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Mills County Weekly COVID-19 Data Report
(Glenwood) The Mills County Public Health Department released the latest COVID-19 data on Tuesday. Thirteen new cases of the virus were reported for the week ending April 20, down from the 17 new case...
Tom Robinson Apr 21, 2021
Griswold and Lenox to continue sharing a Superintendent
(Griswold) This week the Griswold School Board put the finishing touches to a new Superintendent Sharing Agreement with Lenox. Shared Superintendent Dave Henrichs admits the two sides came to an agree...
Western Iowa Today Apr 21, 2021
Update from Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken
(Atlantic) Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken announced a couple of bridge closures to the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Wolken said the bridge on Boston Road east of Highway 71 is going to close on...
Mandy Billings Apr 21, 2021
Audubon School Board Meeting Recap
(Audubon) The Audubon School Board approved raises for employees not represented by a collective bargaining unit. Superintendent Eric Trager said all of their staff that is not covered by the collecti...
Mandy Billings Apr 21, 2021
Sisters Publish New History of North Dakota Rural Life in the 1950's
Press Release (Menoken, North Dakota) Windmills have been crucial tools for the people of the plains for more than a century, harvesting first water and today energy. In a new book written by sisters ...
Tom Robinson Apr 21, 2021
Iowa Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison
(Council Bluffs) Three people were sentenced to prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says Jessica Joy Martinez, age 31, of ...
Mandy Billings Apr 20, 2021
COVID cases and exposures increase in Griswold School District
(Griswold) The hallways are a little sparse this week at Griswold High School. COVID cases and quarantines had over 50 people missing from the District at the start of the week. Superintendent Dave He...
Western Iowa Today Apr 20, 2021
Kansas City Man Sentenced to Prison for Gun and Drug Charges
(Council Bluffs) A Missouri man was sentenced to prison for gun and drug charges. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says D'Ante Decarl Dirks, age 26, of Kansas City, was sen...
Mandy Billings Apr 20, 2021
Cass County Supervisors receive Conservation Report from Micah Lee
(Atlantic) The Cass County Board of Supervisors received an update from Cass County Conservation Director Micah Lee at their meeting this morning. Lee said they have a route nailed down that they are ...
Mandy Billings Apr 20, 2021
Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police report two arrests on Monday. Police arrested 33-year old Clay Brammer of Afton at 4:39 p.m. at Pine/Howard on a Union County Warrant for Failure to Appear on the original cha...
Tom Robinson Apr 20, 2021