Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Lake Manawa Campground Development Project to begin this Fall
(Council Bluffs) Construction of a new campground will soon begin at Lake Manawa State Park in Council Bluffs. The construction contract is in place, and work is slated to begin this fall. Michelle Re...
Tom Robinson Sep 01, 2020
Harlan Police issue driving while suspended citation, make public intox arrest
(Harlan) The Harlan Police Department report includes one arrest and one citation. On August 30th, 26-year-old Dylan Scott Rowland, of Harlan, was transported to the Shelby County Jail and charged wit...
Western Iowa Today Sep 01, 2020
Glenwood Police Blotter
(Glenwood) Glenwood Police arrested two people in separate incidents for OWI and assault. According to the report, Officer's arrested 33-year old William Meredith on Monday on 2 counts of Domestic Abu...
Tom Robinson Sep 01, 2020
September marks Better Breakfast Month
(Atlantic) Better Breakfast Month is celebrated in September. Cass County Health System Clinical Dietitian Beth Olsen says skipping breakfast won't do you any favors. "If you skip breakfast to lose we...
Western Iowa Today Sep 01, 2020

Mills County EMA released Weekly COVID-19 Data
(Glenwood) The COVID-19 positivity rate dropped from 8.3-percent to 7.8 percent in Mills County, according to the weekly report released by Mills County Emergency Management and Mills County Public He...
Tom Robinson Sep 01, 2020
Southwest Iowa Rainfall Deficit's reaching double-digits in some Locations
(Atlantic) Drought conditions in parts of west-central and southwest Iowa continue to intensify. Aaron Sauegling Iowa State Extension agronomist for southwest Iowa says the hot and dry conditions that...
Tom Robinson Sep 01, 2020
COVID-19 and Influenza: What can we Expect
(Atlantic) The fall season is right around the corner, and along with the bright fall colors and colder temperatures comes the Flu season. Many people, including those in the medical field, are concer...
Tom Robinson Sep 01, 2020
Semi-Trailer Fire on I-80
(Atlantic) Atlantic firefighters were called out at 5:27 a.m. on Tuesday for a UPS semi-trailer on fire on westbound Interstate 80 near the 57-mile marker. No other details are available.
Tom Robinson Sep 01, 2020

Corn and Soybean Condition ratings Continue to Drop
(Washington) The condition of the nation's corn and soybean crop took another hit in this week's USDA crop progress report released on Monday afternoon. As of Sunday, August 30, 62-percent of the nati...
Tom Robinson Aug 31, 2020

Mills County Sherriff's Office reports two OWI's, two Probation Violations
(Glenwood) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports a handful of arrests. Two individuals have been charged on warrants for Violation of Probation, they include 27-year-old Paul Eugene Whitmore, of O...
Western Iowa Today Aug 31, 2020







