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Iowa 3rd District Representative Cindy Axne Addresses Southwest Border Issue
(Washington D.C.) Families and children traveling alone have accounted for 29% of all Border Patrol encounters in February, up from 13% two months earlier. Iowa 3rd District Congresswoman Cindy Axne t...
Mar 18, 2021
Playground at Exira Legion Ballpark getting major upgrade
(Exira) New playground equipment is coming to the City of Exira. Thanks to efforts by the Community Club and others, the playground at the Exira Legion Ballpark will be updated very soon. Abby Rasmuss...
Mar 18, 2021
Riverside golf programs feature younger group than in recent years
(Oakland) Riverside has some promising golfers eager to get out on the course for the 2021 season. The Bulldogs have a lot to replace from the last couple of years, plus senior Wyatt Hough is out with...
Mar 18, 2021
Shelby County Supervisors Meeting Recap
(Shelby Co.) The Shelby County Board of Supervisors approved the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget following a public hearing on Tuesday. The board also approved the Shelby County Compensation Board recommendat...
Mar 18, 2021
Drake and Wichita State Square off in Men’s NCAA Play-in Game
(Des Moines) The Drake University men's basketball team begins its fifth NCAA Tournament trip Thursday evening against Wichita State. The two former longtime Missouri Valley Conference rivals meet in ...
Mar 18, 2021
Lane restrictions on the Iowa 48 bridge over the East Nishnabotna River west of Elliott begin Monday
(Elliott) A road construction project west of Elliott on the Iowa 48 bridge over the East Nishnabotna River requires restricting traffic to one lane with temporary traffic control lights and a 10-foot...
Mar 18, 2021
Atlantic City Council Approves FY22 Budget
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council held a public hearing and approved the FY2022 budget on Wednesday. The proposed budget is $14,740,571.00; this is a decrease of -18.25% or $3,289,610.00 less than ...
Mar 17, 2021
Man to be sentenced in April for death of 4-month-old
WESTGATE, Iowa (AP) - A northeastern Iowa man is scheduled to be sentenced in April for the death of the 4-month-old nephew of his ex-girlfriend. Twenty-four-year-old Dean Alan Hettinger, of Westgate,...
Mar 17, 2021
Justin Henriksen Obituary
Justin Henriksen, 38, of Harlan, Iowa, passed away March 16, 2021 at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, March 28 at 2:00 p.m. at C.G. Therkildsen Center ...
Mar 17, 2021
B.1.1.7 Variant Circulating in Iowa
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health has confirmed 38 additional cases of the COVID-19 variant, SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7. in Iowa. The variant is often referred to as the U.K. variant because i...
Mar 17, 2021
