Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Nebraska Man arrested on Assault Charges in Red Oak
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 32-year old Jeremy Michael Cabe Sr. at 9:21 p.m. in the 1800 block of E. Summit Street for simple assault. Officer's transported Cabe Sr. to the Montgo...
Tom Robinson Nov 12, 2020

Update: State approves Remote Learning Request Waiver for Red Oak School School District
(Red Oak) The State has approved the Red Oak School district's waiver request to go to temporary remote learning. Due to an increase in the number of cases of COVID-19, the school board voted across t...
Tom Robinson Nov 12, 2020
Union County Man arrested following Traffic Stop in Adams County
(Corning) A Union County man faces alcohol-related charges following a traffic stop in Adams County. Adams County Deputies arrested 21-year old Lyndon Daniel Bright, of Creston for OWI, following a tr...
Tom Robinson Nov 12, 2020
DNR testing deer for Chronic Wasting Disease
(State) Chronic Wasting Disease is being studied by the Iowa DNR. CWD is a neurological disease impacting deer, moose, and elk. Here's Private Lands Biologist Kelsey Fleming. "What this disease does i...
Western Iowa Today Nov 12, 2020

Atlantic School Board elects new President and Vice President; COVID-19 discussed
(Atlantic) Atlantic Superintendent Steve Barber updated the School Board on COVID-19 at their meeting Wednesday evening. Barber said from day one their Return to Learn plan has utilized social distanc...
Mandy Billings Nov 11, 2020
Community Discussion at Nishna Valley Family YMCA Postponed
(Atlantic) Due to the latest governor's proclamation and the rising cases of Covid-19 in Cass County the Nishna Valley Family YMCA Staff and Board of Directors has decided to postpone the "Community D...
Western Iowa Today Nov 11, 2020
Verdict this week for man accused of killing grandmother
ONAWA, Iowa (AP) - A judge in western Iowa says he will announce a verdict Friday in the case of a man accused of killing his grandmother in 2018. Eliot Stowe is charged with first-degree murder for t...
Mandy Billings Nov 11, 2020
Iowa posts fifth day of more than 4,000 new virus cases
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa coronavirus trends continue to worsen as increasing numbers of Iowans were hospitalized with the virus, further stressing hospitals and health care workers as they try to ...
Mandy Billings Nov 11, 2020
Creston Police Report
(Creston) The Creston Police Department arrested two women on warrants. Chelsey Kile, 31, was arrested Tuesday at the Law Enforcement Center on a Union County warrant for the charge of Failure to Appe...
Mandy Billings Nov 11, 2020
EPA Announces Cleanup Plan for Superfund Site in Atlantic
(Lenexa, Kan.) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the PCE Former Dry Cleaner Superfund Site at 1205 E. 7th Street in Atlantic, Iowa. The ROD o...
Mandy Billings Nov 11, 2020







