Category Archives: Local News

(Council Bluffs) A Clarinda man was sentenced Thursday, December 18, 2025, to nine years in federal prison for receipt of child pornography. According to public court records, the National Center for ...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Rotary Club reminds 2026 graduating seniors at Atlantic Community School that scholarships are available. The Club will award six (6) $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors ...

(Red Oak) Red Oak Police took a man into custody on assault charges on Thursday in the 700 block of E. Oak Street. Police arrested 35-year-old Andrew Keith Gray of Red Oak on charges of assault on a p...

(Atlantic) Dr. Bob Sharp, President of the Nishna Valley Family YMCA, and Vision Atlantic Committee member, and Deb Schuler, Co-Chair of the Community Committee for Vision Atlantic, talk about the YMC...

(Des Moines) H5 avian influenza has been confirmed in Canada geese at Green Valley Lake and at Lake of Three Fires, state wildlife officials announced on Thursday. Staff with the Iowa Department of Na...

(Area) The giving spirit is alive and well in western Iowa! The Community Foundation for Western Iowa is thrilled to report that for a third consecutive year, Giving Tuesday 712 sponsored by Katelman ...

(Exira) One person was killed, and another was transported to the hospital following a fire in Exira Monday morning. The Exira Fire Department says at 6:41 a.m., Audubon County 911 received a report o...

(Atlantic) Atlantic Municipal Utilities announced the winners of their annual Holiday Christmas Lighting Contest. Atlantic Chamber Director Kelsey Beschorner stepped in to represent AMU during the ann...

(NAFB) Oil prices have been on a steady downward trajectory for much of the past month, and that trend looks to continue in the final days of the year. And that drop in oil prices means American motor...

(Atlantic) Atlantic Mayor Grace Garrett presided over her final meeting on Wednesday night. Garrett and her husband, Bill, moved to Atlantic in 2017. After developing an interest in city government, s...