Category Archives: Local News
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Corning Man Sentenced to Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography
(Council Bluffs) A Corning man was sentenced to prison for Receipt of Child Pornography. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 54-year-old Lonnie Ray Schafroth was sentence...
Mandy Billings Feb 24, 2021
Adair County Board of Supervisors approve FY22 Maximum Property Tax Dollars Resolution
(Adair Co.) The Adair County Board of Supervisors this morning approved the Fiscal Year 2022 Maximum Property Tax Dollars resolution following a public hearing. The maximum property tax dollars for th...
Mandy Billings Feb 24, 2021
Iowa Senate Republicans approve bill limiting early voting
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Republicans in the Iowa Senate approved a bill sharply limiting early voting, with some arguing that changes were needed to ensure the integrity of Iowa's election despite no e...
Tom Robinson Feb 24, 2021
Rep. Axne Congratulates Secretary Vilsack on Confirmation to Lead U.S. Department of Agriculture
(Washington D.C.) U.S. Congresswoman Cindy Axne, Representative of Iowa's 3rd District, issued the following statement on Tom Vilsack's confirmation as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture:...
Tom Robinson Feb 24, 2021
Drive-through Mobile Food Pantry to be held in Atlantic March 3
(Atlantic) The Cass County Local Food Policy Council is hosting a mobile food pantry through the Food Bank for the Heartland on Wednesday, March 3, at the Cass County Community Center from 4:00 - 6:00...
Mandy Billings Feb 24, 2021
Updated: Missing Juveniles Found
(Council Bluffs) The two missing juveniles have been found, according to the Council Bluffs Police Department. The Council Bluffs Police Department was asking for the public's assistance in locating t...
Tom Robinson Feb 24, 2021
Applications being accepted for the Trevor Frederickson Memorial Scholarship
(Atlantic) Applications are now being accepted for the 12th Annual Trevor Frederickson Memorial Scholarship. Applications may be obtained from the Atlantic High School guidance office at 1201 E. 14th ...
Mandy Billings Feb 24, 2021
February’s frigid temperatures set a Plethora of Records Statewide
(Des Moines) Fifty daily record temperatures were broken during the frigid cold that gripped the state earlier this month. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says weather stations scattered across the ...
Tom Robinson Feb 24, 2021
Ernst Statement on Vilsack Confirmation Vote
(Washington) U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, voted to confirm Tom Vilsack to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and issued the fo...
Mandy Billings Feb 23, 2021
City of Audubon to advertise for new Police Chief
(Audubon) The City of Audubon is looking to hire a new Chief of Police. The City Council held a special meeting on Monday night to start the search process. "They instructed to have the position adver...
Western Iowa Today Feb 23, 2021