Category Archives: Local News

(Des Moines) The National Weather Service is forecasting thunderstorms to develop over western Iowa late this afternoon. Forecasters say the storms are expected to sweep across the area overnight. A f...

(Atlantic) Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken says completing the Olive Street bridge construction project north of Atlantic is on schedule. Construction on the bridge one mile south of Interstate 80 b...

(Atlantic) Atlantic City Administrator John Lund presented the latest Census numbers to the City Council on Wednesday. Lund says Atlantic recorded the highest population loss amongst the nine cities c...

(Harlan) The Harlan City Council will gather for a special meeting this morning at 11:30 a.m. to review a recommendation to purchase a K-9 from the Iowa State Patrol. The Council will also receive and...

(Harlan) Thanks to a Tier One Water Warning being in place for the last several months, Harlan Municipal Utilities has made it through a peak demand season without any significant disruptions. An eval...

(Mills Co.) The Mills County Sheriff's Office arrested David Allen Ryan, 47, of Shenandoah, this (Thursday) morning for Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver, Possession of a Con...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A new monthly survey of bankers in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states suggests continued economic growth in the region, but some say worsening drought could threaten their ...

(Atlantic) The Conference Board will meet next week to appoint a new County Assessor. The hiring comes after former Assessor Brenda Nelson resigned this past May. Cass County Supervisor Chairman Steve...

(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested 49-year old Trevor Wayne Hale of Red Oak on a Montgomery County warrant for 3rd-degree harassment. Deputies transported Hale to the Montgomery...

(Cedar Rapids, IA) -- A Cedar Rapids man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for shooting into an occupied vehicle last year. As a felon, 34-year-old Eric James Lyle couldn't legally p...