Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Bottled Water Advisory for City of Adair
(Adair) The City of Adair is under a Bottled Water Advisory until further notice. Adair City Clerk Randi Lehman says the break has been found. The DNR will test the water again before issuing an all-c...
Tom Robinson Jan 22, 2020
Council Bluffs Resident Sentenced for Distributing Methamphetamine
(Council Bluffs) A Council Bluffs man was sentenced to prison Tuesday for Conspiracy to Distribute at least 500 grams or more of a controlled substance. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern Dis...
Mandy Billings Jan 22, 2020
Atlantic school bus slid into a ditch while backing out of a driveway
(Atlantic) Atlantic students arrived safely to school after a bus slid into a ditch this morning. Superintendent Steve Barber said the bus was backing out of a driveway when the incident occurred. "Th...
Mandy Billings Jan 22, 2020
Banks family supports Women’s Fund of Southwest Iowa with $100,000 gift
(Council Bluffs) Pottawattamie County Community Foundation announced Tuesday that they received a gift of $100,000 from the Banks family of Glenwood in support of the Women's Fund of Southwest Iowa. T...
Mandy Billings Jan 22, 2020
Clarinda woman arrested on warrants for Forgery and Theft
(Clarinda) A Clarinda woman was arrested Tuesday on two Page County warrants. The Page County Sheriff's Office says the warrants for 37-year-old Amanda Jean McDowell were for four counts of Forgery an...
Mandy Billings Jan 22, 2020

Guthrie County Supervisors adopt ATV/UTV ordinance
(Guthrie Center) The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors Tuesday adopted Ordinance No. 36 Regulating the Operation of All-Terrain Vehicles and Off-Road Utility Vehicles. A registered ATV or UTV may be...
Mandy Billings Jan 22, 2020

Two arrested on drug charges in Mills County
(Glenwood) Two people were arrested on drug charges in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says 28-year-old Jennifer Elaine Schraft, of Malvern, and 59-year-old Michael Earl Gillenwater, o...
Mandy Billings Jan 22, 2020
Democratic Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer makes Campaign Stop in Atlantic
(Atlantic) Democratic Presidential candidate Tom Steyer says the "government is broken" and he wants to restructure Washington. Steyer made those comments during a campaign stop in Atlantic on Tuesday...
Tom Robinson Jan 21, 2020
Winter Weather Advisory Today
(Omaha) A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for all of southwest Iowa through Wednesday. The National Weather Service says mixed precipitation is expected, with total snow accumulations of one to t...
Mandy Billings Jan 21, 2020

First Semester Honor Roll Students at Harlan Community High School
Honor Roll Freshmen Benjamin Alberti, Andrew Andersen, Mason Anderson, Seth Anderson, Garrett Assmann, Zane Bendorf, Jacob Birch, Alex Bladt, Haley Bladt, Samuel Bladt, Zoey Bowers, Kody Bruck, Victor...
Western Iowa Today Jan 21, 2020







