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Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Welcome New Leadership and Learn About Holiday Plans at Heritage House
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors recently visited Heritage House to welcome several new leaders and learn more about the organization's upcoming holiday activities. During ...
Mandy Billings Nov 16, 2025

Gasoline Prices Dip While Diesel and Heating Fuels Climb in Iowa
(Des Moines) The price of regular unleaded gasoline in Iowa fell by 5 cents this week, averaging $2.76 per gallon, according to AAA. This marks a modest decline from both last week's price and the pri...
Mandy Billings Nov 16, 2025

Atlantic School Board Election Recount Approved: Recount is Scheduled for Monday
(Atlantic) The Cass County Board of Supervisors approved the request during a special meeting on Friday afternoon to consider a request for a recount in the Atlantic School District Director At-Large ...
Tom Robinson Nov 15, 2025

The Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvement Program Reaches Major Milestone with Final Interstate Traffic Shift
(Council Bluffs) The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) announced the final traffic shift for the Interstate 80/I-29/I-480 corridor in Council Bluffs, marking the substantial completion of t...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2025

Driver Nearly Four Times Legal Limit in Hit-and-Run That Killed 17-Year-Old
(Council Bluffs) The Council Bluffs Police Department says toxicology results for 52-year-old Jason Lee Evans of Council Bluffs, who was involved in a hit and run, show Evans was nearly four times the...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2025

Cass County Post-Election Audit Confirms Election Night Machine Count
(Cass Co.) On Thursday, November 13, 2025, Cass County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Kathy Somers oversaw the post-election audit of the November 4, 2025 City/School Election. The audited resu...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2025

Portion of Mockingbird Ave in Audubon County to close for Culvert Replacement
(Audubon Co.) The Audubon County Engineer's Office says Mockingbird Avenue between 220th Street and Highway 44 will be closed to thru traffic beginning Monday, November 17th for culvert replacement.
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2025

Camper Explosion in Creston
(Creston) One person was transported to the hospital following a camper explosion in Creston Thursday evening. The Creston Fire Department says the incident happened at 10:21 p.m. Upon arrival, first ...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2025

Mills County Arrest Report
(Mills Co.) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports that 46-year-old Christopher Joseph Brown, of Pacific Junction, was arrested on November 8th on multiple charges. Brown was taken into custody for...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2025

Creston Man Arrested on Drug Charges
(Creston) The Creston Police Department arrested 19-year-old Gunner Michael Namanny in the Southwestern Community College parking lot early this morning. Namanny was charged with Possession of a Contr...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2025







