Category Archives: Local News
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Cass Health announces the arrival of the first baby of 2022
(Atlantic) Cass Health is delighted to announce the arrival of the first baby of 2022. Mayah Victoria was born on January 3, 2022 to proud parents Linda and Juan Rodriguez, and welcomed by older broth...
Mandy Billings Jan 5, 2022
Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co.) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports three arrests. Jason Alexander Houston, 42, of St. Joseph, Missouri, was arrested December 30th on a warrant for Violation of Probation. Bond was ...
Mandy Billings Jan 5, 2022
One person injured in a rollover accident in Mills County
(Mills Co.) One person was injured in a rollover accident in Mills County Friday morning. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says 87-year-old Ethlyn Spires, of Malvern, was driving a 2003 Lincoln north...
Mandy Billings Jan 5, 2022

Pottawattamie County buys western Iowa ski business
CRESCENT, Iowa (AP) - A 60-year-old ski and sledding attraction in western Iowa has been sold to Pottawattamie County for $3.5 million. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports that the county's pur...
Mandy Billings Jan 5, 2022

Order to Appoint Elaine Otte to the Vacant At-Large City Council on Atlantic City Council Agenda
(Atlantic) New Atlantic Mayor and former City Councilperson Grace Garrett will conduct her first regular City Council meeting this evening in the City Council Chambers. Garrett replaces longtime Mayor...
Tom Robinson Jan 5, 2022
Region 4 COVID-19 Weekly Update
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health's weekly data shows 1,085 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Region 4 from Wednesday, December 29 through Wednesday, January 5. Over the past se...
Mandy Billings Jan 5, 2022
Ida County Crash Claims One Life
(Ida County) A Woodbury County man died in a single-vehicle crash in Ida County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 11:22 p.m. on Monday on 279th Street in the Crawford Creek Recreati...
Tom Robinson Jan 5, 2022

Villisca Man arrested on Assault Charges
(Red Oak) A Villisca man faces an assault charge in Montgomery County. Deputies responded to the 100 block of West 6th Street in Villisca for an assault in progress. Following the investigation, Offic...
Tom Robinson Jan 5, 2022
Wind Chill Advisory
(Des Moines) A Wind Chill Advisory is in effect for western Iowa from midnight tonight through Thursday morning. Strong winds will persist this morning, producing shallow blowing snow northeast. The p...
Tom Robinson Jan 5, 2022
Warmer than normal temps and little precip featured in December
(Area) There's no question what the biggest weather story was in the month of December. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says the December 15th tornado outbreak and derecho will be studied for years ...
Western Iowa Today Jan 5, 2022








