Category Archives: Local News
Update: Winter Storm Warning and Winter Weather Advisory for southwest Iowa
(Des Moines) The following counties in southwest are now in a Winter Storm Warning from 9 a.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday; Audubon, Guthrie, Union and Ringgold. The rest of southwest Iowa is in a winte...
Jan 13, 2022
Child Care Bills Clear Iowa House Subcommittee
(Des Moines, IA) -- The first pair of bills to come out of the governor's child care task force are moving forward in the Iowa House. One bill deals with low income families who get government-funded ...
Jan 13, 2022
Woman arrested in Adams County for 12 counts of Forgery
(Adams Co.) The Adams County Sheriff's Office arrested Rebecca Larocco, 40, on Wednesday on 12 counts of Forgery. Larocco was transported to the Adams County Jail and held on $60,000 cash bond. Furthe...
Jan 13, 2022
Cass Health Announces New Vascular and Pulmonary Partnership
(Atlantic) Cass Health has partnered with Methodist Physicians Clinic to provide vascular and pulmonary care locally. Two vascular surgeons and two pulmonologists with Methodist Physicians Clinic, bas...
Jan 13, 2022
Atlantic School Board discusses employee retention stipend; approves a number of items
(Atlantic) The Atlantic School Board discussed an employee retention stipend at their meeting Wednesday evening. Atlantic Superintendent Steve Barber said they received confirmation from the Iowa Depa...
Jan 12, 2022
Update: Winter Storm Watch area expanded
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch from Friday morning through late Friday night for Monona, Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Montgomery, Page, Crawford, Carroll...
Jan 12, 2022
Sapp Bros. Acquires Pelgas to Expand Propane Business in Southwest Iowa
(Atlantic) Pelgas has been acquired by Sapp Bros., Inc effective December 30, 2021. Pelgas owner Todd Pellett says in a press release, "We are pleased to join with such a well-respected member of the ...
Jan 12, 2022
Girl struck, killed by patrol vehicle was headed to store
RED OAK, Iowa (AP) - A 12-year-old Iowa girl who was struck and killed by a police vehicle had been on her way to a grocery store to buy snacks with a gift card she got for Christmas, her older sister...
Jan 12, 2022
Reynolds Proposes Cutting Iowa Income Taxes By $2B
(Des Moines, IA) -- Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds proposes cutting the state's income taxes by two billion dollars. Reynolds wants to move toward a four-percent flat income tax that would be phased in ov...
Jan 12, 2022
Region 4 COVID-19 Weekly Update
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health's weekly data shows 2,267 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Region 4 from Wednesday, January 5 through Wednesday, January 12. That total is 1,1...
Jan 12, 2022
