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Red Oak Man arrested for FTA on Alcohol and Drug Possession Charge
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 53-year-old Fred Francis Welch IV of Red Oak on a Montgomery County warrant for failure to appear on a charge of OWI 1st offense and possession of a controlled substa...
Tom Robinson Oct 05, 2022

Water Main Break Prompts Boil Advisory in a Northern Portion of Audubon
(Audubon) Earlier today, a water main break on the north side of town prompted a water boil advisory for residents living there. Residents should not ingest the water without boiling it or use bottled...
Tom Robinson Oct 04, 2022

DEA: Fentanyl Expanding In Midwest
(Omaha, NE) -- The Drug Enforcement Administration is seeing a lot more fentanyl in the Midwest. DEA Agent Justin King says it's only getting worse. The Agency recently wrapped up a fentanyl enforceme...
Mandy Billings Oct 04, 2022
Two people enter pleas of guilty in Fentanyl distribution case
(Cass Co) Two people have entered pleas of guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. Kelsi Marie Thurman, of Lewis, and Mason Blaine Loudermilk, of Atlantic, are two of five Cass Coun...
Mandy Billings Oct 04, 2022
Shelby County Sheriff's Report
(Shelby Co) The Shelby County Sheriff's Office reports eight arrests between September 16 and September 27. Guillermo Perez Sanchez, age 33, of Schaller, was arrested following a traffic stop on Highw...
Mandy Billings Oct 04, 2022
Council Bluffs Man Sentenced for a Drug Offense
(Council Bluffs) The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 58-year-old Scott Paul Polinski, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Friday to 120 months in prison for Possession wi...
Mandy Billings Oct 04, 2022
One person injured in a two-vehicle accident in Mills County
(Mills Co) One person was transported to the hospital following a two-vehicle accident in Mills County on Friday. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says 65-year-old Debora Olerich, of Malvern, was dri...
Mandy Billings Oct 04, 2022

Anita's 40 Block Street Improvement Project to Out for Bid Soon
(Anita) In August, the USDA announced the City of Anita would receive $500,000 for street and sidewalk improvement projects. This is a 50/50 match. Anita Street Supervisor Eric Steffenson says the cit...
Tom Robinson Oct 04, 2022
Flu Season Right Around the Corner
(Atlantic) Flu season is approaching, and Cass Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Elaine Berry believes everyone should get a flu shot, most notably the very young, people 65 years of age and older, and...
Tom Robinson Oct 04, 2022
Adair County Arrest Report
(Adair Co.) Two people were arrested for Willful Injury Causing Serious Injury in Adair County. The Stuart Police Department says officers were called to the AmericInn Saturday evening for an assault....
Mandy Billings Oct 03, 2022







