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Winter Weather Advisory
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Southwest Iowa until 9:00 a.m. this morning. Forecasters expect freezing drizzle with total ice accumulations of a li...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2020
Red Oak Police arrest two People in Separate Incidents
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested one person for harassment and another for OWI in separate incidents. Police arrested 54-year old Jeffrey Allen Buell, of Red Oak at around 12:05 a.m. Wednesday for 2n...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2020
Council Bluffs Man Sentenced to Prison for Methamphetamine Offense
(Council Bluffs) A Council Bluffs man was sentenced to prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 39-year...
Mandy Billings Jan 14, 2020
Opioid epidemic discussed at the Cass County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition meeting
(Atlantic) Olivia Welter, third year student pharmacist at Drake University and Vice President of Generation Rx, spoke about the opioid epidemic to members of the Cass County Substance Abuse Preventio...
Mandy Billings Jan 14, 2020
Winter Weather Advisory for most of Iowa
(Omaha) A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 10 p.m. this evening to 4 a.m. Wednesday for Monona, Harrison, Shelby, Pottawattamie, Mills, Montgomery, Fremont and Page counties and from 1 a.m. t...
Mandy Billings Jan 14, 2020
Harlan Police report two arrests
(Harlan) The Harlan Police Department reports two arrests. Elizabeth Nadine Smith, 20, of Plattsmouth, Nebraska, was arrested following a traffic stop on January 10th. Smith was transported to the She...
Mandy Billings Jan 14, 2020
Moderate to Heavy Snow Forecast for Friday
(Des Moines) Winter has returned to the state of Iowa this week. Kenny Podrazik with the National Weather Service in Des Moines tells KSOM/KS95 News all eyes are on Friday. He says moderate to heavy s...
Tom Robinson Jan 14, 2020
Cass County Sheriff’s Report
(Atlantic) The Cass County Sheriff's Office reports eight arrests between January 1st and January 13th. Myron Lee Flathers, 58, of Anita, was arrested January 1st for Possession of Marijuana 3rd or Su...
Mandy Billings Jan 14, 2020
Audubon City Council approves final design for sewer project
(Audubon) The final design for phase two of a sewer project has been approved by the Audubon City Council. City Clerk Joe Foran says JEO presented final designs which had to be approved before going o...
Western Iowa Today Jan 14, 2020
Four people arrested on drug charges in Mills County
(Glenwood) Four people were arrested on drug charges in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says Deondria Derice Carter, 25, of Schuyler, Nebraska, was arrested Saturday for Possession of ...
Mandy Billings Jan 13, 2020