Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Nominations for 2025 Angel of Christmas Now Being Accepted
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Angel(s) of Christmas. The Angel of Christmas is a tradition in Atlantic, recognizing and thanking area resid...
Mandy Billings Nov 18, 2025

Pottawattamie County Board Honors National Adoption Day and GIS Day with Proclamations
(Pottawattamie Co.) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisor signed the National Adoption Day Proclamation for November 22, 2025. The proclamation states, in part, that Pottawattamie County highli...
Mandy Billings Nov 18, 2025

Hamman Delivers Final Update on May 2024 Storms in Montgomery County
(Montgomery Co.) Montgomery County Emergency Management Director Brian Hamman provided a final update to the Board of Supervisors this morning on the May 2024 storms. In May 2024, two major storm even...
Mandy Billings Nov 18, 2025

Busy Meeting for Guthrie County Supervisors
(Guthrie Center, IA) -- The Guthrie County Supervisors heard the annual report from Conservation Director Brad Halterman at Tuesday's meeting. Halterman told the supervisors about some of the highligh...
Chris Varney Nov 18, 2025

Cass County Supervisors Hold Discussion on Compensation Board
(Cass Co) The Cass County Board of Supervisors held a discussion this morning on whether or not they reinstate a compensation board. In 2024, the state passed a bill to dissolve Compensation Boards. T...
Mandy Billings Nov 18, 2025

Audubon School Board Organizational Meeting Recap
(Audubon) The Audubon School Board held their organizational meeting of the new board Monday evening. According to the meeting minutes, exiting board members Sarah Asmus and Heath Hansen were recogniz...
Mandy Billings Nov 18, 2025

Atlantic Elks Lodge Awards ENF Grant Monies to Three Organizations
(Atlantic) Annually, B.P.O.E. (Benevolent Protective Order of Elks) Lodges nationwide are eligible to apply for various grants from the Elks National Foundation (ENF). The mission of ENF is to help El...
Mandy Billings Nov 18, 2025

Area Rain Totals
Area Rain Totals (Watch for Updates) Downtown Atlantic .10 Massena .12 Marne .25 Pacific Junction .04 Council Bluffs .36 Earling .35 Creston .08 Stuart .28
Mandy Billings Nov 18, 2025

Urbandale Schools Superintendent Accused Of Misconduct By State Officials
(Urbandale, IA) -- The Iowa Board of Education Examiners is investigating Urbandale Schools Superintendent Doctor Rosalie Daca over alleged conduct violations. The board is accusing Daca of falsifying...
Mandy Billings Nov 18, 2025

Crash In Cedar County Injures Three
(Cedar County, IA) -- Three people are being treated at University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City after they were injured in a crash last evening in Cedar County. Iowa State Patrol says a Jeep Renegad...
Mandy Billings Nov 18, 2025







