Category Archives: Local News

(NAFB) Every year, volunteer shoppers from the American Farm Bureau Federation help determine the average cost of feeding ten people for a Thanksgiving meal. Faith Parum, an economist with AFBF, said ...

(NAFB) Silencing phone scams is a big job because four billion robocalls are made to Americans every month, and the average individual receives 14 calls each week. In addition to being annoying and ti...

(Des Moines) Iowa motorists saw little change at the pump this week, as the average price of regular unleaded gasoline remained unchanged at $2.76 per gallon, according to AAA. Global crude oil prices...

(Lewis) The DNR is already looking ahead to next summer. John Lorenzen, Fisheries Biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says temporary water patrol officers are needed at multiple l...

(Griswold, IA) -- Griswold CSD has received a grant from the Iowa Farm to School program in the amount of $11,407. Superintendent Dave Henrichs says the money will be used in two different ways Henric...

(Fayette Co.) A Fayette man died following an ATV accident Friday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 4:11 p.m. on 160th Street. 84-year-old Veryl Alfred Burghardt was drivi...

(Lewis) Iowa snowmobile owners are no longer required to purchase and display an annual trail user permit. John Lorenzen, of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, appearing on the KSOM DNR report,...

(Baltimore, MD) -- Researchers suggest two cigarettes per day could be enough to increase the risk of heart disease by 50 percent. According to a study published in the journal PLOS Medicine, research...

(Washington, DC) -- The U.S. economy added more jobs than expected in September. That's according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' report on Thursday, which showed around 119-thousand jobs were adde...

All subjects were arrested and taken the the Cass County jail: 11/9/2025 Jennifer Ponder, 40 of Red Oak, Iowa, OWI 1st offense Nicole Kimpson, 31 of Red Oak, Iowa, Possession of a controlled substance...