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Creston Police Report 2 arrests
(Creston) Creston Police arrested a Texas man on alcohol and weapons charges. Police arrested 26-year old Jimmy Wayne King on Saturday at the Union County Law Enforcement Center for OWI 1st offense an...
Tom Robinson Jan 03, 2022
Judges send Tyson workers' virus lawsuit back to state court
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A federal appeals court has ruled that Tyson Foods can't claim it was operating under the direction of the federal government when it tried to keep its processing plants open a...
Tom Robinson Jan 03, 2022

Mask Mandates Lifted In More Iowa Schools Starting This Week
(Des Moines, IA) -- When Iowa public schools students return from the holiday break today (Monday) they won't be wearing masks in some districts. Masks are no longer required in Decorah, Linn-Mar, and...
Tom Robinson Jan 03, 2022
Waterloo House Fire Takes 1 Life
(Waterloo, IA) -- Officials with the Waterloo Fire Department report a Saturday house fire took one life. The victim was a man whose name hasn't been released. Another person was able to get out safel...
Tom Robinson Jan 03, 2022
Warmup On The Way For Iowa Monday
(Des Moines, IA) -- It won't be time to break out the shorts and flip-flops, but today will be much warmer than the temperatures in Iowa over the weekend. Saturday snowfall amounts ranged up to nine i...
Tom Robinson Jan 03, 2022
Vehicle Pursuit ends in Southern Cass County
(Atlantic) A pickup driver led law enforcement on a pursuit that started early this morning on Highway 71 north of Atlantic and ended in southern Cass County. Cass County Deputy Josh McLaren patrollin...
Tom Robinson Jan 03, 2022
Rollover Accident in Union County
(Creston) A passenger suffered injuries in a rollover accident in Creston. According to the Union County Sheriff's Office, the accident happened at around 1:34 p.m. on Saturday. Authorities identified...
Tom Robinson Jan 02, 2022
Wind Chill Advisory
(Area) A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect for southwest and west-central Iowa until noon today. This morning, the National Weather Service forecasts frigid wind chills of 25 degrees below zero.
Tom Robinson Jan 02, 2022

Update on projects from Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken
(Cass Co.) Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken told the Board of Supervisors on Thursday that Cunningham-Reis will begin work on a bridge on 770th Street on Monday. Meanwhile, Wolken said the box culver...
Mandy Billings Jan 02, 2022
Hunting seasons wind down as calendar flips to January
(Area) Several hunting seasons will wrap up over the next week and a half Just over one week remains for hunters in a variety of seasons. "The pheasant season gets pretty short when you get past New Y...
Western Iowa Today Jan 02, 2022







