Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
State of Iowa announces five new Test Iowa sites
(Des Moines) Test Iowa will further expand access to COVID-19 testing with new sites opening this week, including one in Dallas County to better serve the Des Moines metro area, and four clinic sites ...
Mandy Billings Jun 08, 2020

Glenwood Police Report
(Glenwood) Two people were arrested on drug charges in Glenwood. The Glenwood Police Department says Emma Dewey, 19, of Council Bluffs, was arrested Sunday for Possession of Marijuana. Dewey posted th...
Mandy Billings Jun 08, 2020
Six People injured in Pottawattamie County Crash
(Underwood) A single-vehicle crash on Interstate 80 in Pottawattamie County sent six people, including five children, to the hospital on Sunday. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 4:5...
Tom Robinson Jun 08, 2020
Page County Man arrested on Montgomery County Warrant
(College Springs) Page County authorities arrested a College Springs man wanted in Montgomery County. The Page County Sheriff's Office on Sunday arrested 44-year old Jay D. Miles on a Montgomery Count...
Tom Robinson Jun 08, 2020
5 more COVID-19 deaths, 151 new positive cases in Iowa
(Des Moines) Iowa Department of Public Health officials are reporting five more deaths from COVID-19 in Iowa, and 151 new positive cases. As of early Saturday afternoon the Iowa Department of Public H...
Tom Robinson Jun 07, 2020

Arrest Report
Officers of the Red Oak Police Department arrested 46-year-old James Reed Mitroff of Red Oak on a domestic assault charge, a simple misdemeanor. After being taken into custody, Mitroff became combativ...
Western Iowa Today Jun 07, 2020
Atlantic Rotary Club and Southern Iowa Clubs Supply Meals for People Impacted by COVID-19
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Rotary Club teamed up with other Rotary Clubs in the southern half of Iowa and supplied nearly 400,000 meals to families and individuals impacted by COVID-19. The Club donated ...
Tom Robinson Jun 06, 2020
Hilltop Creations to kick off Farmer’s Market in Lewis on June 9th
(Lewis) Hilltop Creations will begin hosting a Farmer's Market with fresh local produce in Lewis beginning on Tuesday, June 9th. Chris Jahnke, owner of 3HO in Lewis, said Hilltop Creations had been a ...
Mandy Billings Jun 06, 2020
Iowa House Passes Motor Fuel Tax and Broadband Bills
(Griswold) The Iowa House-passed bill's last week that determine the tax rate for motor fuel and another that creates more broadband internet. Iowa House District 21 Representative Tom Moore of Griswo...
Tom Robinson Jun 06, 2020
Fishing forecast is strong for free fishing weekend
(State) The Iowa DNR's free fishing weekend is underway and Fisheries Biologist Bryan Hayes says it comes at a great time. Free fishing weekend falls under near optimal conditions this year. "That fre...
Western Iowa Today Jun 05, 2020







