Category Archives: Local News
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Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police report one arrest on Wednesday. Officers arrested 41-year-old Troy Richard Davis of Creston at Pine and Mills Streets for Violation of a No Contact Protective Order. Police tr...
Tom Robinson Aug 28, 2025

Updated: Fire At Clearfield Farm Kills An Estimated 110,000 Chickens
(Clearfield, IA) -- Officials are investigating a massive fire at a Clearfield farm that killed over 100-thousand of chickens. The fire broke out at Daybreak Foods on Tuesday and spread to multiple bu...
Tom Robinson Aug 28, 2025

Vision Atlantic Series: Housing and Fundraising Update
(Atlantic) Housing construction is set to begin soon at Camblin Hills, and fundraising continues for the Nishan Valley Family YMCA expansion project and the 300-capacity childcare development center. ...
Tom Robinson Aug 28, 2025

Atlantic School Board Approves Resolution Supporting Issuance of $18.5 Million Revenue Bonds
(Atlantic) The Atlantic School Board approved a resolution supporting the proposed issuance of approximately $18.5 million in School Infrastructure Sales, Services and Use Tax Revenue Bonds. The bonds...
Mandy Billings Aug 27, 2025

Gov. Reynolds orders flags at half-staff as the nation mourns the church, school shooting in Minneapolis
(Des Moines) Today, Governor Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff immediately until sunset on August 31, 2025, to remember the victims of the Annunciation Catholic Church...
Mandy Billings Aug 27, 2025

Important Notice Regarding Voter Registration Letters in Shelby County
(Shelby Co.) The Shelby County Auditor's Office has been informed of a recent letter sent by The Center For Voter Information to some residents, suggesting that the recipient may not be registered to ...
Mandy Billings Aug 27, 2025

MidAmerican Energy Updates Adair County Supervisors on Wind Farm Projects
(Adair Co) John Hugg and Mike Griglione, of MidAmerican Energy, provided project updates to the Adair County Board of Supervisors this (Wednesday) morning. One of those projects is the replacement win...
Mandy Billings Aug 27, 2025

Harvest Underway at Milk Unlimited as Dairy Nears Record Year
https://youtu.be/VF3Buddr2-I (Atlantic) Harvest operations got underway on Monday afternoon (Aug. 25) at Milk Unlimited, located south of Atlantic. Managing Partner Kelly Cunningham says corn silage y...
Tom Robinson Aug 27, 2025

Red Oak Police Charge Man with False ID to Law Enforcement, and Illegal Use of Weapons
(Red Oak) On Monday, the Red Oak Police Department arrested a 55-year-old man identifying himself as Phillip Page of Texas. At that time, he was charged with Public Intoxication and a Weapons Violatio...
Tom Robinson Aug 27, 2025

Catelin Drey Named Unofficial Winner Of IA Senate District 1 Election
(Sioux City, IA) -- Unofficial results show that Catelin Drey has won the Iowa Senate District One special election. Drey unofficially defeated Republican Christopher Prosch by winning seven of the 13...
Tom Robinson Aug 27, 2025







