Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
302 new positive COVID-19 cases in Iowa, 14 deaths (April 30)
(Des Moines) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced today 302 new positive cases of COVID-19, for a total of 7,145 positive cases. 89 percent of today's positive cases are from the 22 counties where res...
Mandy Billings Apr 30, 2020

Cass County Supervisors approve policies, rules and regulations for a CDBG grant project the increase capacity of food delivery system and food access
(Atlantic) The Cass County Board of Supervisors held a public hearing on funding the County has received for COVID-19 response this morning. The County, working with Cass County Food Policy Council, S...
Mandy Billings Apr 30, 2020

Ringgold County Man arrested for Sexual Abuse in Union County
(Creston) The Union County Sheriff's Office arrested 20-year old Kaden Lee Witt, of Redding at the Union County Law Enforcement Center on Wednesday morning on a Union County warrant for 3rd -degree se...
Tom Robinson Apr 30, 2020
Missouri Man arrested on Alcohol-related Charge in Union County
(Creston) Creston Police arrested 31-year old Lance Wood, of Lexington, Missouri early this morning in the 300 block of North Birch Street for Public Intoxication. Officer's booked Wood into jail wher...
Tom Robinson Apr 30, 2020

Additional Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Audubon County
(Audubon) The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Audubon County Public Health have identified an additional case of COVID-19 in the county. "We continue to remind residents to take preventive...
Tom Robinson Apr 29, 2020
Governor Responds to U of I recommendation to delay reopening procedures in parts of the stateĀ
(Johnston) Researchers at the University of Iowa recently released a 12-page report warning Governor Reynolds of the second round of COVID-19 infections when the state loosens mitigation guidelines. T...
Tom Robinson Apr 29, 2020
Missouri Valley man suffers head injuries in a gas station accident
(Missouri Valley) A Missouri Valley man was injured in an accident at a gas station Tuesday morning. The Iowa State Patrol says 43-year-old Shawn Squier was transported to Bergan Mercy in Omaha by Lif...
Mandy Billings Apr 29, 2020
Updated: Iowa State Patrol identifies Victims in Dallas County Fatal Crash
(Jamaica) The Iowa State Patrol identifies the victims in the Dallas County crash that claimed the lives of two children and injured five other minors. Iowa State Patrol Trooper and Public Information...
Tom Robinson Apr 29, 2020
Pottawattamie County reports five new COVID-19 cases and second death
(Council Bluffs) Pottawattamie County Public Health today reported five new COVID-19 cases. The total of COVID-19 cases in Pottawattamie County is now 36. Seventeen individuals have recovered, 16 are ...
Mandy Billings Apr 29, 2020

Healthy Cass County Recognizes Another Successful Food Rescue
(Atlantic) Healthy Cass County is recognizing another successful food rescue. Earlier this spring, a local trucking company, Sindt Transportation, was delivering frozen chicken to a customer when the ...
Mandy Billings Apr 29, 2020







