Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Madison County Adds Ordinance That Slows Down Wind Turbine Project
(Winterset) Members of the Madison County Board of Supervisors have passed a new ordinance that is delaying a wind turbine project. Opponents of the idea say the turbines are loud and interrupt their ...
Tom Robinson Jul 14, 2021

FCA Board Chairman and CEO Glen Smith Keynote Speaker at CADCO's Annual Dinner Meeting
(Atlantic) Atlantic native and designated chairman and CEO of the Farm Credit Administration Glen Smith spoke at the Cass/Atlantic Development Corporation's annual dinner meeting on Tuesday at the Atl...
Tom Robinson Jul 14, 2021
COVID 19 Data
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health's latest COVID-19 data for Region 4 for today, July 14, can be found at the link posted below. Scroll down to the summary POSITIVE tests graph for the...
Tom Robinson Jul 14, 2021
Severe Weather a Possibility in Iowa Today
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service is forecasting possible severe thunderstorm activity across the northern half of Iowa today. Jeff Zogg with the National Weather Service in Des Moines says th...
Tom Robinson Jul 14, 2021
Crazy Daze 2021
(Atlantic) Crazy Days in Atlantic is this weekend and Participants will be slashing prices in the annual event encouraging customers to shop local. "We would like to thank all the customers for suppor...
Tom Robinson Jul 14, 2021

Cass County Vaccination Rates less than 50-Percent
(Atlantic) Cass County Public Health Nurse Linda Edelman says 46.8-percent of Cass County residents are fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Edelman admits that's lower than what they would like to see. Ede...
Tom Robinson Jul 14, 2021
Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co.) Four people were arrested on drug charges in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says Hta Dee, 35, Has Ger Htoo, 36, Ler Lar Shee, 24, and Pi La, 39, all of Omaha, Nebraska, we...
Mandy Billings Jul 13, 2021
CAM Facilities Update Meeting Scheduled
(Anita) CAM Schools Superintendent Paul Croghan says two facilities upgrade meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, July 14, and Wednesday, July 21. "The focus financial committee meets on Wednesday, Ju...
Tom Robinson Jul 13, 2021
Intermittent lane closures on U.S. 6 between U.S. 71 and Iowa 48 in Cass County begin Monday, July 19
(Cass Co.) Road construction work on U.S. 6 between Iowa 71 near Atlantic, and Iowa 48 near Lewis, will require intermittent lane closures weekdays from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. beginning on Monday, July 1...
Mandy Billings Jul 13, 2021
Lane closures on east and westbound I-80 in Cass County begin Wednesday, July 21
(Cass Co.) A bridge deck overlay project on east- and westbound Interstate 80 between Iowa 173 (exit 54) three miles east of Marne, and Cass County Road N-16 (exit 57) five miles west of Brayton, will...
Mandy Billings Jul 13, 2021







