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Des Moines Police Need Help Finding Person Of Interest In Murder Case
(Des Moines, IA) Des Moines police are asking the public for help finding a person of interest in a weekend murder case. Police were called to Broadlawns Medical Center Sunday night after 22-year-old ...
Aug 05, 2022
Ashley Hayes Joins SWIPCO Community Development Team
(Atlantic) The Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO) has a new face in the Community Development department. Ashley Hayes has joined the staff as a Community Development Specialist. She will work w...
Aug 05, 2022
Shelby County residents voice concerns over safety of proposed pipeline
(Shelby Co.) The Shelby County Board of Supervisors held public hearings on Tuesday on ordinances related to the proposed carbon pipeline. According to the meeting minutes, during both hearings, rural...
Aug 05, 2022
Iowa Board Of Education Won't Review West Des Moines School Board Decision
(Des Moines, IA) -- The Iowa Board of Education has decided not to review a decision by the West Des Moines School District to keep a controversial book in a school library. State officials decided th...
Aug 04, 2022
Iowa's Drought Conditions Expand
(Des Moines) The drought condition across Iowa continues to increase. According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, an island of D1 category moderate drought introduced two weeks ago in southeast Iowa...
Aug 04, 2022
Atlantic Life Care Clinic Ribbon Cutting
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors visited and participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday morning for the 4,000 square feet Facility Life Care Clinic at 507 Chestnut downtown, form...
Aug 04, 2022
Cass County Sheriff's Office investigating the killing of two dogs near Cumberland
(Cumberland) The Cass County Sheriff's Office says on August 2nd, they were made aware of the animal abuse, cruelty and killing of two dogs in the area of rural Cumberland. These two dogs had been mis...
Aug 04, 2022
Temporary closure of Iowa 44 at BNSF Railway Crossing in Portsmouth begins August 15
(Atlantic) A joint Iowa DOT/BNSF railroad project to reconstruct Iowa 44 on the south side of Portsmouth will close the road at the at-grade railroad crossing beginning Monday, August 15 at 7 a.m., un...
Aug 04, 2022
RAGBRAI Was Golden Fundraising Opportunity For Small-Town Iowa
(Fonda, IA) Last week's statewide bicycle ride RAGBRAI was a chance for some small Iowa towns to raise money for community projects. The group Moms and Grandmas for Fonda used their stop along the rou...
Aug 04, 2022
Benjamin Heath Obituary
Benjamin Douglas Heath age 75, of Atlantic, IA, passed away on Tuesday, June 26, 2022, surrounded by loved ones. Benjamin Douglas Heath was born April 5, 1947, in Cass County to Elmer and Janis (Conkl...
Aug 04, 2022
