Category Archives: Local News
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Adams County Sheriff's Office executes search warrants in a joint narcotics investigation with Montgomery County
(Adams Co.) The Adams County Sheriff's Office executed two search warrants from a joint narcotics investigation with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office on June 10th. The warrants were executed at ...
Mandy Billings Jun 15, 2021
Union County Sheriff's Office reports two accidents
(Union Co.) A Lamoni woman was transported to the hospital following a rollover accident Saturday morning. The Union County Sheriff's Office says Samantha Klever was driving a 2006 Jeep Liberty at Div...
Mandy Billings Jun 15, 2021
Villisca Man Jailed on Warrant
(Villisca) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested 43-year old Justin Smith of Villisca early Tuesday morning on a Fremont County Warrant. Deputies transported Smith to the Montgomery County J...
Tom Robinson Jun 15, 2021
City of Oakland issues Water Warning Tier I of the Water Conservation Plan
(Oakland) Due to dry conditions and high temperatures the City of Oakland has implemented Water Warning Tier I of the Water Conservation Plan, effective today (June 15). Oakland Mayor Brant Miller sai...
Mandy Billings Jun 15, 2021
Creston Police report Two Arrests
(Creston) Creston Police arrested two Union County people on warrants. Police arrested 34-year old Jeffrey Drake of Afton at the Law Enforcement Center on Monday on a Union County Warrant for Failure ...
Tom Robinson Jun 15, 2021
Atlantic Pool to open Thursday; Community Input Session to be held July 13th
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department and the YMCA are happy to announce that they will be opening the Sunnyside Pool on Thursday, June 17th. Officials continue to work through mecha...
Mandy Billings Jun 15, 2021
Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co.) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports nine arrests between June 9th and June 13th. Curtis James Hansen, 59, of Beatrice, Nebraska, was arrested June 9th for Driving under Suspension an...
Mandy Billings Jun 15, 2021

Red Oak Man arrested following Brief Standoff
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 21-year old Jacob David Berggren of Red Oak late Monday night. Police located Berggren in a house in the 500 block of East Prospect Street. Following a short standoff...
Tom Robinson Jun 15, 2021
Heat brings prime conditions for catching catfish
(Area) Conditions are right for anglers to go after catfish. With rising water temperatures the time is now to hook a catfish. "The catfish are starting to move in. Surface water temperatures are appr...
Western Iowa Today Jun 15, 2021
Former Adair County Man arrested in Connection with Fatality Accident
(Greenfield) A former Orient, Iowa man is in custody in connection with a fatality accident on May 8, near Orient. The cooperation of multiple agencies, including the U.S. Marshalls Office of the Sout...
Tom Robinson Jun 14, 2021







