Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Southern Iowa School District Still Closed from Hail Damage
(Orient, IA) -- Classes are still suspended at a school district in southern Iowa after last weekend's storms caused heavy hail damage. The Orient-Macksburg Community School District is planning to re...
Mandy Billings Mar 11, 2022

Atlantic Police Report
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department reports eight arrests and one citation between February 25th and March 6th. MJ Williams, 26, of Atlantic, was arrested February 25th for Operating While Under...
Mandy Billings Mar 11, 2022

Interstate 29 Closures
(Council Bluffs) To begin the next phase of interstate reconstruction in Council Bluffs, southbound Interstate 29 at 9th Avenue is expected to be closed to traffic on Tuesday, March 15, weather permit...
Mandy Billings Mar 11, 2022
Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Report
(Pottawattamie Co.) The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office reports Macaulay Cy Brock, 30, turned himself in Thursday on a warrant for Criminal Mischief 3rd Degree. Jeffrey Dale Ketzeback, 57, was t...
Mandy Billings Mar 11, 2022

Gas Tax Holiday Unlikely in Iowa
(Des Moines, IA) -- As gas prices surge, the Republican governors of Maryland, Virginia and Florida are supporting gas tax holidays. But Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley, a Republican, says it's unlike...
Tom Robinson Mar 11, 2022

SkyWest Exiting Three Airports
(Undated) -- Regional air carrier SkyWest Airlines has announced they are planning to pull their commercial service out of three Iowa airports. SkyWest has provided the U-S Department of Transportatio...
Tom Robinson Mar 11, 2022

Cass County Candidate Filings for March 10th
(Cass Co.) The filing deadline for County offices is March 25th. Candidates who filed today include: *Mark O'Brien - Republican - District #2 Supervisor *Non-Partisan (General Election only) - Travis ...
Mandy Billings Mar 10, 2022
Cass County Supervisor Mark O'Brien announces re-election for District 2 Supervisor
(Atlantic) Mark O'Brien, Cass County District 2 Supervisor, has announced his re-election campaign. O'Brien stated that as a lifelong resident of Cass County he feels he has been, and will continue to...
Mandy Billings Mar 10, 2022

Several mailboxes damaged in rural Page County
(Page Co.) The Page County Sheriff's Office says during the dates of March 4th through March 9th, they received reports of several mailboxes damaged in the rural area of Page County east and west of C...
Mandy Billings Mar 10, 2022

Red Oak man arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested Dyllan Hunter Hansen, 20, of Red Oak, in the 1200 block of East Summit Street this (Thursday) morning for Domestic Abuse Assault 1st Offense. Hansen wa...
Mandy Billings Mar 10, 2022







