Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

New Jury Trial set in the State of Iowa vs Alison Dorsey case
(Atlantic) A new jury trial date has been tentatively set in the State of Iowa vs Alison Dorsey case. On November 4th, a mistrial was declared after the jury was deadlocked on a decision. Dorsey was o...
Mandy Billings Nov 17, 2021

Griswold School Board Exploring "Natural Gas Risk Pool"
(Griswold) The Griswold School Board will decide next month whether or not to join other school districts in a Natural Gas Risk Pool. Griswold Shared Superintendent Dave Henrichs says members of the R...
Tom Robinson Nov 17, 2021
Region 4 COVID-19 Weekly Update
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health's weekly data shows 628 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Region 4 from Wednesday, November 10 through Wednesday, November 17. Over the past se...
Mandy Billings Nov 17, 2021

Atlantic Police Report
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department reports four arrests and one citation. Itatipei Rudolph, 30, of Atlantic, was arrested November 4th for Public Intoxication. Brandon Pahl, 32, of Atlantic, wa...
Mandy Billings Nov 17, 2021

Red Oak Police arrest Woman on Alcohol and Drug-Related Offense
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 22-year old Harley Renea Strutton on Tuesday night in the 200 block of N. Broadway Street for Public Intoxication, Possession of Contraband in a Correctional Institut...
Tom Robinson Nov 17, 2021
Audubon School District offers early retirement and approves strength and conditioning position
(Audubon) The Audubon School District will offer early retirement this year. Superintendent Eric Trager says the sooner they know what their needs for next year will be, the better off they are. "Obvi...
Western Iowa Today Nov 17, 2021
Reynolds Cheers Federal Court Ruling on State Taxing Authority
(Des Moines, IA) -- Governor Kim Reynolds says a ruling from a federal judge makes it clear accepting federal pandemic relief didn't prohibit lawmakers from cutting taxes at the state level this year ...
Western Iowa Today Nov 16, 2021
Harlan man arrested on drug charge
(Harlan) The Harlan Police Department reports two arrests. 52-year-old Marlene Elanor Anderson, of Ralston, was arrested November 9th on an active Carroll County Warrant. 30-year-old Justin Van Carver...
Western Iowa Today Nov 16, 2021

Page County man shows up intoxicated to serve jail time, faces additional charge
(Clarinda) The Page County Sheriff's Office reports the arrest of 39-year-old Jonathan Lynn Gray, of Shenandoah. Gray showed up to serve his jail sentence on a previous conviction of OWI 2nd Offense a...
Western Iowa Today Nov 16, 2021
Creston man arrested following a pursuit
(Adair Co.) A Creston man was arrested following a pursuit that began in Adair County. On Saturday, November 13, at approximately 10:48 a.m., the Adair County Sheriff's Office took a report of a Ford ...
Mandy Billings Nov 16, 2021







