Category Archives: Local News
Cass County schools receive supplemental distribution of school supplies from Cass County Democratic Party
(Cass Co.) Each of the three Cass County school districts received a supplemental distribution of school supplies from the Cass County Democratic Party. "Some very generous monetary donations came int...
Feb 25, 2021
Latest Drought Monitor Continues to Show Drought Conditions in Western Iowa
(Des Moines) According to the latest U.S. drought monitor, western Iowa will head into spring with drier than normal subsoil moisture despite the heavy snowfall occurring over the past couple of month...
Feb 25, 2021
Gov. Kim Reynolds orders flags lowered to half-staff in honor of Lives Lost to Coronavirus in the United States
(Des Moines) Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff immediately until sunset Friday, February 26, 2021, in conjunction with President Joe Biden's proclamation honoring...
Feb 24, 2021
Mills County Sheriff’s Report
(Glenwood) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports four arrests. Jessica Dawn Whetsel, 36, of Glenwood, was arrested February 17th on a warrant for Violation of Probation. Bond was set at $2,000. He...
Feb 24, 2021
Corning Man Sentenced to Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography
(Council Bluffs) A Corning man was sentenced to prison for Receipt of Child Pornography. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 54-year-old Lonnie Ray Schafroth was sentence...
Feb 24, 2021
Drive-through Mobile Food Pantry to be held in Atlantic March 3
(Atlantic) The Cass County Local Food Policy Council is hosting a mobile food pantry through the Food Bank for the Heartland on Wednesday, March 3, at the Cass County Community Center from 4:00 - 6:00...
Feb 24, 2021
Updated: Missing Juveniles Found
(Council Bluffs) The two missing juveniles have been found, according to the Council Bluffs Police Department. The Council Bluffs Police Department was asking for the public's assistance in locating t...
Feb 24, 2021
Applications being accepted for the Trevor Frederickson Memorial Scholarship
(Atlantic) Applications are now being accepted for the 12th Annual Trevor Frederickson Memorial Scholarship. Applications may be obtained from the Atlantic High School guidance office at 1201 E. 14th ...
Feb 24, 2021
February’s frigid temperatures set a Plethora of Records Statewide
(Des Moines) Fifty daily record temperatures were broken during the frigid cold that gripped the state earlier this month. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says weather stations scattered across the ...
Feb 24, 2021
Ernst Statement on Vilsack Confirmation Vote
(Washington) U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, voted to confirm Tom Vilsack to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and issued the fo...
Feb 23, 2021
