Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Iowa House Rep. Tom Moore to Address Bottle Bill this Legislative Session
(Griswold) Iowa House Representative Tom Moore will serve as the Vice-Chair of the House Environmental Protection Committee during the 89th General Assembly. A committee Moore has occupied a seat at t...
Tom Robinson Dec 07, 2020

Cass County Board of Supervisors to hold two public hearings Tuesday
(Atlantic) The Cass County Board of Supervisors will hold two public hearings at their meeting Tuesday morning. The first public hearing and information meeting is regarding the status of expenditure ...
Mandy Billings Dec 07, 2020
Drought Conditions persist in Western Iowa
(Atlantic) Parts of western Iowa are still suffering from severe drought to abnormally dry conditions according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor Index released late last week. Extreme drought contin...
Tom Robinson Dec 07, 2020
Red Oak Police Report two arrests
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested one person for theft and another individual on a Pottawattamie County Warrant. Red Oak Police arrested 26-year old Damian Allen Barr of Omaha late Saturday night on a...
Tom Robinson Dec 07, 2020

Shelby County Supervisors approve wage increases for FY22
(Harlan) The Shelby County Board of Supervisors approved wage increases for Fiscal Year 2022 at their meeting last week. The Shelby County Compensation Board voted to recommend a three-percent increas...
Mandy Billings Dec 06, 2020
DNR Outlines Options for Donating Harvested Deer
(Area) Hunters that harvest a deer this fall have multiple options on how or where to donate the meat. The Iowa Deer Exchange is a new program to help connect hunters with those in need. Bryan Hays wi...
Western Iowa Today Dec 06, 2020
Dr. Bethel Kopp Joining CCHS
(Atlantic) Cass County Health System (CCHS) officials announced today that Bethel Kopp, MD will join the CCHS medical staff in January 2021. Dr. Kopp is an internist who has been in practice for more ...
Mandy Billings Dec 06, 2020

Atlantic Christmas Lighted Parade
(Atlantic) Brian Ruge of Browns Shoe Fit, this year's winner of the Scrooge contest, led Atlantic's Annual Christmas Lighted Parade down Main Street in Atlantic on Saturday evening. The Scrooge contes...
Tom Robinson Dec 05, 2020
Thayer Man Charged with Insurance Fraud
(Thayer) A Thayer man has been charged with one count of Insurance Fraud - Presenting False Information following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division's Fraud Bureau. The charges against Jo...
Mandy Billings Dec 05, 2020
Shotgun deer hunters ready to take the field
(Area) Iowa's Shotgun Deer Season opens Saturday. December 5th starts Shotgun Season 1. Bryan Hayes with the Iowa DNR says, "During the two shotgun deer seasons we estimate about 120,000 hunters will ...
Western Iowa Today Dec 05, 2020







