Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Adair County Supervisors Approve Engineer Sharing Agreement
(Adair Co.) The Adair County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday approved an Engineer sharing agreement with Adams County. Engineer Nick Kauffman presented the board with the draft 28E agreement. Superv...
Mandy Billings Sep 11, 2025

Rep. Zach Nunn Honors 9/11 Victims, Supports First Responders and Service Members
(Washington, D.C.) Representative Zach Nunn, of Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, is honoring the victims of the 9/11 attacks. On September 11, 2001, the United States was struck by the deadliest ter...
Mandy Billings Sep 11, 2025

Vision Atlantic Series Installment: One Donation Option is Giving the Gift of Grain
(Atlantic) KSOM/KS95 News continues our series of stories with the Vision Atlantic initiative. This $84 million transformative project includes 142 new housing units, an expansion of the YMCA, and a n...
Tom Robinson Sep 11, 2025

Atlantic School Board Hears Petition on Sales Tax Bonds, Approves Policies and Projects
(Atlantic) During the public comment section of Wednesday's Atlantic School Board Meeting, Justin Williams addressed a petition he filed in regards to the issuance of sales tax bonds to fund the const...
Mandy Billings Sep 10, 2025

Best Practice for Interested City/School Election Candidates
(Cass Co.) Cass County Auditor Kathy Somers reminds residents interested in running for office in the November 4, 2025 City/School election that the best practice to obtain nomination paperwork is dir...
Mandy Billings Sep 10, 2025

Wilcoxon Updates Supervisors on Minden's Tornado Recovery and Rebuilding Efforts
(Minden) Bethany Wilcoxon, Senior Advisor with McClure, provided an update on recovery efforts in Minden to the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning. Minden was hit by an EF3 Torn...
Mandy Billings Sep 10, 2025

Atlantic Police Report
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department reports the following arrests between August 3rd and September 9th. 8/3/25 GR Riosen, 19, for Violation of a No Contact Order 8/4/25 Tesha Stevens, 32, of Atl...
Mandy Billings Sep 10, 2025

Glenwood Man Arrested on Drug and OWI Charges
(Glenwood) The Glenwood Police Department arrested 18-year-old John Leroy Friday Adams, of Malvern, on September 9th for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana) 1st and OWI 1st Offense. Bond ...
Mandy Billings Sep 10, 2025

Greenfield Eyes New Pool with Bond Referendum, Seeks County Support
(Greenfield) The Greenfield City Council voted in favor of putting a bond referendum on the November 4th election ballot for a new pool. Renee Schwartz, with the Greenfield Pool Steering Committee, to...
Mandy Billings Sep 10, 2025

Jacque Wickey Inducted into Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame
(Des Moines) Jacque Wickey was inducted into the 2025 Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the 4-H Exhibits Building at the Iowa State Fair on Sunday, August 17. Ninety-two Iowa counties partici...
Tom Robinson Sep 10, 2025







