Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

One Killed, Three Injured in Clayton County Crash
(Clayton Co) One person was killed and three others were injured in a crash Monday evening in Clayton County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the accident happened when 62-year-old Ricky Thurn of ...
Mandy Billings Aug 12, 2025

Vision Atlantic Weekly Series: Why We Live in Atlantic
(Atlantic) KSOM/KS95 News continues its weekly spotlight on the Vision Atlantic initiative - an $84 million project that will bring 142 new housing units, expand the YMCA, and build a 300-capacity chi...
Mandy Billings Aug 12, 2025

Bicyclist Killed In Weekend Storms During Annual Rooster Tail Ride In Southwest Iowa
(Shenandoah, IA) -- A bicyclist was killed in weekend storms on the Rooster Tail Ride in Southwest Iowa. Shenandoah Police say a shed was blown onto a tent, killing Brian Seago of Kansas City. The ann...
Mandy Billings Aug 12, 2025

Atlantic School Board Advances Facilities Plan, Votes on GO Bond and Sales Tax Bond
(Atlantic)The Atlantic School Board held a special meeting Monday evening and took action on the General Obligation Bond and Sales Tax Bond projects. The board received an overview of the facilities p...
Mandy Billings Aug 11, 2025

Mills County Arrest Report
(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports six arrests over the last week. Douglas Gerald Smetter, 50, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was arrested on August 4th for Disorderly Conduct. Jason Alvin Kr...
Mandy Billings Aug 11, 2025

Audubon County Bridge on 170th Now Open
(Audubon County, IA) -- The bridge on 170th from Avocet Place to Bluebird Ave is now open to traffic. The bridge had been under construction since July 29
Chris Varney Aug 11, 2025
Omaha Man Sentenced to Federal Prison on Drug and Firearm Charges
(Council Bluffs) An Omaha man has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. On Au...
Mandy Billings Aug 11, 2025

Annual Iowa Governor's Charity Steer Show Raises $569,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities
(Des Moines) The 43rd annual Iowa Governor's Charity Steer Show raised $569,000 for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Iowa during the Iowa State Fair, bringing the event's lifetime total to more ...
Mandy Billings Aug 11, 2025

Adair County Arrest Report
(Adair Co) The Greenfield Police Department arrested 22-year-old Colin Dean Haynes, of Auburn, Nebraska, on August 3rd for Theft 2nd Degree. The vehicle Haynes was driving was confirmed stolen out of ...
Mandy Billings Aug 11, 2025

Creston Police Report
(Creston) The Creston Police Department reports five arrests and one citation. On Friday, August 8, at 10:56 a.m., officers arrested Chad Sterling Cozad, 35, at 302 N. Pine Street on an outstanding wa...
Mandy Billings Aug 11, 2025







