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Penny Akers Obituary
Penny Ann Akers, age 75 years and 70 days passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at the Exira Care Center. Penny was the daughter of Robert and Cleone (Duffield) Bates and grew up in rural Oakland, Iow...
Western Iowa Today Jul 22, 2022
Sergeant Bluff Ready For Bikers
(Sergeant Bluff, IA) -- Sergeant Bluff is the start city for the annual bicycle ride across Iowa. Local business owners in the western Iowa town are hoping all the bikers will give them an economic bo...
Mandy Billings Jul 22, 2022
Heat Advisory in effect from Noon to 8 PM Saturday
(Area) A Heat Advisory is in effect for all of southwest Iowa from Noon to 8:00 p.m. Saturday. The National Weather Service says heat index values of up to 105 is expected. Hot temperatures and high h...
Mandy Billings Jul 22, 2022
Over 50 ash trees to be cut down on Audubon School grounds
(Audubon) The Audubon School Board this week discussed a plan for the removal of ash trees. Superintendent Eric Trager says the district has over 50 ash trees that need to go. "We have 58 ash trees on...
Western Iowa Today Jul 22, 2022

State Softball Tournament Scores from Thursday, July 21st
Class 5A Championship Game #4 Waukee Northwest 2, #1 Fort Dodge 0 3rd Place Game #2 Muscatine 6, #6 Valley 2 Class 4A Championship Game #1 Winterset 3, #3 Dallas Center-Grimes 1 3rd Place Game #8 Nort...
Western Iowa Today Jul 21, 2022

State Baseball Tournament Scores from Thursday, July 21st
Class 2A Semifinals #2 Estherville Lincoln Central 7, Mid-Prairie 4 #1 Van Meter 9, #4 Beckmann Catholic 4 Class 4A Semifinals #1 Johnston 11, #6 Waukee Northwest 3 #7 Dowling Catholic 6, #2 Iowa City...
Western Iowa Today Jul 21, 2022
Scott Marshall Obituary
Scott Marshall, 72, of Greenfield, Iowa passed away on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at the Parkridge Specialty Care in Pleasant Hill, Iowa. Celebration of Life Services: Will be held on Friday, July 29, ...
Mandy Billings Jul 21, 2022
Iowa Unemployment Rate Reaches Another Milestone
(Des Moines, IA) -- Iowa Workforce Development says the state's unemployment rate dropped to two-point-six percent in June - down one-tenth of a percent from May. I-W-D director Beth Townsend says tha...
Mandy Billings Jul 21, 2022

3 Projects To Be Awarded $4.65M From Destination Iowa
(Des Moines, IA) -- Three projects are getting awards totaling four-point-65 million dollars from the Destination Iowa program launched this spring. A three-and-a-half million-dollar grant is going to...
Mandy Billings Jul 21, 2022
Catherine Elaine Busby Obituary
Catherine Elaine (Connett) Busby was born August 30, 1950 to Robert and Ada Connett of Bird City, KS. Cathy entered eternal life on July 18, 2022 at her Idaho Falls home surrounded by her loving famil...
Mandy Billings Jul 21, 2022







