Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Polk County Man Jailed on Multiple Charges in Adams County
(Corning) A Des Moines man faces charges connected to an accident on Saturday in Adams County. The Adams County Sheriff's Office arrested 41-year old Christopher Michael Fasce following the crash at 8...
Tom Robinson Mar 16, 2022

Exira-EHK School Board approves salary increases
(Elk Horn) The Exira-EHK School Board has set a Public Hearing date for April 11th for their 2022-23 Budget. Superintendent Trevor Miller says the tax rate will decline 15 cents from last year. "Our b...
Western Iowa Today Mar 16, 2022

Iowa Congresswomen Send Joint Letter To National Weather Service About Warnings
(Washington, DC) -- Two Iowa congresswomen have sent a joint letter to the National Weather Service about delayed warnings concerning the deadly March 5th tornadoes. US Representatives Ashley Hinson, ...
Mandy Billings Mar 15, 2022

Three Atlantic Speech Team Students Earn All-State Honors
(Atlantic) Three Atlantic High School Speech Team students earned All-State Honors at the State Individual Contest held at ADM on Saturday, March 12th. Twenty-six entries from Atlantic performed in fr...
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2022

Atlantic Police Report
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department reports two arrests. Mike Henson, 39, of Atlantic, was arrested Sunday for Disorderly Conduct. Jake Olsen, 23, of Atlantic, was arrested Sunday for Operating ...
Mandy Billings Mar 15, 2022

Cass County Board of Supervisors approve FY23 Budget, Elected Officials Compensation, and Secondary Roads Bargaining Agreement
(Atlantic) The Cass County Board of Supervisors approved the Elected Officials Compensation at their meeting this morning. The Compensation Board had recommended a six percent increase for the Auditor...
Mandy Billings Mar 15, 2022
School Still Closed One Week After Tornado
(Orient, IA) - Orient-Macksburg school remains closed more than a week after a hailstorm hit the town of Orient. It was part of the E-F-4 tornado that ripped through Winterset, killing six people ther...
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2022
Sac City Teacher Charged with Sexual Abuse
(Sac City, IA) - A teacher at a high school in Sac City is facing multiple charges of sexually abusing one of her students. K-C-C-I Television reports that 34-year-old Stefanie Regine Kelsey was invol...
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2022
CAM School Board approves Location for Kindergarten Section
(Anita) The CAM School Board voted 3-2 to house the single section of kindergarten students next school year in Massena. Currently, there are two sections, one group of students at the north elementar...
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2022
Cass County Man arrested on Union County Warrant
(Creston) Creston Police arrested an Atlantic man on a warrant. On Monday, Police arrested 33-year old Steven Matthew Behlers of Atlantic at the Creston-Union County Law Enforcement Center on a Union ...
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2022







