Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Atlantic School's Superintendent Sends Memo to Parents
(Atlantic) Atlantic School's Superintendent Steve Barber sent out a memo to parents on Friday. Barber released this statement on Friday morning: "It has been a whirlwind and hard to imagine that we ar...
Tom Robinson Oct 02, 2020
Atlantic City Council to Consider adding Stop Signs
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Community Protection Committee will recommend the City Council amend an ordinance adding stop signs at two intersections. The intersections under consideration include; Olive a...
Tom Robinson Oct 02, 2020
Iowa State Patrol Trooper Shelby McCreedy Talks Rail Safety
(Atlantic) National Railroad Safety week dedicated to railway and train safety wrapped up this past week. Iowa State Patrol Trooper and District 4 Public Information Officer Shelby McCreedy says in 20...
Tom Robinson Oct 02, 2020
Halloween 2020 COVID-19 Guidance
(Atlantic) The Iowa Department of Public Health is strongly encouraging Iowans to follow CDC's guidance when deciding what is appropriate for their families this Halloween. Beth Olsen, Cass County Pub...
Mandy Billings Oct 02, 2020
Rescue crews called to an accident near the 63 mile marker of I-80
(Cass County) First responders were called to a single-vehicle accident near the 63 mile marker of I-80 at around 3:00 p.m. Life Net helicopter was called to transport a victim. Details on the acciden...
Mandy Billings Oct 01, 2020
Iowa sees 16 daily coronavirus deaths, 1,057 confirmed cases
By DAVID PITT Associated Press Another 16 people in Iowa have died of the coronavirus as the number of confirmed infections continues to soar. Iowa reported the 16 deaths in the past 24 hours Thursday...
Mandy Billings Oct 01, 2020

Audubon Police Report
(Audubon) The Audubon Police Department released their arrest report for September. Tristan Lee Stevens, 23, of Audubon, was charged with Theft 5th degree and Criminal Mischief 5th Degree. Cornelius U...
Mandy Billings Oct 01, 2020
Lawsuit blames maintenance error in fatal 2018 plane crash
LE MARS, Iowa (AP) - Relatives of four people killed in a 2018 plane crash in central Iowa allege in new lawsuits that a maintenance error caused carbon monoxide to enter the plane's cabin, causing th...
Mandy Billings Oct 01, 2020
Three arrests in Guthrie County
(Guthrie Co.) Three people were recently booked into the Guthrie County Jail. Gabriella Renee Madison, 30, of Coon Rapids, was arrested by the Perry Police Department and transported to the Guthrie Co...
Mandy Billings Oct 01, 2020
Frost Advisory
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service issued a frost advisory for parts of southwest Iowa. The advisory goes in effect at 1:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on Friday. Temperatures are expected to fall into t...
Tom Robinson Oct 01, 2020







