Category Archives: Local News
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Mills County Sheriff’s Report
(Glenwood) A Council Bluffs man was arrested on numerous charges after attempting to elude law enforcement on Friday. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says 31-year-old James McFarland was driving a 2...
Mandy Billings Aug 24, 2020
Personal Injury Accident
(Atlantic) Rescue crews responded to a two-Vehicle accident on 7th Street just east of the entrance to Orscheln Farm and Home Supply in Atlantic on Monday afternoon. The accident happened at around 1:...
Tom Robinson Aug 24, 2020
Update: Details released on fatal accident in Pottawattamie County
(Crescent) A Nebraska woman died from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle accident in Pottawattamie County. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office says deputies were dispatched to the accident nort...
Mandy Billings Aug 24, 2020
Woman killed in western Iowa crash was Omaha teacher
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Officials say a woman killed in a western Iowa crash last week was an Omaha elementary school teacher. Television station KETV reports that Cathy Vazquez was killed in the Friday ev...
Mandy Billings Aug 24, 2020
Two critically injured in Madison County accident, driver arrested for OWI
(Madison Co.) Two people were injured in a single-vehicle accident in Madison County early this morning. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident occurred at 2:21 a.m. on Cumming Road, just northeast o...
Mandy Billings Aug 24, 2020
Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Report
(Council Bluffs) An Oakland man was arrested on numerous charges after Deputies were called to a disturbance in the 900 block of Oakland Avenue on August 19th. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Offic...
Mandy Billings Aug 24, 2020
Early teal season starts next week in Iowa
(State) Iowa's early teal hunting season begins Tuesday, September 1st. Bryan Hayes, with the Iowa DNR Office in Lewis, says it's been restructured to match up with the migration and the season has be...
Western Iowa Today Aug 24, 2020
Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police report three arrests and four incidents over the weekend. *Police arrested 26-year old Zakary Titus, of Des Moines on Friday for charges of Eluding, OWI 1st, Possession of a C...
Tom Robinson Aug 24, 2020
Red Oak Police report 2 arrests
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested an Omaha man for interference with official acts and a Red Oak woman for assault in their latest arrest report. Police arrested 23-year old Page Pettis of Omaha on Su...
Tom Robinson Aug 24, 2020
IDPH Confirms First Child Death from COVID-19
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) is saddened to confirm the first death of a child due to complications from COVID-19. The child was under the age of five, and had significant ...
Mandy Billings Aug 23, 2020