Category Archives: Local News
Open burning ban put in place for Pottawattamie County
(Council Bluffs) Pottawattamie County Emergency Management has issued a burn ban. The ban will go into effect Tuesday, September 1st at 5:00 p.m and prohibits all open and controlled burning in Pottaw...
Sep 01, 2020
Lake Manawa Campground Development Project to begin this Fall
(Council Bluffs) Construction of a new campground will soon begin at Lake Manawa State Park in Council Bluffs. The construction contract is in place, and work is slated to begin this fall. Michelle Re...
Sep 01, 2020
National Suicide Awareness Month
(Atlantic) September is National Suicide Prevention and Awareness month and Cass County Health System's Senior Life Solutions is working to raise awareness and educate the community on the risk factor...
Sep 01, 2020
Harlan Police issue driving while suspended citation, make public intox arrest
(Harlan) The Harlan Police Department report includes one arrest and one citation. On August 30th, 26-year-old Dylan Scott Rowland, of Harlan, was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged wit...
Sep 01, 2020
Glenwood Police Blotter
(Glenwood) Glenwood Police arrested two people in separate incidents for OWI and assault. According to the report, Officer's arrested 33-year old William Meredith on Monday on 2 counts of Domestic Abu...
Sep 01, 2020
September marks Better Breakfast Month
(Atlantic) Better Breakfast Month is celebrated in September. Cass County Health System Clinical Dietitian Beth Olsen says skipping breakfast won't do you any favors. "If you skip breakfast to lose we...
Sep 01, 2020
Mills County EMA released Weekly COVID-19 Data
(Glenwood) The COVID-19 positivity rate dropped from 8.3-percent to 7.8 percent in Mills County, according to the weekly report released by Mills County Emergency Management and Mills County Public He...
Sep 01, 2020
Southwest Iowa Rainfall Deficit's reaching double-digits in some Locations
(Atlantic) Drought conditions in parts of west-central and southwest Iowa continue to intensify. Aaron Sauegling Iowa State Extension agronomist for southwest Iowa says the hot and dry conditions that...
Sep 01, 2020
COVID-19 and Influenza: What can we Expect
(Atlantic) The fall season is right around the corner, and along with the bright fall colors and colder temperatures comes the Flu season. Many people, including those in the medical field, are concer...
Sep 01, 2020
Semi-Trailer Fire on I-80
(Atlantic) Atlantic firefighters were called out at 5:27 a.m. on Tuesday for a UPS semi-trailer on fire on westbound Interstate 80 near the 57-mile marker. No other details are available.
Sep 01, 2020
