Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Winter Weather Advisory Expanded
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service expanded the Winter Weather Advisory to the eastern and southern counties in southwest Iowa. Jim Lee with the National Weather Service in Des Moines says anot...
Tom Robinson Feb 05, 2021
Council Bluffs Police execute arrest warrant; suspect barricades himself inside construction equipment
(Council Bluffs) The Council Bluffs Police Department says a section of East Kanesville is closed from So 1st Street to Frank Street for ongoing police action. A detour route for traffic has been esta...
Mandy Billings Feb 05, 2021
Yorktown man arrested for DUS; more charges pending
(Shenandoah) A Yorktown man was arrested after the Page County Sheriff's Office received a call of a person looking in vehicles at a residence in the 2800 block of B Avenue Friday morning. The propert...
Mandy Billings Feb 05, 2021
Page County Sheriff’s Office responds to a rollover accident
(Essex) The Page County Sheriff's Office responded to a rollover accident four miles northeast of Essex on Thursday. The accident occurred on Highway 48 near 130th Street at approximately 4:11 p.m. Th...
Mandy Billings Feb 05, 2021
Winter Weather Advisory
(Omaha) The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Pottawattamie, Mills, Harrison, Montgomery, Page, and Fremont Counties from midnight tonight to noon on Saturday. Forecasters ...
Tom Robinson Feb 05, 2021
Council Bluffs Man Sentenced to Prison for Firearm Offense
(Council Bluffs) A Council Bluffs man was sentenced to prison for Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 56-year-old Patrick Da...
Mandy Billings Feb 05, 2021
Adair County Supervisors set public hearing for proposed property tax levy
(Adair Co.) The Adair County Board of Supervisors set a public hearing on the proposed property tax levy at their meeting Wednesday. Adair County Auditor Mandy Berg said the public hearing will be hel...
Mandy Billings Feb 05, 2021
Council Bluffs Man Pleads Guilty to Coercion and Enticement of Foreign Exchange Students
(Council Bluffs) The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 52-year-old Thomas Donald Boatright, of Council Bluffs, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to four counts of coercion and en...
Mandy Billings Feb 05, 2021
Governor Reynolds Addresses Vaccine and Scheduling Concerns
(Des Moines) Iowa Governor Reynolds announced today nearly 276,000 doses of COVID-19 had been administered in Iowa since December 14. She stated more than 137,000 individuals received their first dose...
Tom Robinson Feb 04, 2021
Two scams reported in Cass County
(Atlantic) The Cass County Sheriff's Office would like the public to be aware of two scams reported this morning. The Sheriff's Office says one scam involves a marketplace trying to sell items that ar...
Mandy Billings Feb 04, 2021