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Leonard M. Jessen Obituary
Leonard Melvin Jessen was born October 25, 1936, to Andrew and Elsie (Andersen) Jessen. He was a lifelong resident of the Anita area. He passed away on February 24, 2021, at the age of 84. He married ...
Feb 24, 2021
Gov. Kim Reynolds orders flags lowered to half-staff in honor of Lives Lost to Coronavirus in the United States
(Des Moines) Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff immediately until sunset Friday, February 26, 2021, in conjunction with President Joe Biden's proclamation honoring...
Feb 24, 2021
Lawyer hired by Democratic AG defends Iowa's GOP governor
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Iowa's Democratic attorney general has installed the Republican governor's lawyer into a high-level job in which he is defending his former bos...
Feb 24, 2021
Mills County Sheriff’s Report
(Glenwood) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports four arrests. Jessica Dawn Whetsel, 36, of Glenwood, was arrested February 17th on a warrant for Violation of Probation. Bond was set at $2,000. He...
Feb 24, 2021
Corning Man Sentenced to Prison for Receipt of Child Pornography
(Council Bluffs) A Corning man was sentenced to prison for Receipt of Child Pornography. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 54-year-old Lonnie Ray Schafroth was sentence...
Feb 24, 2021
Autopsy: Death at Iowa State caused by alcohol, hypothermia
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Police in Ames say an autopsy shows the death last month of a 21-year-old woman outside an Iowa State University sorority house was caused by acute alcohol intoxication and hypotherm...
Feb 24, 2021
David Wendel Obituary
David Robert Wendel, the son of Robert and Margaret (Lindeburg) Wendel, was born June 21, 1945, in Greeley, CO. David died February 23, 2021, at the Taylor Hospice House in Des Moines, IA, at the age ...
Feb 24, 2021
Rep. Axne Congratulates Secretary Vilsack on Confirmation to Lead U.S. Department of Agriculture
(Washington D.C.) U.S. Congresswoman Cindy Axne, Representative of Iowa's 3rd District, issued the following statement on Tom Vilsack's confirmation as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture:...
Feb 24, 2021
Drive-through Mobile Food Pantry to be held in Atlantic March 3
(Atlantic) The Cass County Local Food Policy Council is hosting a mobile food pantry through the Food Bank for the Heartland on Wednesday, March 3, at the Cass County Community Center from 4:00 - 6:00...
Feb 24, 2021
Updated: Missing Juveniles Found
(Council Bluffs) The two missing juveniles have been found, according to the Council Bluffs Police Department. The Council Bluffs Police Department was asking for the public's assistance in locating t...
Feb 24, 2021
