Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Cass Health Hosts Car Seats and Cool Rides Event for Families
(Atlantic) Cass Health is excited to announce a special community event, "Car Seats and Cool Rides," on Saturday, September 27, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Cass Health Employee Parking Lot (Lot D). Pa...
Mandy Billings Sep 04, 2025

Update: Hancock Man Arrested in Shelby County Illegal Tire Dumping Case
(Shelby Co.) A Hancock man has been arrested in connection with a months-long investigation into illegal tire dumping in Shelby County. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office says Wesley Fischer was taken...
Mandy Billings Sep 04, 2025

Montgomery County Sheriff's Report
(Montgomery Co.) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office reports two arrests. Alcides Armando Gutierrez-Telule, 36, of Omaha, Nebraska, was arrested Thursday morning for speeding 80 in a 55 mph zone an...
Mandy Billings Sep 04, 2025

Water Summary Update: Iowa remains drought-free during August
(Des Moines) Iowa remains drought-free despite a drier-than-normal August, according to the latest Water Summary Update from the Department of Natural Resources. Statewide precipitation for August tot...
Mandy Billings Sep 04, 2025

Leadership Iowa 2025-26 Participants & Community Hosts Announced
(Des Moines) Forty leaders from across the state have been selected to participate in the 2025-26 Leadership Iowa program, the Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) Foundation announced this...
Mandy Billings Sep 04, 2025

Remembrance Day Ceremony to be Held at Atlantic City Park on September 11
(Atlantic) The American Legion Post #43 is hosting a Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Atlantic City Park on September 11 at 9:00 a.m. Leonard Kinney, American Legion Commander, says the program will ho...
Tom Robinson Sep 04, 2025

Vision Atlantic President Christina Bateman Outlines the Three Funding Buckets for the Project
(Atlantic) KSOM/KS95 News continues its series on the Vision Atlantic Initiative, an $84 million project aimed at reshaping the community with 142 new housing units, an expanded YMCA, and a new childc...
Tom Robinson Sep 04, 2025

Atlantic City Council Reviews Process for Filling Vacant At-Large Seat
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council discussed and came to a consensus to fill the vacant at-large seat following the honorable resignation of longtime city councilman Gerald Brink. Atlantic Mayor Gra...
Tom Robinson Sep 03, 2025

Riverton Wildlife Area wetland pumping delayed due to FEMA repairs
(Riverton) Significant portions of the pumped wetland at the Riverton Wildlife Management Area, near Riverton, are currently dry until a Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA)-led project ...
Mandy Billings Sep 03, 2025

Cass Health Upgrading MRI Technology
(Atlantic) Beginning today (Wednesday, September 3), Cass Health is upgrading its in-house MRI machine. The upgrade is expected to take approximately five weeks to complete. A mobile MRI unit will be ...
Mandy Billings Sep 03, 2025







