Category Archives: Local News
City of Harlan declares Snow Emergency for Friday
(Harlan) Due to the weather forecast of impending snow and wind, City Officials in Harlan have declared a Snow Emergency for Friday January 15, 2021. No parking on north/south streets from 8:00am to n...
Jan 14, 2021
Atlantic Schools Superintendent weighs in Snow Days
(Atlantic) The forecast for blizzard conditions tomorrow will obviously cause widespread school closings, at least brick and mortar school closings. With the technology in place today, some schools ma...
Jan 14, 2021
Audubon School District preparing to use virtual learning day if Mother Nature interferes with on-site plans
(Audubon) A wintry forecast has students throughout Southwest Iowa optimistic for a snow day on Friday. In at least one case, it might not entirely be a day off. The Audubon School Board previously ap...
Jan 14, 2021
Two-vehicle accident in Guthrie County
(Guthrie Co.) Two people suffered possible injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Guthrie County Wednesday afternoon. The Guthrie County Sheriff's Office says Blair Rosenbeck, 32, of Guthrie Center, wa...
Jan 14, 2021
Atlantic Schools Superintendent Reviews updated Spectator Policy
(Atlantic) At Wednesday's Atlantic School Board meeting Atlantic School's Superintendent Steve Barber reviewed the updated spectator policy from Governor Kim Reynolds's latest proclamation. Governor R...
Jan 14, 2021
Blizzard Warning
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service in Des Moines issued a Blizzard Warning for all of Western Iowa from midnight tonight to 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Forecasters say the first two waves of wintry pr...
Jan 14, 2021
Red Oak Firemen Respond to Call at Pizza Hut
(Red Oak) Red Oak firefighters were dispatched at around 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday; to the Pizza Hut following a report of smoke filling the attic. Patrons and staff were evacuated from the building. Red...
Jan 14, 2021
Iowa Transportation Commission approves statewide Iowa’s Transportation Alternatives Program funding for Audubon and Stuart
(Ames) Wednesday, the Iowa Transportation Commission approved $930,087 in total funding for four statewide Iowa's Transportation Alternatives Program projects, including one in Audubon and one in Stua...
Jan 14, 2021
Guthrie County Supervisors award bids for Landfill Pasture Rent Lease and County Farm Lease
(Guthrie Co.) The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors opened and awarded bids for the Landfill Pasture Rent Lease and County Farm Lease at their meeting Tuesday morning. Guthrie County Auditor Dani Fi...
Jan 14, 2021
Board of Supervisors Appoint Mathiasen to Pottawattamie County Conservation Board
(Council Bluffs) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors have begun 2021 with a new appointment to the Pottawattamie County Conservation Board. They have named community leader Jerry Mathiasen t...
Jan 14, 2021
