Category Archives: Local News
Pottawattamie County Supervisors Award Tamarack Road Resurfacing Project to Western Engineering
(Pottawattamie Co.) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a resolution to accept the bid from Western Engineering Company for resurfacing on Tamarack Road from Highway 59 t...
Mar 05, 2026
Cass County Supervisors Release Maintenance of Crooked Creek Watershed Site, Set FY27 Hearing Dates
(Cass Co.) The Cass County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the release of responsibility for maintenance of Crooked Creek Watershed site 12-C-1 in Benton Township to Glenn Ellen Farms Inc. Bo...
Mar 05, 2026
Hancock County Crash Claims 2 Lives
(Hancock County) Two people were killed, and two others injured in a two-vehicle crash in Hancock County. The Iowa State Patrol reports that a crash occurred at 4:37 a.m. Thursday on Highway 18, about...
Mar 04, 2026
Pentagon Names Two More Soldiers Killed in Kuwait Drone Attack
(Washington D.C.) The Pentagon on Wednesday released the names of the final two U.S. Army Reserve soldiers killed in a drone strike in Kuwait. Military officials identified them as Maj. Jeffrey R. O'B...
Mar 04, 2026
Steve Baier announces run for Iowa Senate
(Noble) Cass County supervisor, former wrestling coach, educator and community leader Steve Baier announced he is running for Iowa Senate District #9 following the retirement of Senator Tom Shipley. "...
Mar 04, 2026
Endangered Person Advisory
The Warren County Sheriff's Office and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation are issuing an Endangered Person Advisory for 78-year-old Cheryl Anderson. Cheryl was reported missing on March 3, 20...
Mar 04, 2026
Update: Victim of House Fire in Griswold Identified
(Griswold) The Cass County Sheriff's Office says the victim of the house fire at 68444 560th Street near Griswold on February 24th has been identified as 53-year-old Carl Eldon Shaffer, of Griswold. A...
Mar 04, 2026
Iowa House passes governor's 'MAHA' bill, adds new K-12 requirements
(Iowa Capital Dispatch) The governor's "Make America Healthy Again" bill passed the Iowa House Tuesday, with several other bills related to K-12 student health requirements tagging along as amendments...
Mar 04, 2026
Three Men Arrested on Drug Charges in Adams County
(Adams Co.) Three men were arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop at Highway 25 and 275th Street in Adams County on Monday. The Adams County Sheriff's Office says 19-year-old Jose Zarza-Esc...
Mar 04, 2026
State News: Iowa Sees Its 5th Bird Flu Case Of 2026, Iowa's 3 Regent University's Economic Impact
Iowa Sees Its 5th Bird Flu Case Of 2026 (Washington County, IA) -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship is confirming another case of bird flu. The case was confirmed in a multi-spe...
Mar 04, 2026
