Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Weekly Report of Positive Cases of COVID-19 Confirmed in Mills County
(Glenwood) Mills County Public Health reports 39 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 from December 15 to December 22. To-date, 1,238 tests have been positive, out of 6,436 tests, for a positivity rate of ...
Tom Robinson Dec 22, 2020
Sunnyside Park roads to close for the winter
(Atlantic) Atlantic Parks and Recreation Director Bryant Rasmussen said starting Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., the Sunnyside Park roads will be closed for the winter. The main road to the park house will r...
Mandy Billings Dec 22, 2020
Trial set for man accused in step-sister's death
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa. (AP) - A jury trial is scheduled for February for a man accused of killing his step-sister in Iowa nearly 22 years ago. The Council Bluffs Nonpareil reports that an attorney for ...
Mandy Billings Dec 22, 2020
Creston Police Department
(Creston) The Creston Police Department reports two break-ins and one arrest. Creston Police arrested 39-year old Abraham Schweers, of Lenox, at Sumner/Howard on a Union County Warrant for 5th Degree ...
Tom Robinson Dec 22, 2020
Red Oak Police arrest 2 People for Domestic Abuse Assault
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 23-year old Matthew Marlin Williams and 22-year old Kayla Marie Williams, both from Red Oak, for Domestic Abuse Assault, 1st Offense. Officers transported both indivi...
Tom Robinson Dec 22, 2020
Glenwood Police Report
(Glenwood) Two men were arrested on warrants in Glenwood. The Glenwood Police Department says Domonic Monson, 21, of Glenwood, was arrested December 16th on a Pottawattamie County warrant for Failure ...
Mandy Billings Dec 22, 2020
Montgomery County receives first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine
(Montgomery Co.) Montgomery County has received the first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine. Montgomery County Public Health says the county received 300 doses from Moderna. Of the 300 doses, 200 doses...
Mandy Billings Dec 22, 2020
"It's a Wonderful Life" to Air on KSOM Radio, December 23
(Macedonia) In Macedonia, Grist Mills Fine Arts was days away from presenting the production "Murder by the Book" when COVID-19 struck and shut everything down. The production company put it off for s...
Tom Robinson Dec 22, 2020
Ernst Nominates 31 Iowans for Admission to U.S. Service Academies
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a combat veteran and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Monday announced United States Service Academ...
Mandy Billings Dec 22, 2020
Atlantic Parks and Recreation Board approves keeping the ice skating rink closed this winter
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department will not be opening the ice skating rink at Sunnyside Park this winter. Atlantic Parks and Recreation Director Bryant Rasmussen told the Park Bo...
Mandy Billings Dec 21, 2020