Category Archives: Local News
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Elderbridge Agency on Aging Asks Guthrie County for More Money
(Guthrie Center, IA) -- Elderbridge Agency on Aging asked the Guthrie County Supervisors for a little more money in the upcoming budget. The Agency works to provide seniors more independent living in ...
Chris Varney Dec 06, 2025

Sioux City Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
(Sioux City, IA) -- A Sioux City man has been sentenced to ten years in prison for stabbing his cousin in the head. Tariq Thomas was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to willful injury causing ...
Tom Robinson Dec 06, 2025

District Court Judge Rules to Remove Pottawattamie County Supervisor From Office
(Council Bluffs) A District Court Judge has ruled to remove Pottawattamie County Supervisor Scott Belt from Office. According to court documents, Belt attended a public meeting after witnesses saw him...
Tom Robinson Dec 05, 2025

Atlantic Police Department Arrest Report
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department released its arrest report on Friday, December 5. The report lists five arrests from November 21 through December 3. The lists of arrests are posted below: Al...
Tom Robinson Dec 05, 2025

AMU Board of Trustees Approves 2026 Budget and 2025 Budget Amendment
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Municipal Utilities Board of Trustees reviewed and adopted the 2025 Budget Amendment and 2026 Annual Budget following a Public Hearing held this past Monday night. The Atlantic...
Tom Robinson Dec 05, 2025

Creston Police Report 2 Arrests
(Creston) Creston Police report two arrests on Thursday. Creston Police arrested 26-year-old Noah Alexander Young of Creston at 302 N. Pine Street on charges of 3rd-degree theft. Officers transported ...
Tom Robinson Dec 05, 2025

First Deer Shotgun Season Starts This Weekend
(Lewis) More than 100,000 participants are expected to head out into the field this weekend for the first gun season. The first deer shotgun season runs from December 6 through December 10. John Loren...
Tom Robinson Dec 05, 2025

Carbon storage ruling adds uncertainty, North Dakota energy industry says
This story was originally produced by North Dakota Monitor, which is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network which includes Iowa Capital Dispatch, and is supported by grants and a coalition ...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Dec 05, 2025

YMCA Expansion Reflects Community Needs as Vision Atlantic Gains Funding Momentum
(Atlantic) The Vision Atlantic Committee announced last week that it has reached 80 percent of its fundraising goal needed to keep the Lakin Foundation's $8.6 million grant active. This portion of the...
Tom Robinson Dec 05, 2025

Cass County Conservation and Iowa Bluebird Conservationists host 2025 Cass County Christmas Bird Count
(Lewis) Cass County Conservation and the Iowa Bluebird Conservationists and are once again hosting a Cass County Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, December 21st. Those that want to participate in the co...
Tom Robinson Dec 04, 2025







