Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Record Farmland Sale Reported in Northwest Iowa
(Sioux County) KCAU reports a farmland sale in northwest Iowa has set a new state record for price per acre. Just over 31 acres of farmland northwest of Orange City in Sioux County sold for $1.13 mill...
Tom Robinson Dec 27, 2025

Arctic Blast Set to Hit the Area as Weekend Warmth Gives Way to Cold and Light Snow
(Des Moines) Enjoy the weekend weather, because it is about to change. Brooke Hagenhoff, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Des Moines, says an Arctic Blast is heading this way. "The...
Tom Robinson Dec 27, 2025

Dense Fog Advisory
(Des Moines) The entire state of Iowa is under a Dense Fog Advisory until Noon on Saturday. According to the National Weather Service, visibility is down to one-quarter of a mile or less in some areas...
Tom Robinson Dec 26, 2025

Creston Police Report
(Creston) The Creston Police Department reports two arrests. Police arrested 39-year-old Thomas James Blobaum of Creston on Wednesday for Domestic Abuse. Blobaum was taken to Union County Jail. Bail w...
Tom Robinson Dec 26, 2025

Trump administration to garnish wages for defaulted student loans
(Article written by Shauneen Miranda Iowa Capital Dispatch) (Washington, D.C.) President Donald Trump's administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning ea...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Dec 26, 2025

Monona County Crash Claims One Life
(Mapleton) One person died in a two-vehicle crash in Monona County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at around 7:41 p.m. on Thursday on 130th Street and Walnut Avenue. Authorities say ...
Tom Robinson Dec 26, 2025

Montgomery County Man Arrested for Assault
(Red Oak) A Villisca man is in custody on assault charges Montgomery County Deputies arrested 19-year-old Talan Michael Ennis on Thursday in the 100 block of W. 3rd Street for assault causing bodily i...
Tom Robinson Dec 26, 2025

Atlantic Housing Project Gains Momentum
(Atlantic) Three years ago, a group of Atlantic residents began exploring the community's growing need for housing. Their efforts followed an Iowa State University housing study funded by the City of ...
Tom Robinson Dec 26, 2025

Most State Parks Campsites Open for Reservations
(Lewis) There is a significant change from the traditional way of going to a campground and not knowing a site's availability. In 2021, the DNR began a pilot project to assess the success of 100-perce...
Tom Robinson Dec 26, 2025

Save Lives During National Blood Donor Month
(Johnston, Iowa) Kick off the new year by observing National Blood Donor Month and helping save lives in your community. Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs a blood transfusion. Thes...
Tom Robinson Dec 26, 2025







