Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Atlantic Rising Trivia Night a Success
(Atlantic) Atlantic Rising hosted a Trivia Night at the Cass County Community Center Friday, October 15th. Atlantic Rising raised funds for the Christmas Box Program that supplies food boxes to nomina...
Mandy Billings Oct 22, 2021

Cass County Sheriff's Report
(Cass Co.) The Cass County Sheriff's Office reports one arrest and an accident. On Wednesday, the Sheriff's Office arrested David Allen Coenen, 36, of Lewis, on a Pottawattamie County warrant for Fail...
Mandy Billings Oct 22, 2021
Freezing Patchy Fog and Freeze Warning
(Area) The National Weather Service advises motorists that patchy fog has developed early this morning and will persist through the morning hours. Visibility is reduced to under one mile and, in a few...
Tom Robinson Oct 22, 2021
Iowans Asked to Watch For Rare Rabbit Disease
(Undated) The Iowa D-N-R is asking everyone to be on the lookout for rabbit hemorrhagic disease. The disease quickly kills domestic and wild rabbits and is confirmed in two states that border Iowa and...
Tom Robinson Oct 22, 2021

Update: Persia teen killed in a single-vehicle accident in Harrison County
(Persia) A rural Persia teen was killed in a single-vehicle rollover accident in Harrison County Wednesday morning. The Harrison County Sheriff's Office received a call at 8:01 a.m. reporting the acci...
Mandy Billings Oct 21, 2021

Cass County Absentee Voting Information and Voting Sites
(Cass County) The last day to vote early in the Cass County Auditor's Office is November 1st. VOTING IN VOTER'S VEHICLE: In accordance with Chapter 49.53 of the Iowa Code, any voter who is physically ...
Mandy Billings Oct 21, 2021

Bailey Smith to serve on the Iowa Chamber of Commerce Executive Association Board
(Atlantic) Bailey Smith, Executive Director of the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce, will serve on the Iowa Chamber of Commerce Executive Association Board next year. Smith said the Iowa Chamber of C...
Mandy Billings Oct 21, 2021
Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co.) The Mills County Sheriff's Office arrested Thomas Nicholas Barkley, 28, of Young, Arizona, on Tuesday for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Bond wa...
Mandy Billings Oct 21, 2021
Freeze Warning issued for Friday Morning
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service in Des Moines issued frost and freeze warnings and advisories from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Friday for most of the state, including southwest Iowa. Temperatures...
Tom Robinson Oct 21, 2021
Avoca Business one of 13 Communities to Receive Main Street Iowa Challenge Grants
(Avoca) On Wednesday, the Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded $100,000 to Radberry's Bakery and Caf in Avoca, as one of 13 communities receiving a Main Street Iowa Challenge Grant. According t...
Tom Robinson Oct 21, 2021







