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News from Western Iowa.

Corn and Soybean Crop Condition Ratings decline
(Washington D.C) Corn and Soybean crop condition ratings fell this week, according to the latest USDA Crop Progress Report released on Monday afternoon. Corn condition ratings declined 2 percentage po...
Tom Robinson Aug 16, 2021
Shelby County Sheriff's Report
(Shelby Co.) The Shelby County Sheriff's Office reports multiple arrests between August 5th and August 15th. Amy Joy Carman, 38, of Avoca, was arrested August 15th following an early morning traffic s...
Mandy Billings Aug 16, 2021
Prison inmate Joshua Pierce dies
(Clarinda) The Iowa Department of Corrections says Joshua Michael Pierce was pronounced dead at 3:25 a.m. this morning at the University of Nebraska Medical Center after being found unresponsive in hi...
Mandy Billings Aug 16, 2021
Creston man arrested for Murder in the First Degree
(Des Moines) After a nearly two month long investigation into the disappearance and death of 58-year-old Timothy Fechter, law enforcement has charged his brother, 43-year-old Creston resident Dustin S...
Mandy Billings Aug 16, 2021
Foreign Exchange Student Coordinator sentenced to over 27 Years in Prison
(Council Bluffs) A Council Bluffs man was sentenced on August 12th to 327 months in prison for Coercion and Enticement of Minor Foreign Exchange students. According to court documents, Thomas Donald B...
Mandy Billings Aug 16, 2021
Two injured in Guthrie County accident
(Guthrie Co.) Two people were transported to the hospital following a two-vehicle accident in Guthrie County Sunday evening. The Guthrie County Sheriff's Office says Horacio Gomez Sanchez, 44, of Memp...
Mandy Billings Aug 16, 2021
Foot Pursuit Nets Felony Narcotics Arrest in Clarinda
(Clarinda) A Mount Ayr man was arrested on felony drug charges in Clarinda. The Clarinda Police Department says on Saturday, shortly after 7:00 p.m., officers observed James Robert Castillo, age 28, w...
Mandy Billings Aug 16, 2021

Red Oak Police Report
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested Ozzy Ray Hunter, 28, of Red Oak, on Sunday for Theft 4th Degree and Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana) 4th Offense. Hunter was held in th...
Mandy Billings Aug 16, 2021
Nebraska Man charged Following Pursuit in Red Oak
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested an Omaha, Nebraska man following a high-speed pursuit with a motorcycle. Police arrested 24-year old Matthew Jacob Tortorilla Sunday evening on charges of eluding (ov...
Tom Robinson Aug 16, 2021

Great Turnout for AtlanticFest's Kelly Schlake Memorial Car Show
(Atlantic) Cars of all makes and models lined the streets downtown for the AtlanticFest Kelly Schlake Memorial car show. Event Co-chairman Rob Clausen says 225 cars turnout for the show. Clausen says ...
Tom Robinson Aug 16, 2021







