Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Cumberland Fire Department to conduct training burn Saturday
(Cumberland) The Cumberland Volunteer Fire Department will be conducting a training burn at 506 Main Street at 2:00P.M. Saturday, August 29th People living on Main Street and Monroe Street may experie...
Mandy Billings Aug 25, 2020
Atlantic Police Report
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department arrested four people on Domestic Abuse Assault charges. Kyla Binkley, 27, of Atlantic, was arrested August 19th for Domestic Abuse Assault. Ervin Perez, 41, o...
Mandy Billings Aug 25, 2020
Update: One person injured in a two-vehicle accident in Atlantic
(Atlantic) One person was injured in a two-vehicle accident in Atlantic Monday afternoon. The Atlantic Police Department says Deandra Smith, of Atlantic, was stopped at a red light westbound on 7th St...
Mandy Billings Aug 25, 2020
Gov. Reynolds allocates $100 million in CARES Act funding to support Iowa agriculture
(Des Moines) Gov. Kim Reynolds announced today that she has allocated approximately $100 million of federal CARES Act relief funds for a range of agricultural programs to offset the impact of COVID-19...
Mandy Billings Aug 25, 2020
Montgomery County Man arrested for Assault
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested a Montgomery County man for assault. According to the Red Oak Police Department, Officers arrested 20-year old Tyler Blaine Baucom, of Red Oak on Monday for simple as...
Tom Robinson Aug 25, 2020
Portions of Western and Southwest Iowa under Extreme Drought Conditions
(Area) This U.S. Drought Monitor saw an intensification of drought across parts of western Iowa as hot and dry conditions persisted with a historic heatwave currently gripping much of the region. Mode...
Tom Robinson Aug 25, 2020

Cass County Sheriff’s Report
(Atlantic) The Cass County Sheriff's Office reports six arrests. Terry Dean Calhoun, 63, of Anita, was arrested August 14th on a District Court warrant for Probation Violation. Calhoun was taken to th...
Mandy Billings Aug 24, 2020
Mills County Sheriff’s Report
(Glenwood) A Council Bluffs man was arrested on numerous charges after attempting to elude law enforcement on Friday. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says 31-year-old James McFarland was driving a 2...
Mandy Billings Aug 24, 2020
Personal Injury Accident
(Atlantic) Rescue crews responded to a two-Vehicle accident on 7th Street just east of the entrance to Orscheln Farm and Home Supply in Atlantic on Monday afternoon. The accident happened at around 1:...
Tom Robinson Aug 24, 2020
Update: Details released on fatal accident in Pottawattamie County
(Crescent) A Nebraska woman died from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle accident in Pottawattamie County. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office says deputies were dispatched to the accident nort...
Mandy Billings Aug 24, 2020







