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Iowa seeing full hospitals, closed classrooms as virus rages
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Hospitals are filling up, major school districts are closing their classrooms and most inmates at one prison are infected as the coronavirus pa...
Mandy Billings Nov 16, 2020
Man injured when a tree falls on him at Atlantic Golf and Country Club
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department received a call this morning of a tree that had fallen on a man at the Atlantic Golf & Country Club. Atlantic Police Chief Dave Erickson said the man was ...
Mandy Billings Nov 16, 2020
ADVISORY: Gov. Reynolds to give a live address to Iowans on COVID19
(Des Moines) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will address Iowans with a live broadcast at 6:05 p.m. on COVID19 the need for Iowans to practice safe mitigation efforts and announce new steps to fight the vi...
Tom Robinson Nov 16, 2020
Missing juveniles from New York located in Council Bluffs
(Council Bluffs) Two missing juveniles from New York have been located in Council Bluffs. The Council Bluffs Police Department says at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, a Council Bluffs Police Tra...
Mandy Billings Nov 16, 2020
Mills County Sheriff’s Report
(Mills Co.) The Mills County Sheriff's Office arrested four people for burglary and other charges. Ra Say, 23, of Omaha, Nebraska, was arrested Sunday for Theft 2nd, Ongoing Criminal Conduct, four cou...
Mandy Billings Nov 16, 2020
Grand Lighting Ceremony in Atlantic This Thursday
(Atlantic) The Annual Grand Lighting Ceremony, sponsored by Precision Concrete Services, Atlantic Municipal Utilities, and Dance Atlantic, will be held this Thursday, November 19th, at 5:30 PM in Down...
Tom Robinson Nov 16, 2020
Window Shopping in Downtown Atlantic
(Atlantic) This guy was caught window shopping in downtown Atlantic, at around 5:45 a.m. on Sunday morning. (Tom Robinson Photos)
Tom Robinson Nov 16, 2020
Atlantic Boy Scout Food Drive set for Thursday
(Atlantic) Due to COVID-19, the Atlantic Boy Scouts will hold a Drive-thru Food Drive this Thursday, November 19. Normally, the scouts go door-to-door to collect food, but due to the virus they will b...
Tom Robinson Nov 16, 2020
Butterfly goes from Dallas County to Mexico in 39 days
(State) A butterfly tagged in Central Iowa less than two month ago has been located in Mexico. Bryan Hayes with the Iowa DNR details this monarch's journey. "This butterfly was tagged in Dallas County...
Western Iowa Today Nov 16, 2020
Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police report two arrests and a break-in. Creston Police arrested 21-year old Noah Young, of Creston at his residence on Sunday afternoon for 5th - Degree Theft, Possession of Drug P...
Tom Robinson Nov 16, 2020