Category Archives: Local News
Pickup strikes train in Cass County; No injuries
(Cass Co) The Cass County Sheriff's Office responded to an accident near 665th Street and Hampton, at the railroad crossing, at 12:24 a.m. on Saturday, July 30th. A 2015 Chevrolet 2500 pickup being op...
Aug 5, 2022
MidAmerican Cancels Wind Farm Project In Madison County
(Winterset, IA) - A wind farm project scheduled for Madison County has been canceled. Mid-American Energy was scheduled to add 30 wind turbines to the Arbor Hill Wind Project, but has reversed course ...
Aug 5, 2022
Armed Robber of Country Store in Denison Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison
(Denison) A man who robbed the Country Store in Denison was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in federal prison. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa says 24-year-old Nhial Biliew...
Aug 5, 2022
Des Moines Police Need Help Finding Person Of Interest In Murder Case
(Des Moines, IA) Des Moines police are asking the public for help finding a person of interest in a weekend murder case. Police were called to Broadlawns Medical Center Sunday night after 22-year-old ...
Aug 5, 2022
Ashley Hayes Joins SWIPCO Community Development Team
(Atlantic) The Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO) has a new face in the Community Development department. Ashley Hayes has joined the staff as a Community Development Specialist. She will work w...
Aug 5, 2022
Shelby County residents voice concerns over safety of proposed pipeline
(Shelby Co.) The Shelby County Board of Supervisors held public hearings on Tuesday on ordinances related to the proposed carbon pipeline. According to the meeting minutes, during both hearings, rural...
Aug 5, 2022
Iowa's Drought Conditions Expand
(Des Moines) The drought condition across Iowa continues to increase. According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, an island of D1 category moderate drought introduced two weeks ago in southeast Iowa...
Aug 4, 2022
Atlantic Life Care Clinic Ribbon Cutting
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors visited and participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday morning for the 4,000 square feet Facility Life Care Clinic at 507 Chestnut downtown, form...
Aug 4, 2022
Cass County Sheriff's Office investigating the killing of two dogs near Cumberland
(Cumberland) The Cass County Sheriff's Office says on August 2nd, they were made aware of the animal abuse, cruelty and killing of two dogs in the area of rural Cumberland. These two dogs had been mis...
Aug 4, 2022
Temporary closure of Iowa 44 at BNSF Railway Crossing in Portsmouth begins August 15
(Atlantic) A joint Iowa DOT/BNSF railroad project to reconstruct Iowa 44 on the south side of Portsmouth will close the road at the at-grade railroad crossing beginning Monday, August 15 at 7 a.m., un...
Aug 4, 2022
