Category Archives: Local News
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IDPH Reports an Additional Case of COVID-19 in Audubon County
(Audubon) The Iowa Department of Public Health and Audubon County Public Health have identified an additional case of COVID-19 in the county. The individual is an adult aged 19-40. This additional cas...
Tom Robinson May 13, 2020
Gov. Reynolds signs new proclamation continuing the State Public Health Emergency Declaration
(Johnston) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on Wednesday signed a new proclamation continuing the Public Health Disaster Emergency. The latest proclamation permits salons, barbershops, and massage and tatto...
Tom Robinson May 13, 2020
377 new positive COVID-19 cases in Iowa; 17 deaths (May 13)
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health today announced 377 new positive cases of COVID-19, for a statewide total of 13,289 positive cases. 17 deaths have been reported, for a total of 306 d...
Mandy Billings May 13, 2020
Audubon City Council moving forward with ATV Ordinance
(Audubon) The first reading of an ATV Ordinance was approved by the Audubon City Council this week. Residents had been getting anxious for an ATV policy to move forward according to City Clerk Joe For...
Western Iowa Today May 13, 2020
24 Additional COVID-19 Cases in RMCC Region 4
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health on Wednesday morning reports 24 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in RMCC Region 4. There were 10 additional positive tests in Crawford County and...
Tom Robinson May 13, 2020
The City of Stanton Receives First Power of Connections GrantÂ
(Stanton) A local effort to enhance Stanton's historic downtown building facades received the first grant of a new project administered jointly by ITC Midwest and the Iowa Rural Development Council. T...
Tom Robinson May 13, 2020
Creston Police arrest two Men on Drug Possession Charges
(Creston) Creston Police arrested two men on drug possession charges. Police arrested 40-year old Justin Alan Robertson and 31-year old Kyle Duane Hoadley, both from Creston during a traffic stop earl...
Tom Robinson May 13, 2020
Red Oak Police Report Two arrests
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police report two arrests. Police arrested 49-year old Richard Bryan Jenkins on a valid warrant for assault with intent to commit sexual abuse, and indecent exposure. Officer's trans...
Tom Robinson May 13, 2020
Six new cases of COVID-19 in Pottawattamie County: four from Council Bluffs, one from Treynor, one from Carson.
(Pottawattamie Co.) Pottawattamie County Public Health today reported six new COVID-19 cases. Four of the new cases are residents of Council Bluffs, one is a resident of Carson, and one is a resident ...
Mandy Billings May 12, 2020
Mills County Sheriff’s Report
(Glenwood) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports four arrests. Preston Lee Clark, 18, of Omaha, Nebraska, was arrested today for Possession of a Controlled Substance, OWI 1st, Possession of Alcoho...
Mandy Billings May 12, 2020