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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

Prison Inmate Timothy Smith, Convicted in Cass County, Dies at Iowa Medical Center
(Coralville) The Iowa Department of Corrections has announced the death of inmate Timothy Duane Smith. Smith, 59, was pronounced dead at 8:17 a.m. on September 9, 2025, in the palliative care unit of ...
Mandy Billings Sep 15, 2025

Adair County Arrest Report
(Adair Co.) Four arrests were reported in Adair County last week. Clayton Carl Albrecht, 34, of Truro, was arrested following an accident at the 85 mile marker of I-80 eastbound on September 8th invol...
Mandy Billings Sep 15, 2025

Nationwide, Year-Round E15 Would Be a 'Win-Win'
(NAFB) The push is on to get year-round E15 available across the nation. Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith says it would be a win-win. "We've had presidents from both parties offer the waiver. That's ...
Tom Robinson Sep 15, 2025
Two Iowa Counties May Soon Be At The Center Of A Supreme Court Case Over Local Control
(Ames, IA) -- Two counties in Iowa are preparing a case for the U.S. Supreme Court that they say could take away local control for other counties and states. Linda Murkin is the Story County Superviso...
Mandy Billings Sep 15, 2025







