Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
IDPH: We Continue to Learn More about COVID-19 as Time Goes On
(Johnston) Iowa Public Health Deputy Director Sarah Reisetter speaking at Monday's daily briefing advises Iowa residents to presume COVID-19 is present everywhere regardless of where you live. Reisett...
Tom Robinson Apr 14, 2020
Cass County Continues to Respond to COVID-19
(Atlantic) As of today, April 13, there is one case of COVID-19 in Cass County. Cass County Public Health continues to work closely with the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH), and other state an...
Mandy Billings Apr 13, 2020
Healthy Cass County, Cass County ISU Extension, and Cass County Local Food Policy Council Release Cass County COVID-19 Resource Guide
(Atlantic) Healthy Cass County, Cass County ISU Extension, and the Cass County Local Food Policy Council have created a COVID-19 urgent need resource guide for Cass County. The COVID-19 Urgent Need Co...
Mandy Billings Apr 13, 2020
Governor Reviews Six COVID-19 RMCC Regions
(Johnston) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds at Monday's press conference provided an update on the Regional Medical Coordination Centers mapped out across the state. Region 4 covers southwest Iowa, includin...
Tom Robinson Apr 13, 2020
Pottawattamie County reports first COVID-19 death and a new positive case
(Council Bluffs) Pottawattamie County Public Health today reports a thirteenth positive COVID-19 case and the county's first COVID-19 death. The total number of COVID-19 cases for Pottawattamie County...
Mandy Billings Apr 13, 2020
Additional COVID-19 Cases in Iowa and 2 Deaths
(Johnston) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds appearing at her daily briefing on Monday reported 113 new positive cases of COVID-19 bringing the total to 1,710 positive cases, and one new county, (Cass) for a...
Tom Robinson Apr 13, 2020
Update on absconded Clarinda Academy students
(Clarinda) Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers said the two students that absconded from the Clarinda Academy on the evening of Sunday, April 12th are still at large, but believed to be out of the ar...
Mandy Billings Apr 13, 2020
Red Oak woman arrested on warrant for Fraudulent Practice 1st Degree
(Red Oak) A Red Oak woman was arrested on a warrant for Fraudulent Practice 1st Degree. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office says 39-year-old Renee Ann Hanrahan was arrested this morning at her resi...
Mandy Billings Apr 13, 2020
Clarinda Police able to upgrade K-9 Unit thanks to generosity of Clarinda Foundation.
(Clarinda) On Wednesday, April 8, Clarinda Police Department K-9 Raiko and his handler, Officer Robert Reed, started patrolling in style thanks to the Clarinda Foundation. The Clarinda Foundation was ...
Mandy Billings Apr 13, 2020
Cass County Public Health Receives Funding to Purchase Groceries for Those Impacted by COVID-19
(Atlantic) The Southwest Iowa COVID-19 Response Fund granted funds to Cass County Public Health for the purpose of purchasing and delivering food to self-isolating individuals due to COVID-19. "We hav...
Mandy Billings Apr 13, 2020