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News from Western Iowa.
Iowa State Patrol Pushing for Total Occupant Restraint Legislation in 2020
(Des Moines) The Iowa State Patrol is backing legislation in 2020 to change the occupant restraint law. The current law states; passenger's 18-years and older are only legally mandated to wear seatbel...
Tom Robinson Dec 30, 2019
Body of missing Nebraska man found in Iowa pond Saturday
(Council Bluffs, AP) The body of a missing Nebraska man was pulled from an icy Iowa pond on Saturday. Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker said the body of 39-year-old George McNamara was pulled f...
Tom Robinson Dec 29, 2019
Weekend Rain Totals: Above Normal Temperatures Forecast for This Week
(Des Moines) A storm system moved across the area Friday night and Saturday and dropped anywhere from one-half inch to just over one-inch of rain in parts of southwest and Central Iowa. According to t...
Tom Robinson Dec 29, 2019
Semi Driver Hurt in Adair County Crash
(Stuart) A California man was hurt in a two-vehicle accident on westbound Interstate 80 in Adair County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at around 3:42 p.m. on Saturday near the 93-mi...
Tom Robinson Dec 29, 2019
Winter Storm dumping Rain and Snow across Nebraska and Iowa
(Omaha, AP) A winter storm making its way across the country is dumping heavy snow on western and north-central Nebraska and steady rains over eastern Nebraska into Iowa. The National Weather Service ...
Tom Robinson Dec 28, 2019
Bullets Strike Home in Page County
(Clarinda) The Page County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help in finding the person(s) responsible for bullets striking a house in rural Page County. The Page County Sheriff's Office says ...
Tom Robinson Dec 28, 2019
Two People Hurt in Page County Crash
(Shenandoah) Two people were hurt in a single-vehicle accident in Page County. The Page County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened on Saturday between K and L Avenue. Authorities say the drive...
Tom Robinson Dec 28, 2019
Page County Sheriff's Office reports Five Arrests
(Clarinda) The Page County Sheriff's Office reports five arrests in separate incidents. *Deputies arrested 46-year old Kyle Lee Woldruff, of Clarinda, on Tuesday, in a timber in the 2600 block of 250t...
Tom Robinson Dec 28, 2019
Flood Watch for Harrison and Monona Counties in Iowa
(Omaha/Valley) The National Weather Service in Omaha/Valley has issued a Flood Watch for portions of Iowa and Nebraska, including the following areas, in Iowa, Harrison, and Monona. In Nebraska...
Tom Robinson Dec 28, 2019
12 applying for vacant Iowa Supreme Court seat
(Des Moines, AP) A dozen people have applied to fill a vacant seat on the Iowa Supreme Court left by the sudden death in November of Chief Justice Mark Cady. Court officials say the State Judicial Nom...
Tom Robinson Dec 28, 2019