Category Archives: Local News
Deer Harvest Stable with Previous Years
(Lewis) The second shotgun deer season ended one week ago. Bryan Hayes, with the DNR, says to-date, in Iowa, Hunters harvested 96,000 deer. The harvest includes; 44,000 Does and 52,000 Bucks. "There w...
Dec 26, 2020
Griswold School District Finances Heading in the Right Direction
(Griswold) Griswold shared Superintendent Dave Henrichs says the district made positive steps financially this past year. Henrichs says in respect to the district's spending authority, from the end of...
Dec 26, 2020
Gasoline Prices Higher
(Des Moines) According to AAA, the price of regular unleaded gasoline averaged $2.20 across Iowa, up to $.10 from last week. This is $.15 per gallon lower than one year ago. The national average on We...
Dec 26, 2020
Iowa 4-H Council Donates over 20,000 Items in Food Drive Effort
(Area) The Iowa 4-H Council donated over 20,000 items in their food drive effort. Haley Jones, 4-H Program Specialist, said when the 4-H Council members began their statewide food drive their original...
Dec 26, 2020
Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Angels of Christmas Award
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce "Angels of Christmas" Gary and Lucy Newton were honored earlier this week. Cass County Health System CEO Brett Altman presented the Newton's with the a...
Dec 26, 2020
Feds probe Southwest Iowa care home: Disabled 'not human guinea pigs'
(Des Moines, AP) The U.S. Justice Department has found that an Iowa state-run care center for people with intellectual disabilities likely violated the constitutional rights of residents by subjecting...
Dec 24, 2020
Schmid and Spunaugle take Oath of Office in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) Charla Schmid District One Supervisor and Jon Spunaugle, newly elected Montgomery County Sheriff, was sworn into office at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting. Schmid takes the seat follo...
Dec 24, 2020
Adair County Board of Supervisor’s Meeting Recap
(Greenfield) On Wednesday, the Adair County Board of Supervisors approved the hiring for the new Engineer Technician position, signed a Right-of-Way contract, and received a Sheriff Vandewater report ...
Dec 24, 2020
Audubon students to go back to a five-day week starting the second semester
(Audubon) The Audubon School Board discussed their return to learn plan at their meeting Monday evening. Superintendent Eric Trager said their plan is to go back to a five day week starting the second...
Dec 24, 2020
Creston man arrested on a warrant for Failure to Appear
(Creston) The Union County Sheriff's Office arrested Kevin Anthony Harden, 26, of Creston on December 23rd on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear. Harden was released from the Union County Ja...
Dec 23, 2020
