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Gas Prices Keep On Dropping In Iowa
(UNDATED) -- While the cost of gasoline remains high in general, prices are continuing to drop. According to Triple-A, Iowa's average price for regular-unleaded today (Friday) is four dollars, 16 cent...
Mandy Billings Jul 22, 2022
Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Report
(Pottawattamie Co.) Two people were charged with Possession of Contraband on or in the grounds of a Correctional Facility in Pottawattamie County. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office says 24-yea...
Mandy Billings Jul 22, 2022
Heat Advisory in effect from Noon to 8 PM Saturday
(Area) A Heat Advisory is in effect for all of southwest Iowa from Noon to 8:00 p.m. Saturday. The National Weather Service says heat index values of up to 105 is expected. Hot temperatures and high h...
Mandy Billings Jul 22, 2022
Over 50 ash trees to be cut down on Audubon School grounds
(Audubon) The Audubon School Board this week discussed a plan for the removal of ash trees. Superintendent Eric Trager says the district has over 50 ash trees that need to go. "We have 58 ash trees on...
Western Iowa Today Jul 22, 2022
Iowa Unemployment Rate Reaches Another Milestone
(Des Moines, IA) -- Iowa Workforce Development says the state's unemployment rate dropped to two-point-six percent in June - down one-tenth of a percent from May. I-W-D director Beth Townsend says tha...
Mandy Billings Jul 21, 2022

Mega Millions jackpot now $660M, nation's 9th largest prize
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Lottery officials have raised the Mega Millions grand prize to $660 million, giving players a shot at the nation's ninth largest jackpot. The prize for Friday night's drawing h...
Mandy Billings Jul 21, 2022

The Design and Development Phase Complete for AHSTW School Improvement Project
(Avoca) The design and development phases are complete, and the next phase is the construction documents for the AHSTW School Improvement project. This past November, AHSTW School District Patrons pas...
Tom Robinson Jul 21, 2022

Red Oak Police Arrest Two Page County Teens
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested two people following a traffic stop. On Wednesday, Police stopped a vehicle driven by 19-year-old Savannah Schenck of Shenandoah in the 1700 block of North Broadway S...
Tom Robinson Jul 21, 2022
Jill Ozuna Looking forward to filling the Role as County Auditor
(Red Oak) Earlier this week, the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors appointed Jill Ozuna as county auditor. Ozuna and her family currently reside in Red Oak. Ozuna will fill the role up to the Nov...
Tom Robinson Jul 21, 2022
Audubon School Board discusses legal action over renovation project general contractor
(Audubon) A closed session was held at the end of the Audubon School Board's latest meeting to discuss possible action on litigation. This is in regards to the general contractor that pulled out of th...
Western Iowa Today Jul 21, 2022







