Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Creston Police Report
(Creston) The Creston Police Department reports four arrests. Brooke Marie Carter, 32, was arrested Friday morning on a Union County warrant for Theft 5th. Carter was transported to the Union County J...
Mandy Billings Aug 29, 2022

Tractor-Trailer vs Pickup Accident on Interstate 80 Near Stuart
(Stuart) Stuart, Iowa Firefighters, responded to a tractor-trailer/pickup accident Saturday on westbound Interstate 80 near the 92-mile marker. According to the report on the department's Facebook pag...
Tom Robinson Aug 29, 2022
Regulators Fine Sports Book For Allowing Credit Card Use On Site
(Des Moines, IA) -- State regulators issue a 60-thousand-dollar penalty to a sports book for illegally allowing the use of credit cards on its site. Racing and Gaming administrator, Brian Ohorilko say...
Tom Robinson Aug 29, 2022

Axne Says Loan Debt Forgiveness Plan Is Not A 'Permanent Fix'
(Washington, DC) -- The only Democrat in Iowa's congressional delegation says the plan President Biden announced last week to forgive student loan debt is a temporary solution that doesn't address the...
Tom Robinson Aug 29, 2022
A Swath Of The State Got Much Needed Rain This Weekend
(Des Moines, IA) -- Portions of Iowa got beneficial rainfall this weekend, while a few areas were hit with flash flooding, hail, and wind damage. Around four inches of rain fell in Waukon in northeast...
Tom Robinson Aug 29, 2022
Montgomery County Deputies arrest Pottawattamie County Man wanted in Adams County
(Red Oak) Montgomery County Deputies arrested a Council Bluffs man early Sunday morning on two Adams County Warrants. Authorities arrested 35-year-old Jessie Bruce Fitzwater on two Adams County warran...
Tom Robinson Aug 29, 2022

Tyler Family Cancer Center Unveiled at Cass Health
(Atlantic) Officials at Cass Health unveiled the Tyler Family Cancer Center during their open house on Sunday. The Tyler Family Cancer Center is the treatment and infusion section of the Cass Health S...
Tom Robinson Aug 28, 2022

Red Oak Man Arrested for Public Intoxication
(Red Oak) This morning around 3 am Officers with the Red Oak Police Department arrested 21 year old Jacob Christopher Cashatt of Red Oak for public intoxication in the 800 block of east Coolbaugh Stre...
Western Iowa Today Aug 28, 2022

Three Mile Lake near Creston receives grant for fish habitat
(Afton) Five years ago the fish population in Three Mile Lake east of Creston was renovated. Common carp and yellow bass were targeted through a rotenone treatment. Fisheries Biologist Bryan Hayes rep...
Western Iowa Today Aug 28, 2022
New Math Curriculum implemented for Atlantic Middle School and High School Students
(Atlantic) The Atlantic School District implemented two new math curriculums this year, "Bridges and Envisions." Atlantic Schools Superintendent Steve Barber says the Bridges curriculum is for element...
Tom Robinson Aug 28, 2022







