Category Archives: Local News

(Atlantic) This week the new entry-level driver training rule went into effect. The education requirements have changed to obtain a commercial driver's license, upgrade a CDL, or get a passenger, scho...

(Council Bluffs) Big Lake in Council Bluffs recently received an influx of trout. The DNR's stocking effort released between 1,000 and 2,000 trout into the lake. "This is one of our urban trout fisher...

(Harlan) Shelby County Emergency Management Coordinator Alex Londo says after meeting with the county's fire chiefs, a burn ban is now in effect in Shelby County until further notice. Londo says they ...

(Clarinda) Page County Deputies arrested 40-year old Crystal Cornett Messer of Clarinda, on Thursday, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. The arrest stems from serving a court order from another inc...

(Creston) Creston Police arrested 34-year old Jeffrey Michael Donald Drake of Des Moines early this morning at Lincoln and Townline. Police charged Drake with 1st -degree harassment, and two counts of...

(Corning) A Union County teen faces drug charges in Adams County. Adams County Deputies arrested 18-year-old Caleb Comstock of Afton, on Saturday, February 5, at 11:18 p.m. following a traffic stop at...

(Des Moines) The State Auditor's Office is investigating the Southern Iowa Council of Governments. Creston Police arrested its' executive director Timothy J. Ostroski on Wednesday night. Authorities c...

(Ames, IA) -- An invasive species of mosquito appears to be surviving Iowa's winters. Discoveries of the mosquito have been made in three Iowa counties. Researchers at Iowa State University say the wi...

(Des Moines) Iowa's State Climatologist Justin Glisan says the state is drier than it should be as we head into spring. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor released on Thursday shows abnormally dry condit...

(Glenwood) A Glenwood man was jailed on a weapons charge. 59-year-old Mark Uebele was arrested January 26th by the Glenwood Police Department on charges of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Violatio...