Category Archives: Local News

(Ames, IA) -- The Ames Fire Department rescued a kayaker who had become stranded in the South Skunk River. The kayaker capsized Friday in the rapids at the low head dam site and lost her paddle. She m...

(Pottawattamie County) One person died, and another suffered injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Pottawattamie County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 10:54 a.m. on eastbound Inters...

(Des Moines) A Wind Advisory is in effect from noon today to 8:00 p.m. this evening for southwest and western Iowa. The National Weather Service says south winds are forecast at 25-to-35-miles per hou...

(Red Oak) On Sunday morning, Red Oak Police arrested 35-year-old Cody Allen Keith Tunnell for 4th-degree Criminal Mischief. The arrest is in connection with a damaged windshield. Officers detained the...

(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sherriff's Deputies arrested two people from Mills County wanted by the U.S. Marshall's Service. This (Sunday) morning Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 38-...

(Corning) The Adams County Sheriff's Office arrested a Creston woman following a traffic stop on May 19. Deputies observed 34-year-old Sunita Phipps, known to have her license suspended, get into a bl...

(Des Moines, IA) -- The Executive Director of the Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs has resigned. Steve Lukan is a Navy veteran who has served in the post for nearly five years. Governor Kim Reynold...

(Des Moines) Iowa House District 21 Representative Tom Moore said last Monday the Senate passed a bill eliminating the Praxis Exam after sitting on it as a negotiating factor since the House passed it...

(Stanton) One person died, and another person was injured in a motorcycle accident in Montgomery County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 10:10 a.m. on Saturday on Highway 34 near t...

(Washington D.C) Iowa U.S. Senator Joni Ernst appearing before the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday, questioned U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. The Senator from Red Oak addressed fe...