Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

SW Iowa Business Owner Sentenced To 30 Years For Sex Trafficking, Drug Crimes
(Council Bluffs, IA) A southwest Iowa business owner has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison after being convicted of sex trafficking and drug crimes in July. Seventy-one-year-old Hershal Jam...
Tom Robinson Dec 22, 2021
Fremont County Woman arrested on Warrant
(Sidney) Fremont County Sheriff Deputies and the Fremont County K9 Unit stopped a 1994 Honda Civic at Waubonsie Avenue and Bluff Road, near Bartlett. The driver, 29-year old Ambriea Chandler of Sidney...
Tom Robinson Dec 22, 2021

Career Academy will allow students in four local school districts to get some experience in the trades
(Audubon) Next fall, Audubon students will have the opportunity to get started on their post-secondary education in the trades. Audubon Superintendent Eric Trager said Audubon, Coon Rapids-Bayard, IKM...
Mandy Billings Dec 22, 2021

Three percent increase for Audubon County health insurance
(Audubon) The Audubon County Board of Supervisors heard an update on their group benefits package during a meeting on Tuesday. Ryan Berven with Group Benefits Partners presented information on upcomin...
Western Iowa Today Dec 22, 2021

Atlantic Parks and Recreation Board discusses summer help wage increases
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Parks and Recreation Board discussed summer help wage increases at their meeting Monday evening. Bryant Rasmussen, Director, said he spoke with City Administrator John Lund abo...
Mandy Billings Dec 22, 2021
Harlan Police Report
(Harlan) The Harlan Police Department arrested Christy Lynn Horschar, 40, of Omaha, Nebraska, following a traffic stop on December 18th. Horschar was transported to the Shelby County Jail where she wa...
Mandy Billings Dec 21, 2021
Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co.) Two men were arrested on warrants in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says Bryan Allen Dennis, 51, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Monday on a warrant for Failure to Appear ...
Mandy Billings Dec 21, 2021

Audubon School Board approves Early Retirement applications
(Audubon) The Audubon School Board Monday evening accepted early retirement applications from five teachers and the school business official. Trager explains the Early Retirement incentive... The Boar...
Mandy Billings Dec 21, 2021

Cass County Emergency Management reminds residents of the Disaster Proclamation
(Cass Co.) Cass County Emergency Management Director Mike Kennon appeared at the Board of Supervisors meeting this morning and is reminding residents that Governor Reynolds has issued a disaster procl...
Mandy Billings Dec 21, 2021
Shelby County Sheriff's Report
(Shelby Co.) The Shelby County Sheriff's Office reports nine arrests between December 2nd and December 12th. Christian Edgar Carrasco, age 28, of Denison, was arrested following a traffic stop on High...
Mandy Billings Dec 21, 2021







