Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

TS Bank contributes to community mural initiative in Atlantic
(Atlantic) TS Bank recently donated $3,000 to SHIFT ATL, a 501(c)3 nonprofit based in Atlantic, as part of its newest initiative of launching community murals as economic development tools. Locally, c...
Mandy Billings Apr 20, 2022

Atlantic High School Spanish Class Food Drive this Saturday
(Atlantic) Atlantic High School Spanish students are conducting a canned food drive this Saturday to raise money for the summer trip to Costa Rica. Jackson McLaren, a Spanish III student under the tut...
Tom Robinson Apr 20, 2022
One person injured in a rollover accident in Mills County
(Mills Co.) One person was injured in a rollover accident in Mills County on Monday. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says 68-year-old Willard Dale Cook was driving a 2007 Pontiac southwest on Levi R...
Mandy Billings Apr 20, 2022
Council Bluffs Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Child Pornography Offense
(Council Bluffs) The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says Luke Alric Forman, 31, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced last week in federal court to 217 months in prison for Receip...
Mandy Billings Apr 20, 2022
Shelby County Sheriff's Arrest Report
(Harlan) The Shelby County Sheriff's Office reports ten arrests from April 1 to April 15. The list of arrests is posted below. April 1-James Robert McConnell, age 36, Manilla, IA, was arrested followi...
Tom Robinson Apr 20, 2022
Atlantic School Board accepts Science Teacher's Resignation
(Atlantic) The Atlantic School Board met in a closed session at 7:30 this (Wednesday) morning under Iowa Code to discuss a personnel matter. Following the closed session, the School Board accepted the...
Tom Robinson Apr 20, 2022

Reminder: Second Street Bridge Replacement Project on the west edge of Atlantic starts Tomorrow
(Creston) The Second Street Bridge project over the East Nishnabotna River on the west edge of the Atlantic starts at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow (Thursday, April 21) and continues until 6:00 p.m. on June 16. ...
Tom Robinson Apr 20, 2022

Griswold School Board approves Updated Calendar, Graduates, Video Camera, and discusses Retention Bonus
(Griswold) Griswold Schools Superintendent Dave Henrichs opened Monday's School Board meeting with an update on open teaching positions. The openings include; an elementary classroom teacher, family c...
Tom Robinson Apr 20, 2022

Cass County Supervisors receive update on Griswold Childcare Facility
(Cass Co.) The Cass County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday received an update on the Griswold Childcare Facility project. Matt Leighton, Noble Initiative Board Member, said they are about halfway thro...
Mandy Billings Apr 20, 2022

Former Atlantic High School Graduate is Recipient of MACA Young Leader Scholarship Program
(St. Louis, Missouri) The Mid America CropLife Association Board of Directors selected twelve college students to participate in the MACA Young Leader Scholarship Program. Atlantic graduate and Iowa S...
Tom Robinson Apr 20, 2022







