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News from Western Iowa.

CAM School Board Approves Resolution on Instructional Support Levy Renewal
(Anita) The CAM School Board held a Public Hearing on the Instructional Support Levy on Monday night. Schools Superintendent Pam Stangeland says it needs to be renewed every five years. Stangeland say...
Tom Robinson Dec 11, 2025

Creston Police Report Two Arrests
(Creston) On Wednesday, the Creston Police Department reports one arrest for assault and another on drug-related charges. Police arrested 40-year-old Fallon Danielle May of Creston at 904 W. Mills Str...
Tom Robinson Dec 11, 2025

Atlantic School Board Approves Baseball Team's Trip to Play at Busch Stadium in June
(Atlantic) The Atlantic School Board approved an out of state trip for the baseball team to travel to St. Louis in June to play a game at Busch Stadium. Activities Director Andy Mitchell explained tha...
Mandy Billings Dec 10, 2025

USDA invests to expand southwest Iowa water systems, rural health care
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development announced nearly $5 million in grants to help improve water access and health care facilities in rural Iowa communities. Fayette, Wayne, Taylor, Cr...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Dec 10, 2025

Nunn Pushes for House Vote on Congressional Stock Trading Ban
(Washington D.C.) Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn is taking steps to force action on a bipartisan plan to ban stock trading by federal lawmakers. Recently, Nunn signed a discharge petition to bring the Res...
Mandy Billings Dec 10, 2025

Atlantic FFA Members Attend Leadership Conference
(The Atlantic FFA submitted this article) (Ankeny) On Saturday, December 6th, 2025, FFA members Lauren Comes, Tenley Cappel, and Tiegan Daniel traveled to the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny, Iowa, to...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2025

Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police report one drug-related arrest on Tuesday, and a citation for an animal at large on December 5. Creston Police arrested 21-year-old Nikoli Ja'Hari Wilson, of Cumming, Iowa, at...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2025

Iowa Traffic Fatalities Down Significantly, Raising Hopes for Safest Year in a Century
(Denison) Iowa State Patrol Trooper and District #4 Public Information Officer, Shelby McCreedy, reports that there have been 67 fewer fatalities on Iowa's roadways compared to the same time last year...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2025

Red Oak Police Report: One Arrest
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 22-year-old Tylor Ray Adams in the 100 block of W. Coolbaugh Street on a valid Montgomery County Warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault, 1st Offense (a simple misdemeanor...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2025

High Wind Warning
(Des Moines) A High Wind Warning remains in effect for counties north of Interstate 80 in southwest and west central Iowa until 9:00 a.m. today. This includes Guthrie, Audubon, Shelby, Harrison, Monon...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2025







