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Creston Man arrested on Pottawattamie County Warrants
(Creston) A Creston man faces numerous charges in Pottawattamie County. Creston Police arrested 31-year old Jabon Allen Lee Diercks at his residence on Wednesday on multiple Pottawattamie County Warra...
Tom Robinson Jul 31, 2020
Cass County Board of Supervisors Meeting Recap
(Atlantic) The Cass County Board of Supervisors approved an amendment to the Cass County COVID-19 Mobile Food For All contract at their meeting this morning. The amendment was just to clarify the leng...
Mandy Billings Jul 31, 2020
Casey man arrested on Atlantic Police Department warrant for Willful Injury
(Atlantic) The Cass County Sheriff's Office arrested 27-year-old Tyler Eugene Worthington, of Casey, on Monday on an Atlantic Police Department warrant for Willful Injury. Worthington was taken to the...
Mandy Billings Jul 31, 2020
Omaha Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Bank Robbery
(Council Bluffs) A Nebraska man was sentenced to prison Wednesday for bank robbery. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 41-year-old Brandon Bird, of Omaha, was sentenced ...
Mandy Billings Jul 31, 2020
Glenwood Police investigating a shooting
(Glenwood) The Glenwood Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred Thursday at 506 S. Locust Street. Upon officers' arrival, one minor victim was identified and sent to the hospital v...
Mandy Billings Jul 31, 2020
Governor Reynolds to hold bi-weekly press conferences live-streamed through Iowa PBS
(Des Moines) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will return to regular bi-weekly press conferences next week to update Iowans on the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Similar to previous press confer...
Tom Robinson Jul 31, 2020
Weekly Fuel Report
(Des Moines) Gasoline prices fell slightly this past week. The price of regular unleaded gasoline averaged 2.07 per gallon across Iowa, according to AAA. This is one penny lower than last week and .49...
Tom Robinson Jul 31, 2020
Council Bluffs Police Officers save Female at Lake Manawa
(Council Bluffs) Council Bluffs Police Officers saved a woman who drove her car into a Lake. Officers Porter and Youso were dispatched to Lake Manawa at around 11:23 p.m. on Wednesday. The officers fo...
Tom Robinson Jul 31, 2020
Virtual tours being offered as part of Audubon Fire and Rescue's annual breakfast
(Audubon) A portion of the Audubon Fire and Rescue Association's Annual Pancake Breakfast is going virtual. In addition to the pancakes, sausage, and scrambled eggs another part of the Audubon Fire De...
Western Iowa Today Jul 31, 2020
Three People injured in Two-Vehicle Crash in Monona County
(Blencoe) A two-vehicle accident injured three people in Monona County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 10:47 p.m. on Thursday in the northbound lanes of Interstate 29 near the 108...
Tom Robinson Jul 31, 2020