Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Mayo Clinic Offers Tips To Reduce Allergies
(Cleveland OH) -- Allergy season is right around the corner and health experts are offering tips to lessen the impact. The Mayo Clinic says to reduce exposure, folks should try to stay indoors on dry ...
Mandy Billings Mar 16, 2026

Nishnabotna Water Defenders File Lawsuit Against NEW Cooperative Over Catastrophic Fertilizer Spill, Citing "Grossly Inadequate" State Enforcement
(Red Oak) The Nishnabotna Water Defenders ("NWD"), a grassroots organization formed in the wake of one of the largest environmental disasters in Iowa's history, announced on Sunday that they have file...
Tom Robinson Mar 16, 2026

Dramatic Rise In Heart Attacks In People Under Age 40
(Washington, DC) -- One in five heart attacks in the U.S. are now occurring in people under the age of 40. Heart attacks are no longer a concern mostly limited to older adults. The American College of...
Mandy Billings Mar 16, 2026
Area IHSSA State Individual Speech Results
(Area) The Iowa High School Speech Association State Individual Speech Contest was held Saturday. Below are results from area schools. All State nominations were announced Monday. The All State Indivi...
Mandy Billings Mar 16, 2026

Sunday Rain Totals
Atlantic: .20 (KSOM - KS95 Studios) Marne-.25
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2026

Updated: Blizzard Warning Issued for Most of Iowa: As Winter Storm Brings Heavy Snow and Dangerous Winds
(Des Moine) A winter storm will impact parts of the Upper Midwest today through Monday morning. Snow will become widespread across Iowa, with higher totals of 6 inches or more possible in northern and...
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2026

Red Oak Fire Department Battles Grass Fire
(Red Oak) Red Oak Fire Fighters responded to two fires on Saturday. At 4:41 p.m., the Emerson, Red Oak, and Elliott Fire Departments were dispatched to the area of 150th Street and A Avenue for a repo...
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2026

Iowa House passes bills to change universities' core curriculum, tuition options
(Iowa Capital Dispatch) Iowa House lawmakers approved legislation Thursday to alter university presidential searches, tuition options and general education requirements. General education review House...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Mar 15, 2026

Prairie Rose Park Looking for Summer Help
(Lewis) Park Officials at Prairie Rose State Park are looking to fill some summer help positions. John Lorenzen, a Fisheries Biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says one summer se...
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2026
Bracing for Changes in the American Diet
(NAFB) Some ag leaders are predicting a major shift in American diets, and they are pointing to the dropping prices in weight-loss drugs as the driver. Gregg Doud, President and CEO of the National Mi...
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2026







