Category Archives: Local News
Gas Prices on the Rise
(Des Moines) The average price of gasoline rose .09 cents across Iowa. According to AAA, as of Wednesday, the price of regular unleaded gasoline averaged $2.74 across Iowa. Prices were up 9 cents from...
Mar 05, 2021
Mills County Sheriff’s Report
(Glenwood) Three people were arrested on drug charges in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says Donald Dwayne Perry, 49, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Monday for three counts of Posses...
Mar 05, 2021
Mammography & COVID Vaccines
(Atlantic) The Diagnostic Imaging department at Cass County Health System recently learned about new recommendations regarding mammography and the COVID-19 vaccine. CCHS Diagnostic Imaging Director Ca...
Mar 04, 2021
Vaccination Appointments Open Next Week for Phase 1A and 1B Residents
(Atlantic) Rex Pharmacy in Atlantic secured more than 1,100 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and is working in cooperation with Cass County Public Health to administer the vaccine to southwest Iowa residen...
Mar 04, 2021
Ernst: Before Passing another Massive Bill, Iowans Deserve Transparency Around Unspent COVID Funds
(Washington D.C.) Iowa U.S. Senator Joni Ernst joined her colleagues, Senators Rick Scott of Florida, and James Lankford, of Oklahoma, on the Senate floor to introduce a proposal that would require fu...
Mar 04, 2021
Harsh winter not kind to pheasant survival
(Area) Heavy snowfall this winter is expected to be detrimental to the pheasant population. 30" of snow is the level the DNR hopes to stay under for the sake of over winter survival for pheasants. "Wh...
Mar 04, 2021
No Surprise February Weather One for the Record Books
(Des Moines) The state of Iowa spent most of February in an effective Arctic outbreak of cold air from an Artic intrusion. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says it was the coldest start to February s...
Mar 04, 2021
Former Red Oak Insurance Agent Charged with Insurance Fraud
(Des Moines) Dustin French, age 42, of Red Oak, Iowa, was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud - Presenting False Information (Class D Felony) and one count of Theft in the 2nd Degree (Class D Fe...
Mar 03, 2021
Iowa House Delivers on COVID Relief Package, Providing $128M in Tax Relief for Individuals, Businesses
(DES MOINES) -- On March 3, 2021, the Iowa House of Representatives passed a COVID-19 relief package, Senate File 364 with an amendment, to deliver $128 million in tax relief to Iowa taxpayers and bus...
Mar 03, 2021
Governor Reynolds addresses Johnson & Johnson Vaccination Allocations
(Des Moines) At her weekly press briefing, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds called the FDA and CDC approval of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine a "game-changer." Reynolds notes J & J is a one-dose vaccin...
Mar 03, 2021
