Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Darrin Petty Files for Cass County Extension Council
(Atlantic) The Cass County Deputy Auditor Sheri Karns announced today Darrin Petty filed papers for a seat on the Cass County Extension Council. Karns reports four seats are open for the November elec...
Tom Robinson Jun 25, 2020
School Districts may begin Offering School Activities
(Des Moines) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced today, starting July 1, school districts and accredited nonpublic schools may begin offering all school activities. The reopening involves the followi...
Tom Robinson Jun 25, 2020
Gov. Reynolds signs new proclamation continuing the State Public Health Emergency Declaration
(Des Moines) Governor Reynolds signed a new proclamation continuing the Public Health Disaster Emergency. The declaration extends the public health mitigation measures currently in place, including th...
Tom Robinson Jun 25, 2020
Man Arrested on Numerous Charges following Robberies in Council Bluffs
(Council Bluffs) A Council Bluffs man was arrested on multiple charges following two separate robberies. This morning (Thursday) around 10:45 a.m., Council Bluffs police officers responded to Boost Mo...
Western Iowa Today Jun 25, 2020
Council Bluffs Man Arrested on Drug Related Charges
(Glenwood) A Council Bluffs man was arrested in Glenwood early this morning. According to the Mills County Sheriff's office, 35-year-old Steven Jerrame Meyer was arrested around 3:13 a.m on 189th stre...
Western Iowa Today Jun 25, 2020
Polk County Man arrested for Trespassing and Alcohol-related charges in Cass County
(Atlantic) Cass County Sheriff's Deputies arrested a Polk County man for trespassing. According to the press release; Deputies arrested 30-year old William Lloyd Sandstrom, of Runnells, for trespassin...
Tom Robinson Jun 25, 2020
Creston Police Report Four Arrests
(Creston) Creston Police report four arrests on Wednesday. Police arrested 31-year old TJ Neil Swan, of Promise City, Iowa early Wednesday morning for Simple. Officers' issued Swan a citation with a P...
Tom Robinson Jun 25, 2020
Firefighters respond to Structure Fire in Downtown Guthrie Center.
(Guthrie Center) Firefighters battled a structure fire in downtown Guthrie Center overnight. Crews responded to the blaze at around 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday at an apartment fire above the Strawberry Pa...
Tom Robinson Jun 25, 2020
Red Oak Police Report Two Arrests
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested two people in connection with a protection order violation. Police arrested 47-year old Dennis Joseph Doyen, for violating a protection order. Nancy Lee Hoffman, of R...
Tom Robinson Jun 25, 2020
AAA Forecasts Americans will take 700 Million Trips this Summer
(Burnsville, Minnesota) This summer Americans will take 700 million trips based on economic indicators and state re-openings, according to AAA. That number is down nearly 15% compared to last July thr...
Tom Robinson Jun 25, 2020