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Two Hurt in Harrison County Crash
(Missouri Valley) Two people suffered injuries in a single-vehicle accident in Harrison County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday on Interstate 29 near the 78...
Tom Robinson Jun 18, 2020
Child Grateful to Conservation Officer following Rescue at Lake Manawa
(Council Bluffs) Officers of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Council Bluffs Fire Department rescued two adults and a child this past Sunday after their jet ski overturned at Lake Mana...
Tom Robinson Jun 18, 2020
IWCC Officials release Return to Campus PlanÂ
(Council Bluffs) This week, Iowa Western Community College Officials outlined the student's and faculties safe return to campus for the fall semester. Don Kohler, Vice-President of Marketing and Enrol...
Tom Robinson Jun 18, 2020
Mother Nature Delays Viking Lake Renovation Project
(Stanton) Mother Nature has thrown a plug into the Viking Lake State Park renovation project. In July 0f 2019, the DNR exercised an eight-foot drawdown to improve the fish population. Unfortunately, e...
Tom Robinson Jun 18, 2020
Atlantic City Council changes Dates for use of Fireworks
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council recognizing the fourth of July lands on a Saturday changed the ordinance for the Independence Day discharge of fireworks. Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones says the curren...
Tom Robinson Jun 17, 2020
IDPH reports first case of the season of West Nile virus and first-ever Heartland virus
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health announced today that it has received the first reported case of neuroinvasive West Nile Virus this season. The case was confirmed by the State Hygieni...
Mandy Billings Jun 17, 2020
Southwest Valley School District wrapping up Return-to-Learn Plan
(Corning) School districts throughout Iowa return-to-learn plan to meet the Iowa Department of Education guidelines are due on July 1. The projects must show how public and nonpublic schools would mee...
Tom Robinson Jun 17, 2020
Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Report
(Council Bluffs) Three people were arrested after Deputies were called a report of suspicious activity in McClelland on Friday. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office says Izaiah Matthew Bartu, 20,...
Mandy Billings Jun 17, 2020
Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police report two arrests and a theft. Police arrested 28-year old James Reiner, of Des Moines on Tuesday for driving while suspended. Authorities released Reiner on a summons to app...
Tom Robinson Jun 17, 2020
Instructional Support Levy passed by Exira-EHK School Board
(Elk Horn) Exira-EHK's Instructional Support Levy has been extended for another five years. Following a public hearing on Monday, the Exira-EHK School Board has approved an Instructional Support Levy....
Western Iowa Today Jun 17, 2020