Category Archives: Local News
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
Henderson Man arrested for Drug Possession Charges in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested 58-year-old Michael David Langcor of Henderson for Possession of Methamphetamine, 2nd offense. Deputies transported Longcor to the Montgomery ...
Oct 08, 2022
DNR reports peak fall colors in much of Iowa next week
(Des Moines, IA) -- Peak fall colors in parts of Iowa will be mostly noticeable throughout next week. According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources northeast, north central, and northwest Iowa...
Oct 08, 2022
Atlantic Firemen's Parade Activities in the Park
(Atlantic) Atlantic City Park will be full of activities this afternoon before the Firemen's parade at 6:00 p.m. Atlantic City Councilperson Elaine Otte says lots of activities are planned this aftern...
Oct 08, 2022
Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co.) The Mills County Sheriff's Office arrested 41-year-old Amanda Jean Schultz, of Omaha, Nebraska, on Tuesday for Possession of a Controlled Substance. Bond was set at $1,000. Kpor Kue, 22, o...
Oct 07, 2022
Update from Atlantic City Clerk on automatic payments for stormwater
(Atlantic) Atlantic City Clerk Barb Barrick says due to (mega) issues with the city's software "talking to" the bank's ACH software, automatic payments for stormwater will be deducted from customers a...
Oct 07, 2022
Iowa Harvest Season Underway, Deer Moving
(Des Moines, IA) -- The harvest continues in Iowa and deer are moving. The Iowa Department of Transportation says there were nearly 77-hundred vehicle crashes with animals reported. The DOT says five ...
Oct 07, 2022
