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Atlantic School District COVID-19 Data released
(Atlantic) Atlantic Schools Superintendent Steve Barber released COVID-19 data today. "We continue to see positive cases and quarantined individuals, yet we have not experienced a breakout in any of o...
Tom Robinson Oct 20, 2020

Griswold School Board approves Early Retirement Incentive Program
(Griswold) The Griswold School Board voted unanimously to activate the status of the Early Retirement Policy at Monday's meeting. Griswold Schools Superintendent David Henrichs said the School Board r...
Tom Robinson Oct 20, 2020
Harlan Police report Two Arrests
(Harlan) The Harlan Police Department reports two arrests. According to the Harlan Police Department Media Report, 52-year old Brian Alan Sorensen, of Harlan was arrested on an active warrant, and tra...
Tom Robinson Oct 20, 2020

Exira-EHK sees dip in certified enrollment number
(Elk Horn) A decrease in enrollment was discussed by the Exira-EHK School Board at their meeting on Monday. Superintendent Trevor Miller relays the numbers for the district. "Our certified number is 4...
Western Iowa Today Oct 20, 2020

Mills County Reports 45 Additional COVID-10 Cases for the Week Ending October 20, 2020
(Glenwood) The number of positive cases of COVID-19 in Mills County dropped significantly for the week ending October 20, compared to the previous week. The Mills County Public Health Department repor...
Tom Robinson Oct 20, 2020
Union County arrest and Incident Report
(Creston) The Union County Sheriff's Office reports three arrests and one theft. Deputies arrested 63-year old Kevin Edward Connelly of Lorimor on Sunday for trespassing. Connelly pled guilty and was ...
Tom Robinson Oct 20, 2020
Woodward Presents at the Global Youth Institute
(Atlantic) Atlantic FFA member Malena Woodward presented a paper virtually to the Global Youth Institute on Tuesday, October 13th. Woodward's paper was on malnutrition in Puerto Rico and provided seve...
Tom Robinson Oct 20, 2020
Red Oak and Clarinda City Council 's considering Joint Bid for Street Projects
(Red Oak) Red Oak City Administrator Brad Wright and the Red Oak City Council are considering a joint bid with the City of Clarinda for the 2021 Street project, to obtain better pricing. Wright says a...
Tom Robinson Oct 20, 2020

Audubon School Board clearing the way for timely start to high school renovation
(Audubon) The planning phase for Audubon's $7.5 million bond issue is going smoothly and the school board took a step this week to make sure the construction this summer can get started as early as po...
Western Iowa Today Oct 20, 2020
Creston Police arrest 2 People on Drug Charges
(Creston) Creston Police arrest two people on drug charges early this morning. Officer's arrested 29-year old Anthony R. Cross, and 44-year old April Gross, both from Creston, at 2:19 a.m. this mornin...
Tom Robinson Oct 20, 2020







