Category Archives: Local News
Election Day Starts with Polls Open at 7 A-M Tuesday
(Des Moines, IA) -- Tuesday marks municipal election day for Iowa voters. Mayoral, city council and school board seats are up for grabs statewide. Numerous bond issues and policy questions are also on...
Nov 1, 2021
Adair County Sheriff's Report
(Adair Co.) The Adair County Sheriff's Office reports Austin Jacob Baudler, 27, of Sugar Land, Texas, was cited and released on October 24th for OWI 1st Offense. Geoffrey Laverne McBurney, 34, of Norw...
Nov 1, 2021
State of Iowa versus Alison Dorsey trial Monday morning update
(Atlantic) The State of Iowa versus Alison Dorsey trial continued this (Monday) morning with the Defense presenting Dr. Chris Van Ee, a Biomedical and Mechanical Engineer. Dr. Van Ee said part of his ...
Nov 1, 2021
Derailment Blocks Highway, Train Tracks Near Carlisle
(Carlisle, IA) -- A Friday night train derailment blocked a section of Highway 5 southeast of Carlisle and stopped traffic on that segment of track all weekend. Union Pacific has a team on the scene. ...
Nov 1, 2021
Creston Police Report Three Arrests
(Creston) Creston Police report three arrests over the weekend. *Police arrested 38-year old Jeremy Dean Waltz of Creston on Friday at Russell and Jarvis Street for Driving While Barred. Authorities t...
Nov 1, 2021
Senate Democratic Leader Calls Governor's Income Tax Plan "Radical"
(Des Moines, IA) Senate Democratic Leader Zach Wahls (Walls") says Republican Governor Kim Reynolds' long-term goal of eliminating Iowa's income tax is radical. Wahls says the move would further benef...
Nov 1, 2021
Ames Police Hope Witness(es) To Fatal Friday Shooting Reach Out
(Ames, IA) Ames police are asking the public for help in finding information in a fatal shooting Friday night. Police were called just before midnight to a report of shots fired near a large crowd of ...
Nov 1, 2021
Adams County Republican Senator Tom Shipley seeks Third Term
(Nodaway) Tom Shipley, the Iowa State District 11 Senator, is seeking a third term in office. The Senator from Adams County tells KSOM/KS95 News that he is most proud of Iowa's financial status. The l...
Nov 1, 2021
Rainy Week Helps End Drought In Some Areas
(Johnston, IA) -- Some Iowa communities report breaking rainfall records this past week that have stood for more than a century. State climatologist Justin Glisan says the new U-S Drought Monitor map ...
Oct 31, 2021
Iowa governor signs vaccine mandate exemption bill into law
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed into law a bill that allows Iowa workers to seek medical and religious exemptions from COVID-19 vaccine mandates and guarantees that those who are ...
Oct 31, 2021
