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Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Celebrate at The Patch on Dunbar
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by members of the Robinson family on Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, during a ribbon cutting for their latest venture, The Patch on Dunbar. The A...
Mandy Billings Sep 16, 2025

Pottawattamie Supervisors Extend Interim Engineer Agreement, Offer County Engineer Job to Candidate
(Pottawattamie Co.) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors this morning approved an extension of the Interim Engineer 28E Agreement with Mills County. Supervisor Susan Miller... The county has ...
Mandy Billings Sep 16, 2025

Campground at Lewis and Clark State Park to close due to hazardous tree removal
(Onawa) Due to safety concerns created from dead or dying cottonwood trees, the Lewis and Clark State Park campground near Onawa is closed until further notice. The DNR will remove hazardous trees whi...
Mandy Billings Sep 16, 2025

Mills County Arrest Report
(Mills Co.) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports six recent arrests. Jorge A Narciso Jimenez, 19, of Omaha, Nebraska, was arrested on Sunday for Possession of Alcohol Under Age, No Valid Drivers ...
Mandy Billings Sep 16, 2025

Cass County Supervisors Approve $300,000 No-Interest Loan for Housing Project
(Cass Co) The Cass County Board of Supervisors approved a request from Noble Initiative Foundation for a no-interest loan of $300,000 in economic development funds. Matt Leighton, Vice President of th...
Mandy Billings Sep 16, 2025

Halterman Pursuing Grants for Raccoon River Valley Trail Project in Guthrie County
(Guthrie Center, IA) -- At Tuesday's Guthrie County Supervisors meeting, County Conservation Director Brad Halterman gave a regular update and talked about the status of the Raccoon River Valley Trail...
Chris Varney Sep 16, 2025

Griswold School District Sees Improvement in Open Enrollment Trends
(Griswold) The Griswold School District's open enrollment trend has been a topic of discussion for some time; however, it appears that the trend is improving. In other news, Henrichs reminded the boar...
Tom Robinson Sep 16, 2025

Red Oak Man Arrested in Connection with Shopping Cart Fire
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested a Montgomery County Man in connection with a shopping cart fire. Police arrested 22-year-old Michael Daniel Hohl of Red Oak on Monday on a charge of 5th-degree crimin...
Tom Robinson Sep 16, 2025

Updated: Machine Shed Fire in Audubon County
(Hamlin) Audubon Fire Chief Tyler Thygesen released more information on the Machine shed fire on Monday afternoon in Audubon County. Chief Thygesen says at 2:47 p.m. Audubon Fire & Rescue was disp...
Mandy Billings Sep 15, 2025

Work release escape of Jamar Jackson
(Des Moines) Jamar Jackson, convicted of Burglary 1st Degree and Robbery 2nd Degree in Polk County, failed to report back to the Fort Des Moines - Bldg. 68 as required on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Jac...
Mandy Billings Sep 15, 2025







