Category Archives: Local News
Reminder: AtlanticFest To Be Held This Weekend
(Atlantic) AtlanticFest, presented by First Whitney Bank & Trust, will be held this Saturday, August 14th rain or shine. Bailey Smith, Executive Director at the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce s...
Aug 12, 2021
Bond Issue to be placed on November ballot for Audubon Fire Station
(Audubon) The City Council and Fire Association in Audubon are moving forward with putting a bond issue on the November ballot. The bond issue to finance a new fire station will be between $2 and $2.5...
Aug 12, 2021
Dr. Sydney Lee Providing Care at Cass Health through November
(Atlantic) While both Dr. Edna Becht and Dr. Autumn Keiser are currently on maternity leave, Cass Health recruited Sydney Lee, MD to join the medical staff through November. Dr. Lee is originally from...
Aug 12, 2021
Atlantic School Board approves Middle School Classrooms Construction Plan for the Achievement Center
(Atlantic) The Atlantic School Board approved the Middle School Classrooms Construction Plan for the Achievement Center at their meeting Wednesday evening. The cost will be covered by the insurance po...
Aug 11, 2021
Tesla Pulls Out Of Fair Due To COVID
(Des Moines, IA) -- The opening act at the Iowa State Fair grandstand for the band Styx on August 18th will no longer be Tesla. A statement on the Tesla website says they're postponing their next few ...
Aug 11, 2021
Region 4 COVID-19 Weekly Update
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health's weekly data shows 408 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Region 4 from Wednesday, August 4 through Wednesday, August 11. Over the past seven d...
Aug 11, 2021
Red Oak man arrested on Page County Warrant
(Clarinda) The Page County Sheriff's Office reports the arrest of 37-year-old Billy Lyn Leeper, of Red Oak. Leeper was arrested Wednesday on a Page County Warrant for Violation of Probation. Leeper is...
Aug 11, 2021
Fremont County Sheriff's Office makes arrest following a pursuit
(Hamburg) A Missouri man who led law enforcement on a two mile pursuit has been arrested. 58-year-old Clifford Chaney, of Tarkio, was charged with eluding and cited for not having a valid driver's lic...
Aug 11, 2021
DNR investigates manure spill in Union County
(Thayer) Tuesday, DNR investigated cleanup of a manure spill about six miles south of Thayer. Iowa Select Farms reported the spill Monday night after pumping manure into a nearly full manure storage t...
Aug 11, 2021
Pottawattamie County Public Health reports increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations
(Pottawattamie Co.) Pottawattamie County Public Health reports an increase in COVID-19 cases and local hospitalizations due to the emergent COVID-19 Delta variant. Due to its highly infectious nature,...
Aug 11, 2021
