Category Archives: Local News

(Mills Co.) The Mills County Sheriff's Office arrested Thomas Nicholas Barkley, 28, of Young, Arizona, on Tuesday for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Bond wa...

(Des Moines) The National Weather Service in Des Moines issued frost and freeze warnings and advisories from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Friday for most of the state, including southwest Iowa. Temperatures...

(Avoca) On Wednesday, the Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded $100,000 to Radberry's Bakery and Caf in Avoca, as one of 13 communities receiving a Main Street Iowa Challenge Grant. According t...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council approved a schedule of Adoption Fees for the Atlantic Animal Shelter at their meeting Wednesday evening. The current adoption fees for cats is $10.00, with an addi...

(Tri-Center) Tri-Center School's Superintendent Angela Huseman sadly announced that Senior Seth Pauley passed away in a single-vehicle accident this morning. Huseman said a team of counselors were at ...

(Washington, DC) Today, Congresswoman Cindy Axne introduced a new bill, the Meeting our Seniors' Social Security Needs Act, to require the Social Security Administration to ensure they have staff answ...

(Audubon County) Two people suffered injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Audubon County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 11:55 a.m. on Tuesday at Bluebird Avenue and 150th Street. A...

(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health's weekly data shows 595 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Region 4 from Wednesday, October 13 through Wednesday, October 20. Over the past seve...

(Atlantic) On Monday evening, on 95.7 FM, and live-streamed on westerniowatoday.com, the four Atlantic Mayoral candidates responded to questions about their vision for the City, jobs, housing, propert...

(Red Oak) A broken-down vehicle leads to the arrest of a Creston woman in Montgomery County. Deputies located the disabled vehicle early this morning in the 2900 block of Highway 34. The investigation...