Category Archives: Local News
Fatal Structure Fire in Exira
(Exira) One person was killed, and another was transported to the hospital following a fire in Exira Monday morning. The Exira Fire Department says at 6:41 a.m., Audubon County 911 received a report o...
Dec 18, 2025
Winners Announced for AMU's Holiday Christmas Lighting Contest
(Atlantic) Atlantic Municipal Utilities announced the winners of their annual Holiday Christmas Lighting Contest. Atlantic Chamber Director Kelsey Beschorner stepped in to represent AMU during the ann...
Dec 18, 2025
Oil, Fuel Prices Expected To Continue To Drop
(NAFB) Oil prices have been on a steady downward trajectory for much of the past month, and that trend looks to continue in the final days of the year. And that drop in oil prices means American motor...
Dec 18, 2025
Atlantic Mayor Grace Garrett Conducts Final City Council Meeting: Reflects on Accomplishments
(Atlantic) Atlantic Mayor Grace Garrett presided over her final meeting on Wednesday night. Garrett and her husband, Bill, moved to Atlantic in 2017. After developing an interest in city government, s...
Dec 17, 2025
New Mayor and Two Atlantic City Council Members Sworn into Office
(Atlantic) - On January 1, 2026, Atlantic will welcome a new mayor. Rob Clausen will assume the role. On Wednesday, Clausen was sworn in along with incumbent Second Ward City Councilman Jim Behrens, a...
Dec 17, 2025
Pottawattamie County Woman arrested on Drug Charges in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested a Council Bluffs woman on Wednesday afternoon on a drug possession warrant. Deputies arrested 44-year-old Heather S. Caddell at around 3:10 p....
Dec 17, 2025
Cass County Crash Claims One Life
(Cass County) A Pottawattamie County Man died in a semi accident on Interstate 80 in Cass County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened on Tuesday morning in the westbound lanes near the 58...
Dec 17, 2025
Open House For Newly Remodeled Home in Audubon Aimed at First-Time Buyers Set for December 18
(Audubon) Region XII Council of Governments and the Audubon County Economic Development and Tourism are holding an open house on Thursday, December 18, for a three-bedroom, newly remodeled home in Aud...
Dec 17, 2025
Bridge Reopened in Adams County
(Prescott, IA) -- A bridge in Adams County just north of Prescott has been reopened. The bridge on 150th Street between Sycamore and Ulban Ave had been closed since July 14th and was scheduled to re-o...
Dec 17, 2025
Pottawattamie County Man Faces Burglary Charges in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office reports that business owners of ESB Construction, located at 2154 Hickory Avenue in Red Oak, discovered an individual unlawfully inside one of their wo...
Dec 17, 2025
