Category Archives: Local News
Atlantic Mayor Designates Treat-or-Treating for October 31 with Restrictions
(Atlantic) Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones designates Treat-or-Treating for October 31, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mayor Jones requests (due to the COVID-19 pandemic), participation with the following guid...
Sep 16, 2020
Highway 59 South of Denison Reopens Today
(Denison) The Iowa Department of Transportation's District 3 Office reports Highway 59 south of Denison will be opened to traffic at 8:00 a.m. this (Thursday, September 17), morning. The road closed w...
Sep 16, 2020
Jennifer Arp Receives Outstanding Quality Professional Award
(Atlantic) Cass County Health System is thrilled to announce that Jennifer Arp, RN, BSN has been selected as the winner of the Outstanding Iowa Quality Professional Award presented by the Iowa Associa...
Sep 16, 2020
Governor Reynolds reacts to Des Moines School Board’s action to implement a hybrid learning model
(Des Moines) During her press conference this morning, Governor Kim Reynolds called the Des Moines School Board's action on a return to learn plan "disappointing". Reynolds said the Des Moines School ...
Sep 16, 2020
Afton teen transported to the hospital following a rollover accident
(Afton) An Afton teen was transported to the hospital following a rollover accident Monday morning. The Union County Sheriff's Office says the 14-year-old male was driving a 2001 Toyota Tundra westbou...
Sep 16, 2020
Creston Police Reports Three Arrests
(Creston) Creston Police arrested three people on Tuesday, two for violating a protection order, and one person for domestic assault. *Police arrested 34-year old Skylar Rufenacht, and 33-year old Sam...
Sep 16, 2020
Atlantic FFA competes at the Iowa State Fair
(Atlantic) Five members of the Atlantic FFA participated in various shows in the 2020 Iowa State Fair Special Edition. The purpose of this event is to support the mission statement of the Iowa State F...
Sep 16, 2020
Family Tradition-Isabelle Inman takes crown from Anna Inman as SW Valley Homecoming Queen
(Corning) Last Thursday when the homecoming queen was crowned at SW Valley it stayed in the family. Anna Inman was the 2019 homecoming queen and was excited when she found out the 2020 queen would be ...
Sep 16, 2020
NextEra Energy updates Guthrie County Supervisors on wind turbine project
(Guthrie Center) Officials with NextEra Energy gave an update to the Guthrie County Board of Supervisors Tuesday on the wind turbine project. Guthrie County Auditor Dani Fink said the 40-mile long tra...
Sep 16, 2020
Harlan School Board Discusses Activities and Social Distancing
(Harlan) The Harlan School Board discussed activities and social distancing at Monday's School Board meeting. Harlan Community Schools Superintendent Lynn Johnson says the school board received some r...
Sep 16, 2020
