Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Atlantic School District Celebrating Homecoming next week
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Community School District will be celebrating Homecoming next week. The Theme is Blast from the Past. Voting for the King and Queen will take place this Friday. Queen candidate...
Mandy Billings Oct 01, 2020
Iowa DOT to meet with County Supervisors and Engineer to discuss possible closure of 570th Street at the I-80 underpass
(Atlantic) The Iowa Department of Transportation will be meeting with some members of the Cass County Board of Supervisors and the County Engineer to discuss the DOT's plans to close 570th Street at t...
Mandy Billings Oct 01, 2020
Guthrie County Attorney filling in as interim Audubon County Attorney
(Guthrie Co.) Guthrie County Attorney Brenna Bird is filling in as interim Audubon County Attorney. Audubon County Attorney Sarah Jennings recently resigned to move closer to her family. Guthrie Count...
Mandy Billings Oct 01, 2020
COVID-19 Associated Deaths Confirmed in Guthrie County
(Guthrie Co.) Guthrie County Department of Public Health announced today another three deaths associated with novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Guthrie County. One individual was 52 and two individuals ...
Mandy Billings Sep 30, 2020
Shelby County in a burn ban until further notice
(Shelby Co.) Shelby County Emergency Management Coordinator Alex Londo says Shelby County is in extreme fire danger and will be in a burn ban until further notice.
Mandy Billings Sep 30, 2020
Pottawattamie County placed in High to Very High Fire Danger today; Open Burning Ban Still in Place
(Council Bluffs) The National Weather Service in Omaha has placed portions of Eastern Nebraska and Southwest Iowa in a High to Very High Fire Danger today. Pottawattamie County is forecast in the Very...
Mandy Billings Sep 30, 2020
Mills County Sheriff’s Report
(Glenwood) A Belle Plaine man was arrested on drug charges in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says Sean Robert Collins Freeman, 46, was arrested this morning on 189th Street for Posses...
Mandy Billings Sep 30, 2020
Creston Police Report Two arrests and Vandalism
(Creston) Creston Police report two arrests and one incident of vandalism. Police arrested 37-year old Steven Lamer of Carter Lake on Tuesday, on the 500 block of S. Walnut Street for Trespass 1st Off...
Tom Robinson Sep 30, 2020
Red Oak Police Report
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested one person on a Pottawattamie County Warrant and another on a Page County warrant in separate incidents. Police arrested 59-year old Ronald Dean Kammerer Jr. on Tuesd...
Tom Robinson Sep 30, 2020
Cass County Supervisors want an early jump on budget planning
(Atlantic) The Cass County Board of Supervisors wants to get an early jump on budget planning. Board Chairman Steve Baier drafted a letter to go out to department heads and noted that with the past se...
Mandy Billings Sep 30, 2020