Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Harlan City Council Addresses Wage Increases, and Ordinance Amendments
(Harlan) The Harlan City Council on Tuesday addressed a handful of amended ordinances, approved wage adjustments, parking space allocations, and parking sign regulations, as well as updated job descri...
Tom Robinson Oct 08, 2025

Adair County Man Dies in Construction Accident
(Greenfield) Lamb Funeral Home in Greenfield reports this morning that services are pending for 33-year-old Brandon McVay, of Greenfield. Funeral Home Officials say McVay passed away on Tuesday from a...
Tom Robinson Oct 08, 2025

Adair County Board of Supervisors Set Public Hearing for FY26 Budget Amendments
(Adair Co.) The Adair County Board of Supervisors set a public hearing date on the FY26 Budget Amendment requests. Board Chair Nathan Baier explained some of the amendments... The public hearing on th...
Mandy Billings Oct 08, 2025

Nunn Says Federal Shutdown Threatens Services for Iowans, Pushes to Protect Military Pay
(Washington D.C.) Representative Zach Nunn, of Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, says the ongoing federal government shutdown is beginning to directly impact Iowans - from farmers and veterans to fam...
Mandy Billings Oct 08, 2025

Government + Politics Iowa state revenue fell 8.1% in fiscal year 2025, nonpartisan agency report finds
Iowa Capital Dispatch Article written by Robin Opsahl (Des Moines) The state of Iowa's general fund revenue for fiscal year 2025 is roughly $200 million less than predicted when state lawmakers were m...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Oct 08, 2025

Vision Atlantic Moves Forward: Major Progress on Fundraising For the Child Development Center and YMCA Expansion
(Atlantic) KSOM/KS95 News continues its series on the Vision Atlantic $84 million transformative project. Today, we are visiting with Vision Atlantic President Christina Bateman and Vision Atlantic Se...
Tom Robinson Oct 08, 2025
Dorsey Trial Continued to February
(Cass Co) The trial for former Massena daycare provider Alison Elaine Dorsey has been continued to February following a January ruling by the Iowa Supreme Court granting her a new trial. According to ...
Mandy Billings Oct 07, 2025

Guthrie County Supervisors Join in Resistance Against Latest Efforts by Summit Carbon Solutions
(Guthrie Center, IA) -- Guthrie County has joined with other Iowa counties against the consolidation of the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline project. Summit Carbon Solutions is under new ownership and...
Chris Varney Oct 07, 2025

NAMI Representatives Present ReConnect Program to Montgomery County Board of Supervisors
(Red Oak) Representatives from NAMI appeared before the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors this morning. NAMI is an acronym for the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Anna Killpatrick, Executive...
Tom Robinson Oct 07, 2025

Polk County Woman Arrested on 2 Cass County Warrants
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested a Des Moines, Iowa, woman on two Cass County bench warrants. Montgomery County Deputies arrested 36-year-old Alysha Anne Buell on Monday morni...
Tom Robinson Oct 07, 2025







