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Creston Police report Two Arrests
(Creston) Creston Police arrested two Union County people on warrants. Police arrested 34-year old Jeffrey Drake of Afton at the Law Enforcement Center on Monday on a Union County Warrant for Failure ...
Tom Robinson Jun 15, 2021
Atlantic Pool to open Thursday; Community Input Session to be held July 13th
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department and the YMCA are happy to announce that they will be opening the Sunnyside Pool on Thursday, June 17th. Officials continue to work through mecha...
Mandy Billings Jun 15, 2021
Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co.) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports nine arrests between June 9th and June 13th. Curtis James Hansen, 59, of Beatrice, Nebraska, was arrested June 9th for Driving under Suspension an...
Mandy Billings Jun 15, 2021
Red Oak Man arrested following Brief Standoff
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 21-year old Jacob David Berggren of Red Oak late Monday night. Police located Berggren in a house in the 500 block of East Prospect Street. Following a short standoff...
Tom Robinson Jun 15, 2021
Heat brings prime conditions for catching catfish
(Area) Conditions are right for anglers to go after catfish. With rising water temperatures the time is now to hook a catfish. "The catfish are starting to move in. Surface water temperatures are appr...
Western Iowa Today Jun 15, 2021
Atlantic City Council to decide on Terms of Park Board
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council Wednesday will decide whether to change the term of a Park Board member. Atlantic City Administrator John Lund said a few years ago; city leaders discussed changin...
Tom Robinson Jun 15, 2021
Former Adair County Man arrested in Connection with Fatality Accident
(Greenfield) A former Orient, Iowa man is in custody in connection with a fatality accident on May 8, near Orient. The cooperation of multiple agencies, including the U.S. Marshalls Office of the Sout...
Tom Robinson Jun 14, 2021
Updated: Council Bluffs Police arrest Woman at-large: Charge Her with Attempted Murder
(Council Bluffs) Council Bluffs Police arrested the woman accused of spraying a flammable substance on another woman and lighting her on fire. Council Bluffs Police Officers located and arrested 27-ye...
Tom Robinson Jun 14, 2021
Marion man injured in an ATV accident in Guthrie County
(Guthrie Co.) A Marion man was injured in an ATV accident in Guthrie County. The Guthrie County Sheriff's Office says 48-year-old Jeffery Barth was traversing a left hand curve, traveling generally no...
Mandy Billings Jun 14, 2021
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office executes two search warrants
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office executed two search warrants over the weekend. A warrant was executed at on Nuckols Street in Red Oak Saturday evening. As a result, 23-year-old Dawson...
Mandy Billings Jun 14, 2021