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Dr. Elaine Berry Now Full-Time Cass Health Chief Medical Officer
(Atlantic) Cass Health is proud to announce that Dr. Elaine Berry will assume full-time responsibility for the role of Chief Medical Officer (CMO) this month. Dr. Berry has been serving in the role pa...
Mandy Billings Oct 5, 2022
W 6th Street Bridge in Atlantic to close Friday
(Atlantic) Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken says the bridge on W 6th Street in Atlantic over the Nishnabotna River will be closing on Friday, October 7, 2022, for substructure repairs. Traffic will n...
Mandy Billings Oct 5, 2022

Next Generation of the Tyler Family Taking New Leadership Role in Atlantic Iowa Based Coca Cola Bottling Company
(Atlantic) Kirk Tyler, longtime leader of the 113-year-old, family-owned Atlantic Bottling Company, announced earlier this week that his daughter Jessica and her husband son-in-law Rob Feeney are now ...
Tom Robinson Oct 5, 2022
One person injured in a single-vehicle accident southwest of Atlantic
(Atlantic) One person was injured in a single-vehicle accident southwest of Atlantic this morning. Cass County Chief Deputy John Westering told KSOM/KS95 News that the accident happened at 6:35 a.m. a...
Mandy Billings Oct 5, 2022
Elliott Man arrested Twice in 2 Days in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested an Elliott man twice for driving while revoked. On Tuesday, deputies arrested 43-year-old Jeffery Christopher Potter of Elliott on a Mills Cou...
Tom Robinson Oct 5, 2022

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley Stops in Cass County on Tuesday
(Atlantic) Iowa U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, at a rural residence north of Atlantic on Tuesday evening, spoke about his long tenure in public service. Grassley says he had not missed a vote until Nove...
Tom Robinson Oct 5, 2022
Red Oak Man arrested for FTA on Alcohol and Drug Possession Charge
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 53-year-old Fred Francis Welch IV of Red Oak on a Montgomery County warrant for failure to appear on a charge of OWI 1st offense and possession of a controlled substa...
Tom Robinson Oct 5, 2022

Water Main Break Prompts Boil Advisory in a Northern Portion of Audubon
(Audubon) Earlier today, a water main break on the north side of town prompted a water boil advisory for residents living there. Residents should not ingest the water without boiling it or use bottled...
Tom Robinson Oct 4, 2022

DEA: Fentanyl Expanding In Midwest
(Omaha, NE) -- The Drug Enforcement Administration is seeing a lot more fentanyl in the Midwest. DEA Agent Justin King says it's only getting worse. The Agency recently wrapped up a fentanyl enforceme...
Mandy Billings Oct 4, 2022
Two people enter pleas of guilty in Fentanyl distribution case
(Cass Co) Two people have entered pleas of guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. Kelsi Marie Thurman, of Lewis, and Mason Blaine Loudermilk, of Atlantic, are two of five Cass Coun...
Mandy Billings Oct 4, 2022








