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News from Western Iowa.
Atlantic Small Business Relief Grant Opens Today
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Small Business Relief Grant, launched by the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, opens today at 9 AM. The grant was kick-started by a substa...
Tom Robinson May 11, 2020
Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police arrested two people for driving without licenses and issued a citation for an animal running at-large over the weekend. Police arrested 32-year old Corry D. Johnston, of Thaye...
Tom Robinson May 11, 2020
Update: Freeze Warning Expanded
(Des Moines) A Freeze Warning goes into effect for all of western and northern Iowa from 2:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on Monday. The rest of the state is under a Frost Advisory. Sub-freezing temperatures as...
Tom Robinson May 10, 2020
Motorcyclist dies after crash with unlicensed teen's SUV
(Des Moines, AP) Police say a motorcyclist died after crashing with an SUV driven by an unlicensed teen in downtown Des Moines. The Des Moines Police Department said the crash happened around 5:15 p.m...
Tom Robinson May 10, 2020
Sunday’s IDPH Region 4 and Statewide COVID-19 Data
(Des Moines) The latest data for the southwest Iowa counties in RMCC Region 4 shows one additional case each in Crawford, Audubon, Shelby, and Page counties, and four additional cases in Pottawattamie...
Tom Robinson May 10, 2020
Single-Vehicle Accident near Cumberland
(Cumberland) Cumberland Rescue and Medivac were called to a single-vehicle rollover accident just after 6:00 a.m. on Sunday south of a driveway near 68526 690th Street near Cumberland. The two occupan...
Tom Robinson May 10, 2020
Four Additional Council Bluffs Residents Test Positive for COVID-19
(Council Bluffs) Four additional Council Bluffs residents tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the number of positive cases in Pottawattamie County to 84. The Iowa Department of Public Health and th...
Tom Robinson May 10, 2020
Additional Positive COVID-19 Case in Page County
(Clarinda) The Iowa Department of Public Health and the Page County Department of Public Health reported the tenth Case of COVID-19 on Saturday. The brings the total number of positive tests to 10 in ...
Tom Robinson May 09, 2020
Additional Positive Case of COVID-19 in Audubon
(Audubon) The Iowa Department of Public health (IDPH) and Audubon County Public Health have identified one additional COVID-19 case in the County, bringing the total Audubon County positive cases to t...
Tom Robinson May 09, 2020
214 Additional Positive Cases of COVID-19 reported on Saturday
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health reported 214 new positive cases of COVID-19. According to Saturday's report, 11,671 Iowans have tested positive, 5,011, have recovered. There are 402 ...
Tom Robinson May 09, 2020