Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Four arrested on Theft and Drug charges in Fremont County
(Fremont Co.) Four people were arrested on Theft and Drug charges in Fremont County. The Fremont County Sheriff's Office says at approximately 11:53 p.m. on Thursday, Deputies were called to the 5-mil...
Mandy Billings May 27, 2022

Madison County Man Sentenced for False Statements to the Social Security Administration
(Des Moines) The U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of Iowa says Troy John Pitzen, age 58, of Peru, Iowa, was sentenced Thursday to 24 months in prison following his guilty plea to making...
Mandy Billings May 27, 2022
Winterset Celebrates John Wayne's Birthday
(Winterset, IA) -- The southwest Iowa town of Winterset is celebrating this weekend what would have been the 115th birthday of actor and native son John Wayne. John Wayne Birthplace and Museum manager...
Tom Robinson May 27, 2022

Iowa House reaches agreement on use of ATV/UTVs on County Highways
(Des Moines) The Iowa House reached an agreement on House File 2130, which will allow ATV/UTVs on county highways as a part of a statewide law. Iowa House District 21 Representative Tom Moore said, "C...
Mandy Billings May 27, 2022

Red Oak man arrested for Criminal Mischief
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested Eric Alan Vannausdle, 31, of Red Oak, for Criminal Mischief 2nd Degree. The Red Oak Police Department says Vannausdle damaged a residence in the 1200 b...
Mandy Billings May 26, 2022
Montgomery County Sheriff's Report
(Montgomery Co.) Two men were arrested on warrants in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office says 42-year-old Robert Lee Bopp, of Shenandoah, was arrested this morning at the Page C...
Mandy Billings May 26, 2022
Interstate changes coming soon in Council Bluffs
(Council Bluffs) Two major changes to the interstate near I-29/I-480/West Broadway will occur late this week and early next week. On Friday, May 27 by 6 a.m., eastbound I-480/West Broadway will be shi...
Mandy Billings May 26, 2022

Ribbon Cutting held for the Atlantic Animal Shelter
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors held a ribbon cutting for the Atlantic Animal Shelter this morning. Erickson said they have fundraisers in conjunction with Atlantic Parks ...
Mandy Billings May 26, 2022

Creston Police Report
(Creston) The Creston Police Department arrested Antoinio Derone Ross, 44, of Waterloo, at 12:58 this morning at 1501 W. Adams Street. Ross was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Mariju...
Mandy Billings May 26, 2022
Temporary closure of Iowa 92 east of Carson begins June 1
(Carson) A project to repair the Iowa 92 bridge over Jordan Creek one mile east of Carson will require closing Iowa 92 in both directions between U.S. 59 and Pottawattamie County Road M-47 starting We...
Mandy Billings May 26, 2022







