Category Archives: Local News
Woodbine Receives Main Street Iowa Challenge Grant
(Des Moines) The Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded $930,808 in Main Street Iowa Challenge Grants to ten communities around the state. The grants help redevelop or rehabilitate underused buil...
Nov 06, 2024
Updated: Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce to Host 8th Annual Discount AtlantiCash Event on November 30th
The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce says due to unforeseen circumstances with shipping of the AtlantiCash, they have moved the event to Saturday, November 30th. (Atlantic) Get a kick start on your h...
Nov 06, 2024
Iowa Western Community College Proposed $55 Million Bond Measure for Campus Improvements Fails
(Council Bluffs) A significant public measure on the ballot for residents of the counties served by Iowa Western Community College (IWCC) turned down the community colleges' Public Measure SB by a nar...
Nov 06, 2024
Donald Trump Set for White House Return
(Washington, DC) Donald Trump is the projected winner of the 2024 presidential election. The former President, now President-elect, defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in an election down to the swi...
Nov 06, 2024
Pettinger Regains Cass County Supervisor District #5 Seat
(Atlantic) Incumbent Cass County Supervisor Bernard Pettinger defeated Democratic challenger Phyllis Stakey for the District #5 Board of Supervisor seat. Pettinger garnered 838 votes to Stakey's 538. ...
Nov 06, 2024
CAM School Bond Issue Fails
(Anita) The CAM Community School District's bond issue failed 874 no votes To 697 yes. The measure needed a 60-percent super majority to pass. The measure would have authorized the district to contrac...
Nov 06, 2024
Cass County Voters Say "YES" To EMS
(Atlantic) Cass County voters overwhelmingly vote "Yes 'for EMS 4,883 yes, to 1506, no. In 2021, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 615, allowing counties to designate emergency medical ser...
Nov 06, 2024
Nunn Earns Second Term in 3rd Congressional District Race
(Des Moines) Republican Zach Nunn has won a second term representing Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, defeating Democratic challenger Lanon Baccam. During a visit to a small business in Atlantic, Io...
Nov 06, 2024
Feenstra Wins Third Term in Iowa's 4th Congressional District
(Des Moines) The Associated Press has projected that U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra will easily win reelection in Iowa's 4th Congressional District, defeating repeat challenger Ryan Melton for the historica...
Nov 05, 2024
Griswold Incumbent Republican Iowa House Representative Tom Moore Regains Seat
(Griswold) Incumbent Iowa House District #18 Representative Tom Moore earned his sixth term in the Iowa Legislature. The Griswold Republican defeated Democratic challenger and Villisca City Councilman...
Nov 05, 2024
