Category Archives: Local News
Cass County Engineer discusses bridge projects on Highway 6 and Highway 83
(Cass Co.) Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken told the Cass County Board of Supervisors this morning that the DOT has two bridge overlay projects that will be going on in Cass County. Wolken said a bri...
Mar 08, 2022
Pottawattamie County Woman faces Drug Charges in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) A Council Bluffs woman faces numerous drug charges in Montgomery County. Red Oak Police conducted a traffic stop near Alix Avenue and Commerce Drive in Red Oak. During the investigation, the...
Mar 08, 2022
Opioid and illicit Fentanyl Overdose on the Rise in Southwest Iowa
(Atlantic) Data from the National Center for Health Statistics indicates drug overdose deaths in the United States increased by 28.5 percent during 2020-2021. The data stated that approximately 75-per...
Mar 08, 2022
Senator Shipley Comments on Bird Flu Cases
(Cumberland) On Monday, officials announced Iowa's second case of bird flu identified in a commercial turkey flock in northwest Iowa. The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Monday the case in Bu...
Mar 08, 2022
Saturday's "Faith's Friend's Services Celebrity Waiter Dinner" Grosses over $30,000
(Atlantic) Following the loss of her child, an Atlantic woman vowed to help others going through the same devasting loss. Christina and Joe Bateman lost their daughter Faith an hour and a half after b...
Mar 08, 2022
Updated: 1 teen dead, 2 wounded in shooting outside Iowa high school
(Des Moines, AP) Des Moines, East High School is closed today after a shooting claimed one life, and injured two others on school grounds Monday afternoon. Authorities say one teenager has been killed...
Mar 08, 2022
Atlantic Speech and Debate Team Wins Sweepstakes Trophy at Walnut Hills Invitational
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Speech and Debate Team brought home the Sweepstakes Trophy at Saturday's 51st Annual Walnut Hills Invitational held at CAM High School. "I had not taken students in my eight ye...
Mar 07, 2022
Mary Ward files papers for Cass County Recorder
(Cass Co.) Monday was the first day for candidates to file for County offices. The Cass County Auditor's Office reports Mary Ward (Republican) filed papers for Cass County Recorder. The filing deadlin...
Mar 07, 2022
Corning woman arrested on drug charges
(Mills Co) A Corning woman was arrested on drug charges in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says Breeanna May Fallin, 36, was arrested March 4th at 330th and Highway 34. Fallin was char...
Mar 07, 2022
Malvern man and two juveniles arrested on Burglary and other charges in Mills County
(Mills Co.) A Malvern man and two juveniles were arrested on burglary and other charges in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says on March 4th, at 6:45 p.m., the Communications Center re...
Mar 07, 2022
