Category Archives: Local News

(Shelby, Iowa) A fire destroyed a house in rural Pottawattamie County on Saturday afternoon. Avoca Fire Chief Drew Becker tells KSOM/KS95 News the call went out at 1:24 p.m. of a house fire at 410th S...

(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 52-year-Brian Keith Yochum, of Red Oak, for OWI 1st, offense. Police transported Yocum to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held him on a $1,000 cash b...

(Des Moines) The entire state of Iowa is now abnormally dry, with several areas of the state suffering from extreme, severe, or moderate drought. Ashley Bury with the National Weather Service in Des M...

(Pottawattamie Co) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday awarded a bid for construction of the Pottawattamie County Roads Operation Center. Engineer John Rasmussen... The existing P...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic FFA chapter competed in the Southwest Iowa District Soils Judging Contest at the Armstrong Research Farm in Lewis on Wednesday, September 21st. There were 188 FFA members that ...

(Waukon, IA) -- The Iowa Pork Producers Association says the best breaded pork tenderloin in Iowa can be found in Waukon, in northeast Iowa.   Dan and Kelly Liddiard own Lid's Bar and Grill, whic...

(Atlantic) Officials at Cass Health are happy to announce that the emergency driveway is now open to all traffic. The drive had been closed for several months as crews worked to completely replace the...

(Undated) -- A new Iowa Poll is being released this weekend, less than a month before Election Day. The Des Moines Register says the poll will include Iowa's U.S. Senate race between Senator Chuck Gra...

(Independence, IA) -- A statue standing in eastern Iowa honors a fallen Iowa State Patrol trooper. Sergeant Jim Smith was shot and killed in April 2021 after a Grundy Center standoff. Smith lived in I...

(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Deputies responded to an assault in progress on Thursday night in the 1900 block of 203rd Street in Red Oak. Following a brief search, deputies took Michael Josephson i...