Category Archives: Local News
Adams County Sheriff's Office Scam Alert
(Adams Co.) The Adams County Sheriff's Office has recently received multiple reports of scams involving individuals falsely claiming to be members of their office. In these incidents, callers are tell...
Mar 17, 2026
Iowa High School Speech Association Individual All State Nominations
(Iowa) The Iowa High School Speech Association announced the All State Nominations for individual speech Monday evening. All State will take place March 30th at UNI. The following nominations are from...
Mar 17, 2026
Atlantic City Council to Act on Appointing Parks & Recreation Director
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council will act on a resolution appointing Maggie Robinson as the Atlantic Parks & Recreation Director on Wednesday. Atlantic City Administrator John Lund said during...
Mar 17, 2026
State Headlines: Oil Prices Impact Farmers, DEI Bill Stalls, Ames Double Homicide and Blizzard Crash
Rising Oil Prices Are Affecting Iowa Farmers (Iowa) -- Rising oil prices being driven by the war in Iran are presenting a economic mixed bag for farmers. Iowa State University agricultural economist C...
Mar 17, 2026
Two Arrested on Assault Charges in Adair County
(Adair Co.) A Greenfield man was arrested on March 11th after officers were called to a report of a man threatening others with a knife. The Greenfield Police Department says 69-year-old Alfonso Ramir...
Mar 16, 2026
Mills County Arrest Report
(Mills Co.) A Malvern man was arrested on multiple charges last week. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says 34-year-old Nicholas James Gragg was arrested on March 9th for two counts of Possession of ...
Mar 16, 2026
Car vs Snow Plow Accident in Guthrie County
(Guthrie Co.) No injuries were reported in a car-vs-snowplow accident in Guthrie County Sunday evening. The Guthrie County Sheriff's Office says 43-year-old Troy Jorgensen, of Chelsea, was driving a 2...
Mar 16, 2026
Creston Police Arrest Two on OWI and Warrant Charges
(Creston) The Creston Police Department arrested Lisa Joanne Squibbs, 37, of Afton, on Friday at the Creston Law Enforcement Center on an Outside Agency Warrant with additional charges. The first warr...
Mar 16, 2026
Fatal Accident in Davis County
(Davis Co.) One person died following a two-vehicle accident in Davis County Sunday evening; two others were injured. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee was eastbound on Highway 2, ...
Mar 16, 2026
Several species of owls and nightjars appear to be declining in Iowa
(Iowa Capital Dispatch) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources' results from 2025 moonlit surveys of owls and nightjars show that some of the bird populations are declining. DNR's Monitoring of Owls...
Mar 16, 2026
