Category Archives: Local News
Corning Man Sentenced to Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography
(Council Bluffs) A Corning man was sentenced to prison for Receipt of Child Pornography. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 54-year-old Lonnie Ray Schafroth was sentence...
Feb 24, 2021
Rep. Axne Congratulates Secretary Vilsack on Confirmation to Lead U.S. Department of Agriculture
(Washington D.C.) U.S. Congresswoman Cindy Axne, Representative of Iowa's 3rd District, issued the following statement on Tom Vilsack's confirmation as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture:...
Feb 24, 2021
Drive-through Mobile Food Pantry to be held in Atlantic March 3
(Atlantic) The Cass County Local Food Policy Council is hosting a mobile food pantry through the Food Bank for the Heartland on Wednesday, March 3, at the Cass County Community Center from 4:00 - 6:00...
Feb 24, 2021
Updated: Missing Juveniles Found
(Council Bluffs) The two missing juveniles have been found, according to the Council Bluffs Police Department. The Council Bluffs Police Department was asking for the public's assistance in locating t...
Feb 24, 2021
Applications being accepted for the Trevor Frederickson Memorial Scholarship
(Atlantic) Applications are now being accepted for the 12th Annual Trevor Frederickson Memorial Scholarship. Applications may be obtained from the Atlantic High School guidance office at 1201 E. 14th ...
Feb 24, 2021
February’s frigid temperatures set a Plethora of Records Statewide
(Des Moines) Fifty daily record temperatures were broken during the frigid cold that gripped the state earlier this month. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says weather stations scattered across the ...
Feb 24, 2021
Ernst Statement on Vilsack Confirmation Vote
(Washington) U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, voted to confirm Tom Vilsack to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and issued the fo...
Feb 23, 2021
City of Audubon to advertise for new Police Chief
(Audubon) The City of Audubon is looking to hire a new Chief of Police. The City Council held a special meeting on Monday night to start the search process. "They instructed to have the position adver...
Feb 23, 2021
Atlantic Police Report
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department reports two arrests. Shane Seagler, 42, of Massena, was arrested February 19th for Driving While License Denied, Suspended or Revoked. He was taken to the Cas...
Feb 23, 2021
Mills County Man jailed on Theft Charges
(Red Oak) A Mills County man is in custody on theft charges in Montgomery County. Red Oak Police arrested 40-year old John Robert Washburn of Hastings on Monday for 3rd-degree theft and 5th-degree the...
Feb 23, 2021
