Category Archives: Local News

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors gathered on Thursday, September 4th, 2025 to celebrate a ribbon cutting with South O Roofing at their new location. The Ambassadors congrat...

(Lewis) The 2025 Teal season opened on Saturday, (September 6), and closes on September 14th. John Lorenzen, Fisheries Biologist, appeared on the KSOM DNR report stating the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser...

(Washington, DC) -- The number of Americans filing first-time requests for unemployment benefits is up. The Labor Department says it received 237-thousand initial claims in the week ending August 30th...

(Des Moines) Iowa drivers are seeing a bit more relief at the pump this week. According to AAA, the average price of regular unleaded gasoline in the state fell 4 cents to $2.84 per gallon. That's 25 ...

(Washington, DC) -- Mortgage rates dropped to their lowest level in more than a year on Friday. The average on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to six-point-29 percent following the release of a weaker-t...

(Wright County) One person died and another suffered injuries in a UTV crash in Wright County. The Iowa State Patrol reports that the accident occurred early Saturday morning along the Boone River, ne...

On Friday, September 5 at 7:46 pm, officers of the Red Oak Police Department arrested Courtney Redd on a charge of Domestic Abuse Serious Assault in the 200 block of E. Oak St. Redd was transported to...

(Cass Co.) The Cass County Sheriff's Office reports three arrests. Samantha Jo Christensen, 36, of Atlantic, was arrested on August 30th for driving with a revoked license. Christensen was transported...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Community School District has launched a new website to keep the community informed about the upcoming bond referendum on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. The site, available at www....

(Lewis) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported a 43-percent increase in pheasant numbers earlier this week. The southwest and west-central regions of Iowa also saw improvements, according t...