Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Iowa hosting large population of bald eagles
(Area) Iowa is in the middle of its annual bald eagle population survey. Early indications point to 2022 being a really good year for eagles wintering in Iowa. "Bald eagles are migratory and they trav...
Western Iowa Today Jan 17, 2022

Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors celebrate new locations with Sweet Joy Shoppe
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by Danielle Lambert & Tara Sueck, owners of Sweet Joy Shoppe, on Thursday, January 13th, 2022. The Ambassadors joined Danielle & Tara in...
Mandy Billings Jan 16, 2022
Iowa House District 21 Representative Tom Moore highlights the first week of the 89th General Assembly
(Des Moines) The 89th General Assembly convened on Monday, January 10th. Iowa House District 21 Representative Tom Moore said the Legislative Body heard the opening remarks from Speaker Grassley where...
Mandy Billings Jan 16, 2022
Authorities release more information regarding the Officer Involved Shooting in Western Iowa.
(Woodbury County, Iowa) The suspect who was shot by a Woodbury County Sheriff's Deputy On January 12, 2022, has been identified as 35-year-old Michael Scott Meredith of Sergeant Bluff. The DCI continu...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2022
Union County Crash
(Creston) The Union County Sheriff's Office says speed and icy road conditions factored into a single-vehicle crash near Afton. Authorities say the accident happened at 8:15 p.m. at Redwood Avenue and...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2022
Winter Storm Heads South
(Des Moines) The winter storm dumping heavy snow across northern and central Iowa moved out of the state. Allan Curtis, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Des Moines, says snowfall a...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2022

Red Oak Man arrested
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 20-year old Chad Stanley Padilla, of Red Oak on Friday night in the 1600 block of East Summit Street for Domestic Abuse Assault, 2nd Offense, and Obstruction of Emerg...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2022
Latest Road Condition Report
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Transportation 511ia.org road condition report shows all roads in southwest Iowa are entirely covered with snow this morning. As of 5:30 a.m., towing was prohibited...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2022

Update on Atlantic Middle School Project
(Atlantic) Atlantic School's Superintendent Steve Barber told the School Board Wednesday night that progress has been made at the Middle School. Barber said all subfloor has been completed in the buil...
Mandy Billings Jan 15, 2022
Governor Reynolds appoints Jennifer Benson Bahr as District Court Judge
(Des Moines) Gov. Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Jennifer Benson Bahr as a district court judge in Judicial District 4. Bahr, of Crescent, Iowa, currently serves as a district associa...
Mandy Billings Jan 14, 2022







