Category Archives: Local News
COVID-19 Pandemic entering New Phase
(Area) The COVID-19 pandemic is moving to a new phase with reported cases declining following the omicron surge. Rural communities have been hit hard by COVID-19. Many rural counties have experienced ...
Mar 28, 2022
Southwest Iowa District All-State Performers Cedar Falls
(Cedar Falls) The Iowa High School All-State Speech Festival is today in Cedar Falls. The students performing today are the best in the state in their categories. In order to receive this honor, at le...
Mar 28, 2022
Iowa House passes bill on personal use slaughter exemptions
(Des Moines) The Iowa House last week passed Senate File 2245, which creates a personal use exception to the licensing provisions in the Iowa Meat and Poultry Inspection Act based on two such exemptio...
Mar 28, 2022
Local Community Foundation Announces New Name: Four Corners Community Foundation
(Treynor, IA) - Four Corners Community Foundation (4CCF), formerly TS Community Foundation, recently held a ribbon cutting announcing their new name. Founded in 1999, Four Corners Community Foundation...
Mar 28, 2022
Red Oak Police Report
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested Benjamin Eugene Maxell, 46, following a traffic stop on Saturday for Driving While Revoked. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail where he w...
Mar 27, 2022
Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors visit Drennan Insurance
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by Drennan Insurance on Thursday, March 24th, to celebrate Donnie Drennan's 40 years in insurance. Donnie Drennan began his career in insurance ...
Mar 27, 2022
Viking Lake water level getting closer to normal after 2019 draw down
(Stanton) Early spring rainfall has been a welcome sight as far as the Iowa DNR's Fisheries Department is concerned. Fisheries Biologist Bryan Hayes says Viking Lake is making progress towards re-fill...
Mar 27, 2022
Two southwest Iowa farms receive Iowa Marketing and Promotion Grants
(Des Moines) Two southwest Iowa farms were awarded Choose Iowa Marketing and Promotion grants from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. Whitetail Valley Farm, located near Stanton,...
Mar 27, 2022
Local Author's Book Leads to YouTube Podcast Channel
(Atlantic) Nearly one year ago, local author Janine Pheiffer Knop of Atlantic and her sister Jackie Pheiffer McGregor from Washington State authored a book titled "While the Windmill Watched." The tex...
Mar 27, 2022
Shred Day at the Atlantic Public Library is April 9
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Public Library will hold their annual Shred Day on April 9th Ken Moorman said this is a drive-through event and you must pull into the Library parking lot from the west. Shred ...
Mar 27, 2022
