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Updated: Pickup Strikes Atlantic Motel
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department is investigating an accident involving a pickup truck smashing into the southside of the A-Ford-O Motel on west 7th street in Atlantic. Atlantic Police Lt. Pa...
Tom Robinson Jan 01, 2022

Authorities identify pedestrian killed in Polk County
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Polk County authorities continue to investigate a crash that killed a 77-year-old pedestrian. The sheriff's office identified the man killed in Thursday night's crash as Jack W...
Tom Robinson Jan 01, 2022

Looking Ahead to 2022 Spring Planting Weather
(NAFB) As 2021 wrapped up, the winter season has been different from normal expectations. Ryan Martin is an agricultural meteorologist from Warsaw, Indiana. He says when looking at current weather pat...
Mandy Billings Jan 01, 2022
Ice fishing season drawing near with frigid temps
(Area) Subzero overnight lows have ice anglers excited to soon drop their line in the water. Iowa DNR Fisheries Biologist Bryan Hayes issues these safety reminders. "The DNR will start by saying ice i...
Western Iowa Today Jan 01, 2022

Cass County Supervisors approve Opioid Lawsuit Resolution
(Cass Co.) The Cass County Board of Supervisors approved an Opioid Lawsuit Resolution at their meeting Thursday. The resolution authorizes Cass County to enter into settlement agreements with McKesson...
Mandy Billings Jan 01, 2022

National Weather Service advises caution for travelers this weekend
(Area) Snow is expected to begin falling around midnight tonight in Western Iowa with accumulation beginning around 6:00 a.m. Alex Krull is a Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Des Moi...
Western Iowa Today Dec 31, 2021
Iowa Traffic Death Toll Reaches 5-Year High This Year
(Ames, IA) -- The number of deaths on Iowa roadways is at a five-year high in 2021. The Iowa DOT reports 348 people have died in traffic crashes this year. That's the most fatalities since 2016. There...
Mandy Billings Dec 31, 2021

Red Oak man arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested Eric Alan Vannausdle, 31, of Red Oak, on Thursday for Domestic Abuse Assault 1st. Vannausdle was held on no bond.
Mandy Billings Dec 31, 2021
Updated: Winter Storm Warning, Winter Weather Advisory, Wind Chill Advisory and Dense Fog Advisory
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service says a Winter Storm Warning is in effect from 6 a.m. Saturday to Midnight Saturday for Audubon, Guthrie, Adair, Adams, Cass, Union, Taylor, Ringgold, Pottawat...
Mandy Billings Dec 31, 2021

Atlantic man arrested for OWI 1st Offense
(Cass Co.) The Cass County Sheriff's Office arrested Bryan McVay, 31, of Atlantic, on December 24th for OWI 1st offense. McVay was transported to the Cass County Jail where he was booked and held unti...
Mandy Billings Dec 30, 2021







