Category Archives: Local News
Afternoon Update on Water Shortage in Shelby County; Reminder - Shelby County is in a Burn Ban
(Shelby Co.) Shelby County Emergency Management says Regional Water is continuing to pump water into the water towers. All customers with accounts beginning with A, C, CO, W, T, K, or P are affected. ...
Jul 03, 2021
Emergency Drinking Water Distribution Sites Scheduled for Regional Water Association Customers Impacted by the Water Outage in Pottawattamie County
(Council Bluffs) Emergency Drinking Water can be picked up today between 5:00 pm and 7:00 pm for Regional Water Association Customers impacted by the loss of water service. Pickup locations are at the...
Jul 03, 2021
Shelby County EMA Update on Water Outage; Shelby County placed in a Burn Ban
(Shelby Co.) Shelby County Emergency Management says Regional Water is continuing to pump water into the water towers. All customers with accounts beginning with A, C, CO, W, T, K, or P are affected. ...
Jul 03, 2021
DNR investigating substance and chemical odor in tributary near Afton
(Afton) The Iowa DNR received a call on Friday, July 2, 2021 regarding a milky white substance and chemical odor in an unnamed tributary that runs into Star Branch near the east edge of Afton in Union...
Jul 03, 2021
Update on Friday's two-vehicle accident on Highway 71 near Atlantic
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department responded to a two-vehicle accident on Highway 71 northeast of Atlantic Friday morning. Atlantic Police Lt. Paul Wood said the accident occurred at 10:37 a.m....
Jul 03, 2021
156th Annual Exira 4th of July Parade set for Monday
(Exira) "Stronger Together" is the theme for the 156th Annual 4th of July Celebration in Exira. The Exira Community Club came up with the idea for this year's parade theme. Here's Abby Rasmussen. "I t...
Jul 03, 2021
July 4th Holiday STEP Initiative Underway
(Area) Iowa State Patrol Trooper and District 4 Public Information Officer Shelby McCreedy says to accompany the July 4th Holiday- July 2 through the 5th is identified as a STEP Wave with Governor's T...
Jul 03, 2021
Updated: Emergency Drinking Water Available to Impacted Regional Water Rural Water Association Customers
(Council Bluffs) The Regional Water Rural Water Association has announced on their website that affected customers will "very likely lose all water service entirely within the next few hours." Shelby,...
Jul 02, 2021
Update on Water Shortage from Shelby County Emergency Management
(Shelby Co.) Shelby County Emergency Management says Regional Water is starting to pump water into the water towers but there is a chance that the water shortage will continue. All customers with acco...
Jul 02, 2021
Autopsy Confirms Body of Adult Male Discovered in Adair County
(Greenfield) Today, an autopsy was conducted on the body found on July 1 in rural Adair County. The cause and manner of death for the adult male found near the intersection of 320th and York Streets a...
Jul 02, 2021
