Category Archives: Local News
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Atlantic School Board Discusses Enrollment Data
(Atlantic) Atlantic School Board Secretary Lisa Jones provided information to the School Board Wednesday night on the District Enrollment Data. Jones said the data shows 1,400.2 resident public studen...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2024
Former Massena Daycare Provider Seeks Appeal Review After Conviction in Infant's Death
(Des Moines) A former Massena Daycare provider is seeking further review of the court of appeals decision that affirmed her convictions for second-degree murder and child endangerment causing death. A...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2024
Annual Harvest Market in Atlantic November 25th
(Atlantic) Produce in the Park's annual Harvest Market is set for Monday, November 25. Harvest Market will be held from 3-6 pm at the Cass County Community Center. Just before Thanksgiving, the market...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2024
Nodaway Valley School Board Votes to Terminate Superintendents Contract at the End of the Contract Term
(Greenfield) On Wednesday, at the Nodaway Valley School Board meeting, the board voted 3-2 to terminate School Superintendent Paul Croghan's contract at the end of the current contract term. The schoo...
Tom Robinson Nov 14, 2024
Republicans Keep Leaders for Next Legislative Session
(Des Moines, IA) Familiar faces are returning to leadership in the Iowa Legislature. Republicans elected to keep Pat Grassley as the House Speaker for the next legislative session. Grassley has held t...
Tom Robinson Nov 14, 2024
Pottawattamie County Woman Jailed in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) A Pottawattamie County Woman is in custody following a traffic stop in Red Oak. Montgomery County Deputies conducted the stop near Broadway and Linden Streets at 1:09 this morning. During th...
Tom Robinson Nov 14, 2024
Life Expectancy Going Up in Guthrie County; Quality of Health is Strong Says Director
(Guthrie Center, IA) -- The quality of health care has gone up in Guthrie County -- so much so that residents are even living longer. At Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting, Jotham Arbor the County...
Chris Varney Nov 14, 2024
CCLA Presents Annual Report to the Board of Supervisors
(Cass Co) The Cass County Library Association presented their annual report and funding request to the Cass County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. Sara Young, Director of the Anita Public Library and...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2024
Rain Totals
Adair- .85 Anita-1.25 Audubon-.85 Atlantic-1.90 Avoca-1.50 Carroll-1.0 Clarinda-.45 Corning-.60 Creston-.45 Cumberland-.80 Glenwood-.90 Greenfield-.40 Griswold-.90 Guthrie Center-1.0 Harlan-.80 Lewis-...
Tom Robinson Nov 13, 2024
Atlantic School Board Elects President and Vice President; Approves Superintendent Contract and MOU for SRO
(Atlantic) The Atlantic School Board held an organizational meeting Wednesday and elected Laura McLean as President and Josh McLaren as Vice President. Lisa Jones was appointed as the Board Secretary ...
Mandy Billings Nov 13, 2024