Category Archives: Local News
Union County Man Face Charges in Separate Arrests
(Creston) A Creston man faces charges following two separate arrests one hour apart early this (Thursday) morning. Police arrested 50-year old Dennis Barry Green at 12:33 a.m. on two counts of fifth-d...
Mar 03, 2022
Iowa Winter: Normal Temperatures, Below Normal Precipitation
(Des Moines) According to State Climatologist Justin Glisan, near average temperatures and below-average precipitation describes the meteorological winter across the entire state of Iowa. Glisan says ...
Mar 03, 2022
Atlantic City Council approves Preliminary FY2023 Budget
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council approved the preliminary fiscal year 2023 budget and set March 16 for the public hearing to adopt the budget. Atlantic City Administrator John Lund made a few adju...
Mar 02, 2022
New Atlantic Police Officer Sworn in
(Atlantic) Atlantic Mayor Grace Garrett administered the police officer's oath of office to Jimmy James, the newest member of the Atlantic Police Department. Officer James fills the second of four ope...
Mar 02, 2022
Biofuels Capitol Rally Shows Support for Iowa Bill
(Des Moines) A rally of about 200 soybean farmers, biodiesel producers, and other biofuel supporters descended on the Iowa capitol today, urging the Senate to vote for a bill to increase consumer acce...
Mar 02, 2022
Update from Pottawattamie County Emergency Management on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza detected in the county
(Council Bluffs) Pottawattamie County Emergency Management says local officials have been notified of a confirmed positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) that had infected a non-comm...
Mar 02, 2022
Elevated Fire Danger
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement for elevated fire danger this afternoon. High temperatures across central and southern Iowa are expected to range from ...
Mar 02, 2022
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza confirmed in Non-Commercial Backyard Flock in Pottawattamie County
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service have confirmed a positive case of highly...
Mar 02, 2022
Iowa Senate Votes to Allow Mobile Hair Salons
(Des Moines, IA) -- The Iowa Senate has unanimously approved a bill designed to let licensed professionals cut hair in far more locations, including salons-on-wheels. Senator Jason Schultz, a Republic...
Mar 02, 2022
Red Oak Police Report
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested Brian Keith Shaver, 44, of Red Oak, on Tuesday for Theft 5th Degree (Shoplifting). Shaver was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $30...
Mar 02, 2022
