Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Waukee Student Caught With Gun in Backpack To School
(Waukee, IA) -- A Waukee student is in a juvenile detention center after bringing a gun to school. Police say a school resource officer found the gun in the student's backpack at Waukee Timberline Sch...
Mandy Billings Nov 25, 2021
Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co.) Two people were arrested on warrants in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says Jessica Gonzalez Herrera, 38, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Monday on a warrant for Violation...
Mandy Billings Nov 24, 2021

Parents arrested after six-month-old tests positive for Methamphetamine
(Mills Co.) Two people were arrested after a six-month-old tested positive for methamphetamine. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says on November 12th at 3:42 a.m., Mills County Deputies were contact...
Mandy Billings Nov 24, 2021
Region 4 COVID-19 Weekly Update
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health's weekly data shows 823 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Region 4 from Wednesday, November 17 through Wednesday, November 24. Over the past se...
Mandy Billings Nov 24, 2021
US Senate Candidate Cuts Campaign Short After Death In Family
(Manilla, IA) -- A western Iowa farmer who announced in late May that he planned to run for the U.S. Senate in 2022 has ended his campaign. Dave Muhlbauer of Manilla is a former Crawford County Superv...
Tom Robinson Nov 24, 2021
Two-Vehicle Crash in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) A distracted driver is blamed for a two-vehicle accident in Elliott. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened at 5:57 a.m. at 110th And Elm Street. The drivers are m...
Tom Robinson Nov 24, 2021

Atlantic Mayoral Runoff Election November 30
(Atlantic) There are just a few days left to vote in the Mayoral runoff election. Tim Teig and Grace Garrett, the top two vote-getters in the November 2 election, are in a runoff for the Mayoral seat....
Tom Robinson Nov 24, 2021
Atlantic Artist unveils Pristine Artwork Next Month
(Atlantic). Many people have driven or walked by, peering in the window at 10 W. 4th Street in Atlantic, wondering, who is that man behind the brush, creating magnificent works of art. That man Timoth...
Tom Robinson Nov 24, 2021

Audubon Supervisor's Discuss Weed Commissioner Compensation
(Audubon) The Audubon County Board of Supervisors have approved an as-needed Dispatcher. Sheriff Todd Johnson appeared in front of the board on Tuesday. Cassie Jacobsen has been approved. "I've been i...
Western Iowa Today Nov 24, 2021

APD warns residents of a Medicare Scam
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department is warning residents to be aware of a Medicare scam this is going around the area again. The caller is pretending to be with Medicare and already has the name...
Mandy Billings Nov 23, 2021







