care, there are other issues that ...
Oct 09, 2022
