Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Council Bluffs Police Officer and two others injured in Car Crash
(Council Bluffs) Three people were injured including a Council Bluffs Police Officer in a two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon. According to the press release, the accident happened at around 1:35 p.m...
Tom Robinson Jan 18, 2020
Two Hurt in Cass County Crash
(Atlantic) Two people were hurt in a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 80 in Cass County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 12:04 p.m. on Friday in the westbound lanes near the 58-mile...
Tom Robinson Jan 18, 2020
Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office report Three Arrests
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested two people on active warrants and the other on a separate incident for public intoxication. Deputies arrested Justin McConnell late Friday nig...
Tom Robinson Jan 18, 2020

Atlantic Bottling Company and Tyler Family offer Matching Grant for Trojan Bowl Renovation
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Schools Booster Club and the facility improvement committee are pleased to announce that Atlantic Bottling Company and the Tyler family have offered a matching grant of up to $...
Tom Robinson Jan 17, 2020
Atlantic Police Department issues warning about iTune card scam
(Atlantic) Atlantic Police Chief Dave Erickson advises there is a new scam going around using local church numbers to text people and asking them to purchase iTune cards. Once the cards are purchased,...
Western Iowa Today Jan 17, 2020
Adair/Guthrie County Emergency Management Director encourages People to Head for Home
(Stuart) Adair and Guthrie County Emergency Management Director Bob Kempf says those out and about should head for home. "We're expected the snow to change over to freezing rain this afternoon," said ...
Tom Robinson Jan 17, 2020

Atlantic High School 4.0 Students
Seniors: (Back row) Evalyn Perez, Connor Church, Ethan Pross, Tyler Moen, Evan Brummer, Max Bateman, Savannah Cameron; (Middle row) Hana Holtz, Grace Bruckner, Kylie Neal, Corrinne Pelzer, Annamaria L...
Western Iowa Today Jan 17, 2020
Emergency y Responders called to accidents on I-80 near the 58-mile Marker
(Atlantic) Atlantic Medivac Ambulance and Atlantic Fire and Rescue were called out at around 12:10 p.m. to the 58-mile marker in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 for a minor personal injury accide...
Tom Robinson Jan 17, 2020
Seven plows working to clear 100 miles of paved roads in Audubon County
(Audubon) With winter weather in full effect in Southwest Iowa, crews in Audubon County are focusing on hard surfaced roads. Jami Schleimer is the Roads Superintendent in Audubon County. "We are out o...
Western Iowa Today Jan 17, 2020

Atlantic Firefighters called to Smoke in a Building on Chestnut Street
(Atlantic) Atlantic firefighters were called to a report of smoke inside a building at 412 Chestnut Street on Friday morning. Atlantic Fire Chief Tom Cappel tells KSOM/KS95 News the call came in at ar...
Tom Robinson Jan 17, 2020







