Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Additional Cases of COVID-19 In Iowa: 12 additional Deaths
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health reports 300 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 additional deaths, bringing the total number of known positive tests to 15,296 and 367 deaths. Iowa Governor ...
Tom Robinson May 19, 2020

Serology Testing Update for Montgomery County
(Montgomery Co.) Montgomery County has added serology testing to its options as part the county's effort to continue to prevent, detect and mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Montgomery County Public He...
Mandy Billings May 19, 2020

Audubon School Board Recap
(Audubon) The Audubon School Board Monday night approved a resolution authorizing official statement for bond sale. Superintendent Eric Trager said the bond sale will take place on June 2nd. Trager sa...
Mandy Billings May 19, 2020

Griswold School Board sets Public Hearing for Issuance of Sales Tax Refunding Bonds; approves a number of other items
(Griswold) The Griswold School Board set a public hearing for Issuance of Approximately $1,800,000 Sales Tax Refunding Bonds at their meeting Monday. Superintendent Dave Henrichs said a few years back...
Mandy Billings May 19, 2020
Region 4 Positive COVID-19 Cases
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Public Health is showing 663 total numbers of Positive cases of COVID-19 in Region 4 as of 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday. There are five patients hospitalized, none in the ...
Tom Robinson May 19, 2020

August 12th penciled in as starting date for Exira-EHK school year
(Elk Horn) The Exira-EHK School Board has locked in a projected start date for the 2020-21 school year. August 12th is the planned date to begin the next school year. The plan is pending state approva...
Western Iowa Today May 19, 2020
Rural Clarinda man arrested after dumping old power poles and debris on someone else’s property
(Clarinda) A rural Clarinda man was arrested for Criminal Mischief 2nd Degree. The Page County Sheriff's Office says on May 1st they were contacted by a citizen/landowner in reference to several power...
Mandy Billings May 19, 2020
Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Report
(Council Bluffs) The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office Reports multiple arrests. Ian Robert Caldwell, 35, of Crescent, was arrested May 15th after Deputies were dispatched to a possible disturbanc...
Mandy Billings May 19, 2020

Creston woman arrested on Union County warrant
(Creston) A Creston woman was arrested on a Union County warrant for the Charge of Failure to Appear for Fingerprinting on the original charge of two counts of Assault on Person of Certain Occupations...
Mandy Billings May 19, 2020

Two people suffer minor injuries in Accident in Red Oak
(Red Oak) Two people suffered minor injuries in a three-vehicle accident in Red Oak. Red Oak Police say the accident happened around noon on Monday, at the intersection of Highway 48 and W. Corning St...
Tom Robinson May 19, 2020







