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Child Struck And Killed By Front-End Loader
(Leon, IA) -- A six-year-old child is dead after being struck by a front-end loader near the southern Iowa town of Leon. WHO/TV reports that 41-year-old Justin Miller was using the loader to pick up a...
Mandy Billings Jul 01, 2022

Thieves Siphoning Gas Out Of Salvation Army Vehicles
(Cedar Rapids, IA) -- The Cedar Rapids chapter of the Salvation Army says thieves have been stealing gasoline from all nine of their vehicles over the past week. Salvation Army Captain Shawn DeBaar sa...
Mandy Billings Jul 01, 2022
Shelby County Sheriff's Report
(Shelby Co.) The Shelby County Sheriff's Office reports nine arrests between June 19th and June 30th. Truc Trung Nguyen, age 34, of Des Moines, was arrested after a call for service on Highway 59 on J...
Mandy Billings Jul 01, 2022
Rose Jensen Obituary
Rose Marie Jensen was born on October 10 1929, to Clarence and Edith (Sorensen) Hansen in Audubon, Iowa. She graduated from high school at Elk Horn Community School. She taught country school for 1 ye...
Western Iowa Today Jul 01, 2022
Kathleen Croghan Obituary
Kathleen "Kathy" McAllister Croghan was born on September 11, 1924 to Vivian and Anne (Jennings) McAllister in Chicago, Illinois. As a child, her family moved to Alabama. She talked of visits to her g...
Western Iowa Today Jul 01, 2022

Creston man arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault
(Creston) The Creston Police Department arrested David William Fister on Wednesday for Domestic Abuse Assault 1st. Fister was taken to the Union County Jail. Bond of $300 was posted.
Mandy Billings Jul 01, 2022
Mark "Curly" Carlton Obituary
Mark "Curly" Boyd Carlton, the son of Boyd and Juanita (Hansen) Carlton, was born January 26, 1967, in Red Oak, IA. He died at his home in Griswold, IA, June 29, 2022, at the age of 55 years. Curly at...
Western Iowa Today Jul 01, 2022
Iowans Are Asked To Attend Funeral For WWII Veteran With Only One Relative
(Shenandoah, IA) -- Iowans are encouraged to attend next week's funeral for a World War Two veteran who's only living relative is on the East Coast. Hugh Bell of Shenandoah died June Second at age 98....
Mandy Billings Jul 01, 2022
Carson and Griswold awarded DNR Derelict Building Grants
(Area) The DNR Derelict Building Grant Program awarded grants to two southwest Iowa communities. The DNR Derelict Building Grant Program was instituted by statute to help rural communities with popula...
Mandy Billings Jul 01, 2022

Family of boy killed in Adventureland accident sues park
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The family of an 11-year old boy who died on a water ride at the Altoona, Iowa amusement park Adventureland a year ago has filed a wrongful death...
Mandy Billings Jul 01, 2022







