Category Archives: Local News
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Super Bowl CARE Operation on Sunday
(Atlantic) This year's Super Bowl may look a little different from previous years, with most fans viewing the football game from home. However, fans may still be out on the roads, leaving small gather...
Tom Robinson Feb 06, 2021

Senator Shipley: Special Driver’s License Permit
(Des Moines) Iowa lawmakers wrapped up their fourth week of the 2021 session. Iowa District 11 Senator Tom Shipley points out several important issues were covered this week in subcommittees and commi...
Tom Robinson Feb 06, 2021

Atlantic Schools Superintendent Applauds Cass County Public Health Partnership with the School
(Atlantic) Atlantic Schools Superintendent Steve Barber tips his hat to Cass County Public Health as they transition from contact tracing to the community vaccination. Barber says Cass County Public H...
Tom Robinson Feb 06, 2021
Unseasonably warm weather across Iowa in January
(Area) The first month of 2021 was unseasonably warm across Iowa with the preliminary statewide average temperature right around 27 degrees, about four degrees above normal. Precipitation-wise, much o...
Western Iowa Today Feb 06, 2021
Gov. Reynolds signs new Public Health Disaster proclamation
(Des Moines) Friday, Gov. Reynolds signed a new Public Health Disaster proclamation that relaxes existing public health measures effective Sunday, February 7th, 2021 while continuing critical regulato...
Mandy Billings Feb 05, 2021
Winter Weather Advisory Expanded
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service expanded the Winter Weather Advisory to the eastern and southern counties in southwest Iowa. Jim Lee with the National Weather Service in Des Moines says anot...
Tom Robinson Feb 05, 2021
Council Bluffs Police execute arrest warrant; suspect barricades himself inside construction equipment
(Council Bluffs) The Council Bluffs Police Department says a section of East Kanesville is closed from So 1st Street to Frank Street for ongoing police action. A detour route for traffic has been esta...
Mandy Billings Feb 05, 2021

Yorktown man arrested for DUS; more charges pending
(Shenandoah) A Yorktown man was arrested after the Page County Sheriff's Office received a call of a person looking in vehicles at a residence in the 2800 block of B Avenue Friday morning. The propert...
Mandy Billings Feb 05, 2021
Page County Sheriff’s Office responds to a rollover accident
(Essex) The Page County Sheriff's Office responded to a rollover accident four miles northeast of Essex on Thursday. The accident occurred on Highway 48 near 130th Street at approximately 4:11 p.m. Th...
Mandy Billings Feb 05, 2021
Winter Weather Advisory
(Omaha) The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Pottawattamie, Mills, Harrison, Montgomery, Page, and Fremont Counties from midnight tonight to noon on Saturday. Forecasters ...
Tom Robinson Feb 05, 2021







