Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Update: Atlantic Fire Department responds to smoke coming from back of a home on Hazel Street
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Fire Department responded to the report of smoke coming from the back of a residence at 304 Hazel Street just before 11:00 this morning. Atlantic Fire Chief Tom Cappel... Cappe...
Tom Robinson Sep 06, 2022
Shelby County Sheriff's Office August Arrest Report
(Shelby Co.) The Shelby County Sheriff's Office reports nine arrests between August 4th and August 30th. Brett Michael Thompson, age 39, of Council Bluffs, was arrested August 4th on a Shelby County W...
Mandy Billings Sep 06, 2022
Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police report two arrests and two break-ins. The Smoke Shop at 311 West Adams Street reported a break-in. The perpetrator(s) broke the front window of the business and stole multiple...
Tom Robinson Sep 06, 2022
Two Charter Schools Start Under New Law
(Hamburg, IA) -- The first state-funded charters approved under a law passed in 2021 are starting classes this fall. Choice Charter School is an online program aimed at helping students who have dropp...
Tom Robinson Sep 06, 2022
Train Derails Near Hampton
(Hampton, IA) -- Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a train derailment early Monday near Hampton. Union Pacific says around 40 train cars derailed on a bridge over a creek, and some as...
Tom Robinson Sep 06, 2022

Man Convicted in Adair County Crash
(Greenfield) A Former Adair County man is found guilty of Homicide by Vehicle and Child Endangerment in Adair County District Court. The verdict handed down by a jury on September 1 convicted Elijah D...
Tom Robinson Sep 06, 2022

Man arrested on Montgomery County FTA Warrant
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested Robert Charles Harvey II on a warrant charging him with failure to appear for a pre-trial conference. Authorities located Harvey II in Page Co...
Tom Robinson Sep 06, 2022

La Nina Keeping Iowa's Weather Warm
(Webster City, IA) -- State Climatologist, Justin Glisan, says June, July and August have been warmer and drier than normal for the last three years. Glisan says the La Nina weather pattern is to blam...
Western Iowa Today Sep 05, 2022
Failed U-Turn causes accident in Union County
(Creston) The Union County Sheriff's Office responded to a two vehicle, injury accident on Sunday. At 3:00 p.m. authorities were called to the intersection of Highway 25 and 240th Street. A 2015 Nissa...
Western Iowa Today Sep 05, 2022

Update: Red Oak Police arrest Nebraska man on multiple Harassment charges
(Red Oak) An Omaha man was arrested twice during the holiday weekend by the Red Oak Police Department. 39-year-old David Allan Minard, was originally taken into custody at 8:35 p.m. Sunday at 201 E Ma...
Western Iowa Today Sep 05, 2022







