Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
High School Seniors reflect final Year and COVID
(Atlantic) The students of the class of 2021 are nearing the end of their high school career and soon will walk across the stage with a high school diploma in hand. The student's educational experienc...
Tom Robinson Apr 29, 2021
Reminder: U.S. 59 south of Hancock to close Friday for culvert replacement
(Hancock) A bridge replacement project starts tomorrow on Highway 59 south of County Highway G30 south Hancock. Crews will be installing a box culvert. Scott Suhr, District #4 Transportation Planner, ...
Tom Robinson Apr 29, 2021
Atlantic School Board Special Meeting
(Atlantic) The Atlantic School Board approved resignations and contracts and addressed two proposals in connection with the baseball and softball field during a special meeting on Wednesday. The Board...
Tom Robinson Apr 28, 2021
Fatal accident in Fremont County
(Fremont Co.) A Gravity man was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Fremont County this (Wednesday) morning. The Iowa State Patrol says 53-year-old Joseph McMullen was driving a 2017 Volvo truck we...
Mandy Billings Apr 28, 2021
Improper disposal of smoking materials believed to be the cause of Council Bluffs Apartment Fire
(Council Bluffs) The Council Bluffs Fire Department says the cause of the fire at Copper Creek Apartments on Monday is believed to be from improper disposal of smoking materials. The Council Bluffs Fi...
Mandy Billings Apr 28, 2021
Council Bluffs: Work release escape of Orlando Williams
(Council Bluffs) The Iowa Department of Corrections says Orlando Louis Williams, convicted of Robbery 2nd Degree in Pottawattamie County, walked away from the Council Bluffs Residential Facility witho...
Mandy Billings Apr 28, 2021
Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Report
(Pottawattamie Co.) The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office arrested Marlen Martinez-Solares, 38, following a traffic stop at 390th and Highway 6 near Oakland on Tuesday for Operating While Intoxica...
Mandy Billings Apr 28, 2021
Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police report two arrests and one incident. Police arrested 26-year old Matthew Hamm of Creston on a Union County Warrant for Failure to Appear. Hamm was released from the Union Coun...
Tom Robinson Apr 28, 2021
Atlantic Man arrested on Domestic Abuse Assault Warrant
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police Officers arrested 24-year old Anthony Allen Charles Rohner of Atlantic on a Montgomery County Warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault, 1st Offense. Officer's transported Rohner to ...
Tom Robinson Apr 28, 2021
Advance Child Tax Credit Payments begin in July
(U.S.) The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 expanded the Child Tax Credit for tax year 2021 and the changes made will involve advance payments to families starting in July. The IRS says for tax year 2...
Mandy Billings Apr 28, 2021