Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Adair County Supervisors discuss Solar Panel Ordinance
(Adair Co.) The Adair County Board of Supervisors held another discussion on a Solar Panel Ordinance at their meeting Wednesday. County Attorney Melissa Larson presented the board with a draft decommi...
Mandy Billings Apr 15, 2021
Audubon City Council Discusses Pool Hours
(Audubon) Just five staff members are on board thus far for the the Audubon Swimming Pool. City Clerk Joe Foran says the pool will be open this summer. "Yes, it's just a matter of staffing and how man...
Western Iowa Today Apr 15, 2021
Local Agent Jane Becker Discusses Travel
(Atlantic) The travel and tourism market took a big hit in 2020 due to the coronavirus. Some analysts predicted a 31-percent spending decrease associated with travel costs. Jane Becker with Becker Tra...
Tom Robinson Apr 15, 2021

Atlantic School Board approves IJAG Program
(Atlantic) The Atlantic School Board on Wednesday approved participation in the Iowa Jobs for America's Graduates Program. Atlantic School Superintendent Steve Barber approved partnering with IJAG to ...
Tom Robinson Apr 14, 2021
Harlan Police Report
(Harlan) The Harlan Police Department arrested Ashley Elizabeth McWilliams, 30, of Harlan, on Tuesday following a call for service. McWilliams was transported to the Shelby County Jail where she was c...
Mandy Billings Apr 14, 2021
Omaha woman dead inside submerged car in Iowa town
CARTER LAKE, Iowa (AP) - Police in Omaha, Nebraska, have found the body of a woman inside a car that was submerged in a far western Iowa lake. Police say officers patrolling the area found the submerg...
Mandy Billings Apr 14, 2021

Page County Sheriff's Report
(Page Co.) The Page County Sheriff's Office arrested Richard Osmond McLachlan Jr., 28, on Tuesday at the Anamosa State Penitentiary on an active Page County Warrant for Possession of a Controlled Subs...
Mandy Billings Apr 14, 2021
33-percent of Iowans are fully vaccinated
(Des Moines) Governor Kim Reynolds, at her press conference this morning, said 1.94 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Iowa and 33 percent of Iowans are now fully vaccinated. ...
Mandy Billings Apr 14, 2021
190th Street between Highway 71 and Heron Avenue in Audubon County to close for bridge repair
(Audubon) The Audubon County Road Department says 190th Street will be closed to thru traffic between Highway 71 and Heron Avenue due to bridge repair starting Thursday, April 15th until the repairs a...
Mandy Billings Apr 14, 2021

Coby Gust hired as Audubon Police Chief
(Audubon) A new Chief of Police has been hired in Audubon. City Clerk Joe Foran says the Council approved a resolution for the hiring of Coby Gust on Monday. "He has been with the Audubon Police Depar...
Western Iowa Today Apr 14, 2021







