Category Archives: Local News
Atlantic School Board approves Middle School Change Orders, Contracts, and Bus Purchase
(Atlantic) The Atlantic School Board approved four change orders for the Atlantic Middle School Fire Restoration Project of $233,690.05. The funding source to pay for the changes comes from the Insura...
Dec 08, 2021
Atlantic School Board re-elects Jenny Williams as Board President
(Atlantic) At Wednesday's organizational meeting, the Atlantic School Board re-elected Jenny Williams as School Board president and elected Laura McLean as the board vice-president. The vote followed ...
Dec 08, 2021
>>Iowa DNR Concerned After 4 Hunter Shootings
(Des Moines, IA) -- The Iowa D-N-R is asking hunters to review safety procedures after several weekend hunting accidents - including one that was fatal. Conservation officers are still investigating t...
Dec 08, 2021
Bridge Replacement Project on 190th in Audubon County to begin soon
(Audubon Co.) The Audubon County Road Department would like the public to know that the Bridge Contractor for the bridge replacement project on 190th (Co Highway F32), three miles east of US Highway71...
Dec 08, 2021
Region 4 COVID-19 Weekly Update
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health's weekly data shows 944 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Region 4 from Wednesday, December 1 through Wednesday, December 8. Over the past seve...
Dec 08, 2021
Teen Serving 50 Years For Second-Degree Murder Now Charged With Sexual Abuse
(Onawa, IA) A teenager already serving a 50-year prison sentence for second-degree murder now faces seven counts of sexual abuse. Five underage victims say they were raped by Jay Lee Neubaum and two s...
Dec 08, 2021
One Person Transported following Two-Vehicle Crash in Red Oak
(Red Oak) One person suffered possible injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Red Oak. Red Oak Police said the accident happened around 3:33 p.m. on Tuesday at 4th and Oak Street. Red Oak Rescue transp...
Dec 08, 2021
Preliminary Hearing set for Richard J. Doss Jr.
(Atlantic) The preliminary hearing for Richard J. Doss Jr. of Atlantic facing charges of attempted murder, and Willful Injury Causing Serious Injury, is set for Thursday, December 16, at 2:00 p.m. in ...
Dec 08, 2021
Audubon County Supervisors get good news on sale of GO bonds
(Audubon) The Audubon County Supervisors approved a bond sale resolution at their meeting this week. The bid is for $5 Million General Obligation Urban Renewal County Purpose Funds. Susanne Gerlach, w...
Dec 08, 2021
Baird's Lighted Christmas Display Opens on Saturday Night
(Red Oak) It all started with a string of lights on the fence, and today the Baird Christmas Lighted display spans for over a quarter of a mile across this rural Montgomery County landscape on E Avenu...
Dec 08, 2021
