Category Archives:

Senior Salute - Danielle Bennett
Senior Name (First and Last) Danielle Bennett Parents Scott and Christine Bennett Siblings Paige Bennett, Nicholas Bennett School Atlantic High School Extracurricular Activities & Hobbies Volleyba...
Western Iowa Today May 09, 2025
Illinois Woman Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Murder-for-Hire
(Davenport) A Coal Valley, Illinois woman was sentenced to six years in federal prison for attempting to orchestrate a murder-for-hire scheme using interstate communication. Autumn Jeanine Carianna Ma...
Mandy Billings May 09, 2025

Mississippi River named the most endangered of 2025 by non-profit American Rivers
The Mississippi River is the nation's most endangered river, a national conservation group says, because of federal plans to cut flood relief programs as severe weather threats grow. American Rivers, ...
Iowa Capital Dispatch May 09, 2025

Overnight closure of northbound I-80/I-35 begins on May 14
(Grimes) The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) has announced an overnight closure of northbound Interstate 80/Interstate 35 between the Southwest Mixmaster and Iowa Highway 141. The closure...
Mandy Billings May 09, 2025

Possible Drop in Fuel Prices Coming Soon
(NAFB) After weeks of speculation, OPEC made it official, announcing they will restore oil production at a faster clip than expected. Patrick DeHaan, the head of petroleum analysis with Gasbuddy.com, ...
Tom Robinson May 09, 2025
Iowa House passes grain indemnity bill
(Des Moines) Bills updating the grain indemnity program and allowing the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship clean titles on livestock they take over, advanced Thursday from the Iowa H...
Iowa Capital Dispatch May 09, 2025

State Representative Tom Moore Releases the Weeks Bill Summary
(Des Moines) District #18 Republican State Representative Tom Moore from Griswold has ten bills for week 17 of the Iowa Legislative Session. HF 998 - IDALS Code Clean Up - Contains several code cleanu...
Tom Robinson May 09, 2025

Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Arrest Report
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested 40-year-old Cory Smith of Elliott in the 200 block of Cherry Street for Driving While Barred. Deputies transported Smith to the Montgomery Cou...
Tom Robinson May 09, 2025

Connie Andersen Obituary
Connie Andersen (known by most as Grandma Connie), 87, of Elk Horn, Iowa, passed Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Cass County Memorial Hospital in Atlantic. Connie Jo was born on May 3, 1938, in Atlantic, Io...
Western Iowa Today May 09, 2025

Erik Jorgensen Obituary
Erik C Jorgensen, 45, of Fort Collins, Colorado Celebration of Life Services: Will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at 16 Oaks in Fontanelle with burial in the Fontanelle Cemetery. A l...
Western Iowa Today May 09, 2025







