Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Fairgrounds bridge in Audubon to be replaced through funding from Iowa DOT
(Audubon) The city of Audubon has received a big financial boost to help upgrade a bridge. The Iowa Department of Transportation will grant the city up to $1 million to replace the bridge at the fairg...
Western Iowa Today Apr 16, 2020
Pottawattamie County Woman arrested in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 20-year old Courtney Ann Hall of Council Bluffs on Wednesday for driving while barred, an aggravated misdemeanor. Officers transported Hall to the Montgomery County J...
Tom Robinson Apr 16, 2020
Clarinda Snow Ordinance
(Clarinda) Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers says a snow ordinance is in effect for the City of Clarinda. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning through 7:00 a.m. Friday. The Po...
Tom Robinson Apr 16, 2020
Atlantic City Council Approves No Parking Amendment on East 12th Street
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council on Wednesday agreed to prohibit parking on the north side of East 12th Street. Atlantic City Administrator John Lund says this is a dead-end street just east of th...
Tom Robinson Apr 15, 2020
Atlantic City Council Approves CDBG Sub recipient Agreement for AMU Water Improvement Project
(Atlantic) The Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded the City of Atlantic a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for $493,997 for improvements to Atlantic Municipal Utilities' (AMU) water pl...
Tom Robinson Apr 15, 2020
City Council rejects Bids for Atlantic Animal Shelter Expansion Project
(Atlantic) The City Council on Wednesday rejected all bids for the Atlantic Animal Shelter expansion project. The City recently received $135,000 from the Lorene Eppelsheimer estate to benefit the ani...
Tom Robinson Apr 15, 2020
Massena T.I.F. Project Surveys due April 30
(Massena) The Massena City Council recently sent out a survey to residents asking them to rank the top ten tax increment financing proposals under consideration. City Councilman Doug Venteicher says t...
Tom Robinson Apr 15, 2020
Adair County Auditor working on Voting Procedure for June Primary
(Greenfield) Adair County Auditor Mandy Berg and the election staff continue to brainstorm for a method to allow early voting at the courthouse. Berg says by law the county must have an option in plac...
Tom Robinson Apr 15, 2020
Updated: Winter Storm Watch, Winter Storm Warning, and Winter Weather Advisory for southwest Iowa
(Des Moines) A Winter Storm Watch is in effect from late tonight through Friday morning for the southwest Iowa counties of Cass, Adair, Adams, Union, Taylor and Ringgold. A Winter Weather Advisory is ...
Mandy Billings Apr 15, 2020
Four new cases of COVID-19 in Pottawattamie County
(Council Bluffs) Pottawattamie County Public Health today (April 15) reported four new positive COVID-19 cases. The total number of COVID-19 cases for Pottawattamie County is now 18, 11 of which have ...
Mandy Billings Apr 15, 2020