Category Archives: Local News

Iowa Sen. Claire Celsi, D-West Des Moines, is receiving hospice care, her family announced in a statement. Celsi, 59, has been facing an undisclosed medical issue for several months, having missed mor...

(Shelby Co) The Shelby County Sheriff's Office continues its investigation into the structure fire that occurred on Tuesday at 1108 3rd Street in Harlan. Two victims, identified as 52-year-old Dominiq...

By: Clark Kauffman - Iowa Capital Dispatch (Red Oak) A western Iowa nursing home has been cited by the state for failing to provide adequate nursing services for a woman whose leg was later amputated....

(Council Bluffs) Four Georgia men were sentenced for their role in a nationwide fraud conspiracy. According to public court documents, between March 2022 and April 2024, Russell Tafron Weatherspoon, 2...

(Creston) Creston Police report the arrest of 40-year-old Royeisha Dunta Hightower on Wednesday at 806 Laurel Street. Officers cited and released Hightower on a promise to appear on a charge of 5th-de...

(Des Moines, IA) -- John Deere will lay off nearly 150 workers throughout Iowa next month. The company announced this week that 40 employees at the Des Moines Works facility will be laid off on Octobe...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic School Board will take action on two resolutions at a special meeting on Thursday evening, September 18. One of the resolutions is for calling an election on the issuance of $2...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors has announced that Bailey Smith is no longer employed with the organization as of September 15, 2025. "The Board has taken steps to ...

(Shenandoah) Contractors will be closing a portion of U.S. 59 south of Shenandoah on Monday, September 22, weather permitting, so a crane can be transported from one side of the road to the other, acc...

(Des Moines) The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) has awarded more than $1.3 million to expand homelessness prevention efforts across all 99 counties in Iowa. The funding, distributed through the new Iowa...