Category Archives: Local News
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Updates on the Vision Atlantic Initiative
(Atlantic) KSOM/KS95 News continues our series on the Vision Atlantic initiative. This transformative $84 million project includes 142 new housing units, an expansion of the YMCA, and the development ...
Tom Robinson Sep 25, 2025

Atlantic City Council Passes First Reading Amending Chapter on Electric Scooter Ordinance
(Atlantic) - On Wednesday, the Atlantic City Council approved the first reading of Ordinance No. 1063, which would amend the city's code by adding a new chapter regulating the use of electric scooters...
Tom Robinson Sep 24, 2025

Atlantic City Council Appoints Jeremy Butler to Interim At-Large Term
(Atlantic) On Wednesday, the Atlantic City Council unanimously voted to appoint Mr. Jeremy Butler to the vacant at-large city council seat. This vacancy arose when longtime councilman Gerald Brink res...
Tom Robinson Sep 24, 2025

Fatal Accident in Cass County
(Cass Co.) One person was killed in a two vehicle accident in Cass County late Tuesday evening. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 11:39 p.m. A 2008 Chevy Cobalt was traveling northbo...
Mandy Billings Sep 24, 2025

Southwest District Career Development Day
(Atlantic) FFA members from across Southwest Iowa gathered at the Cass County Fairgrounds on Wednesday, September 17th, to build leadership and critical thinking through hands-on experiences at the fi...
Tom Robinson Sep 24, 2025

Audubon County City and School Election Candidates
(Audubon Co.) The following candidates filed papers for the November 4th City and School elections. City of Audubon Mayor (vacancy term ending 2027)-(vote for no more than one) Palle Lansman City Coun...
Mandy Billings Sep 24, 2025

Resident in Guthrie County Interested in Buying Some County Owned Land
(Guthrie Center, IA) -- At Tuesday's supervisor's meeting, Ron Woods came before the board with the intention of buying nine acres of land that belongs to the county on the County Farm. Woods is from ...
Chris Varney Sep 24, 2025

Cass County Community Foundation Grants $40,318 to Vision Atlantic
(Atlantic) The Cass County Community Foundation have granted a total of $40,318 to Vision Atlantic over the course of three different grant cycles. These funds have been instrumental in moving the nee...
Mandy Billings Sep 24, 2025

Atlantic CSD to Host Series of Town Hall Meetings
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Community School District has scheduled a series of town hall meetings to provide residents with information about the district's facility needs and the three measures on the N...
Tom Robinson Sep 24, 2025

Montgomery County Man Faces Assault Charges
(Red Oak) A Montgomery County man is in jail on assault charges. Red Oak Police arrested 49-year-old Michael Lafollette, of Red Oak in the 100 block of E. Prospect Street late Tuesday night for domest...
Tom Robinson Sep 24, 2025







