Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Report
(Council Bluffs) Tina Marie Gomez, 49, of Omaha, Nebraska, was arrested October 19th after Deputies were dispatched to the Minden Hotel for a female with a possible warrant. Gomez was charged with Fug...
Mandy Billings Oct 22, 2020
I-80 Traffic rerouted near 63-Mile Marker
(Anita) Traffic is being rerouted following an accident on Interstate 80 near the 63-mile marker westbound in Cass County. The accident involves a car and a semi. Cass County EMS, Anita Rescue, and Wi...
Tom Robinson Oct 22, 2020
Montgomery County Man arrested for OWI
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 21-year old Nathan Andrew Fournier for OWI, 1st offense on Wednesday. Red Oak Police Transported Fournier to the Montgomery County Jail. The bond for the Red Oak man ...
Tom Robinson Oct 22, 2020
Severe Weather Potential Today
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service in Des Moines says strong to severe thunderstorms are possible today in portions of the southwest, central, and eastern Iowa. Forecasters expect storms to dev...
Tom Robinson Oct 22, 2020
Atlantic City Council passes 2nd reading of ordinance to convert 22nd and Olive to a four-way stop
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council Wednesday evening voted 4 to 2 to pass the second reading of an ordinance that would convert the intersection at 22nd and Olive to a four-way stop. The Community P...
Mandy Billings Oct 21, 2020

Exira-EHK School Board not ready to make masks a requirement
(Elk Horn) The Exira-EHK School Board recently re-visited their mask policy. Superintendent Trevor Miller says they'll still use "expected" for the terminology. "The board looked at where our numbers ...
Western Iowa Today Oct 21, 2020
DAISY Award Presented to Tammy Wyman, LPN
(Atlantic) Cass County Health System is proud to announce that Tammy Wyman, LPN was honored with the DAISY Award on Monday, October 12, 2020. Her nominators said, "I'm sure to Tammy it was just anothe...
Mandy Billings Oct 21, 2020

Atlantic School Board to Hold Special Meeting on Thursday
(Atlantic) The Atlantic School Board is gathering for a special meeting on Thursday morning to take action on the district guidelines for the use of face masks. In August, the School Board voted unani...
Tom Robinson Oct 21, 2020
Update: Two injured in Cass County accident
(Wiota) Two people were injured in a two-vehicle accident near Wiota this morning. Iowa State Patrol Trooper Shelby McCreedy told KSOM/KS95 Radio that 38-year-old Lora Kanning and 61-year-old Mitch Ho...
Mandy Billings Oct 21, 2020

MidAmerican Energy idles 46 wind turbines after blade woes
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa-based electric utility says it has idled nearly four dozen power-generating wind turbines after huge blades broke off of two turbines in recent weeks. The Des Moines Re...
Mandy Billings Oct 21, 2020







