Category Archives: Local News
State News Ames Vehicle Incident, Carlisle Water Crisis, Casey's Expanding
Ames Police Investigating Vehicle Submerged In Water With Person Inside (Ames, IA) -- Ames Police are still investigating after a car became fully submerged in water with a person inside Sunday aftern...
Oct 5, 2026
USDA Focused on Filling Local Office Vacancies
(NAFB News Service) USDA says rebuilding staffing levels in local Farm Service Agency and Natural Resources Conservation Service offices remains a priority. Undersecretary for Farm Production and Cons...
Oct 5, 2026
One Arrested in Montgomery County Following Traffic Stop
(Red Oak) On Oct. 4, officers with the Red Oak Police Department arrested 55 year-old Jason Wayne Drews of Red Oak for Operating While Intoxicated First Offense. Drews was arrested at a traffic stop a...
Oct 4, 2026
Iowa House Passes Steel Plant Tax Incentive Bill
(Des Moines, IA) -- A one-point-four billion-dollar tax incentive bill aimed at attracting a steel plant to Southeast Iowa is a step closer to reality. Republican Lee County Representative Blaine Watk...
Oct 4, 2026
Canada-U.S. Trade Talks in Limbo
(NAFB News Service) As the Canada-U.S. tariff war continues for targeted industry sectors, trade negotiators on both sides of the border have decided to play the waiting game for now. U.S. Trade Repre...
Oct 4, 2026
DNR Requires Tree Stand New Tagging Requirements
(Lewis) Iowa's deer archery season began October 1, and bow hunters are reminded of new regulations on treestands on public land. John Lorenzen discussed the changes during Saturday's KSOM DNR Report....
Oct 4, 2026
Gas Prices Lower Last Week
(Des Moines) Iowa gasoline prices fell 11 cents last week. AAA reports the statewide average for regular unleaded is now $4.23 per gallon. The Iowa average is $1.40 higher than a year ago. The nationa...
Oct 4, 2026
Iowa DNR investigating boating fatalities on Mississippi River
(Dubuque, Iowa) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is investigating a boating accident that claimed the lives of two people Saturday afternoon on the Mississippi River near Dubuque. At app...
Oct 3, 2026
Treynor Takes Top Honors at 71st Annual Southwest Annual Band Jamboree
(Clarinda) The Treynor Marching Band earned the overall band title at the 71st Annual Southwest Iowa Band Jamboree at Clarinda on Saturday. The field competition was not held this year due to wet fiel...
Oct 3, 2026
Montgomery County Man Arrested on Alcohol-Related Charges
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 42-year-old Jeremy Dilocker of Red Oak on Friday in the W. 100 block of Alix Avenue for a first-offense OWI. Authorities transported Dilocker to the Mo...
Oct 3, 2026
