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In southwest Iowa, Rob Sand hears of water shortages and boil advisories plaguing a town
EXIRA - "We did run out of water at our house ... and that's not the first time we've had dry pipes," Emmy Benton said to State Auditor Rob Sand at the Exira Public Library during a discussion about r...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Jun 04, 2025

Denison Car Lot Oil Spill Leaks into Boyer River
(Denison) An oil spill from a Denison car dealership is reaching the Boyer River. Crawford County Emergency Management was alerted about the spill on Monday when a Denison City employee observed what ...
Tom Robinson Jun 04, 2025

Adair County FSA Executive Director Reminder: CRP Signup Deadline Approaching
(Greenfield) The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) provides several enrollment opportunities in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) for agricultural producers and landowners. USDA's Farm Servic...
Tom Robinson Jun 04, 2025

Tuesday's High School Baseball & Softball Scores
Baseball Lewis Central 11, Denison Schleswig 1 Missouri Valley 6, AHSTW 0 Softball Missouri Valley 4, AHSTW 1 CBTJ 5, CBAL 1 CBTJ 3, CBAL 1 Lewis Central 9, Denison Schleswig 1
Chris Varney Jun 03, 2025

Tuesday's Updated Rain Totals
Rain Totals Adair-1.5 inches Anita-1.4 inches Atlantic-.90 Darrin Petty seven miles west of Atlantic-1.0 inch Lee Saathoff on Palm Street-.90 Audubon-1.95 inches Bridgewater-.90 Carroll-1.65 Clarinda-...
Tom Robinson Jun 03, 2025

Boil Advisory Lifted for Exira and Brayton; Remains in Effect for Three Other Towns
(Avoca) The Regional Water Rural Water Association has lifted the boil advisory for the towns of Exira and Brayton, effective immediately. The advisory, in place since May 14, applied to residents wit...
Mandy Billings Jun 03, 2025

Highway 173 Closed for Maintenance on Wednesday
(Atlantic) The Iowa Department of Transportation will conduct maintenance work at the intersection of Highway 173 and Highway 83 northwest of Atlantic on Wednesday. Highway 173 will be closed from 6:0...
Tom Robinson Jun 03, 2025

Jerry Keenan Obituary
Jerry Keenan, 66, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Saturday, February 22, 2025, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Gerald "Jerry" Allen Keenan was born on March 30, 1958, to Eugene and Eileen (Osbor...
Western Iowa Today Jun 03, 2025

Officials Warn Public of Phishing Scams Posing as Iowa DMV
(Iowa) Area law enforcement, the Iowa DOT and many other officials are warning the public about fraudulent emails and text messages. Cass County Treasurer Tracey J Marshall says the fraudulent emails ...
Mandy Billings Jun 03, 2025

Air Quality Alert for the State of Iowa
(Iowa) The Iowa DNR has issued an Air Quality Alert for all of Iowa through 6 AM Thursday. Intermittent heavy smoke is expected to impact most of Iowa over the next few days at levels considered unhea...
Mandy Billings Jun 03, 2025







