Category Archives: Local News
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Montgomery County Man Arrested for Assault
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested a man early Friday morning in the 400 block of E. Prospect Street. The man identified as 51-year-old Robert Eugene Kelly of Red Oak, is charged with As...
Tom Robinson Dec 27, 2024
Parents Of Abandoned Baby Charged
(Denver, Colorado) The biological parents of a one-month-old boy found abandoned in a road median in Denver on Christmas morning are under arrest. Sergeant Adam Sherman with the Adams County Sheriff's...
Tom Robinson Dec 26, 2024
Strong As Steele Foundation: Giving Back to the communities and individuals that supported Steele
(Atlantic) In October 2020, Steele McLaren's life changed forever when he suffered a severe traumatic brain injury in a devastating accident. Thanks to an outpouring of support from individuals and bu...
Mandy Billings Dec 26, 2024
Iowa's Third Safe Haven Baby Box Coming Soon To Norwalk
(Des Moines, IA) -- The state of Iowa is expanding its Safe Haven Program with a third baby box. The Norwalk Fire Department is in the process of ordering the baby box and deciding where they want to ...
Mandy Billings Dec 26, 2024
Triple A Expects Heavy Travel Numbers This Holiday Week
(Midwest) -- The roads will continue to be busy across the Midwest between now and New Year's. Brian Ortner with Triple-A says nine-point-one-million people are expected to travel 50 miles or more for...
Mandy Billings Dec 26, 2024
U.S. Whooping Cough Cases Are At Highest Level Since 2014
(Atlanta) Whooping cough cases in the U.S. are at the highest level seen in a decade. Cases have been skyrocketing for months with the CDC warning there's no sign of a slowdown. The federal health age...
Tom Robinson Dec 26, 2024
County attorney's former paralegal wins jobless benefits after arrest on gun charge
(Adair Co) A paralegal who was fired from the Adair County Attorney's Office after her arrest on a felony gun charge is entitled to unemployment benefits, an administrative law judge has ruled. State ...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Dec 26, 2024
106 Mile An Hour Speeder On Christmas Eve in Iowa Has An Icy Excuse
(Black Hawk County, IA) -- Why drive 106 miles an hour in a 65 zone on Christmas Eve? The Iowa State Patrol pulled over a driver in a Ford Explorer on Highway 20 in Black Hawk County for going 40 over...
Mandy Billings Dec 26, 2024
Creston Police Report 2 Arrests
(Creston) A Creston woman faces assault charges. Police arrested 43-year-old Candy Lee Jones on Tuesday at her residence. Officers cited and released Jones on a Promise to Appear. In a separate incide...
Tom Robinson Dec 26, 2024
Work release escape of D'Iona Asia Marie Wilson-Bass
(Waterloo, Iowa) D'Iona Asia Marie Wilson-Bass, convicted of Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon in Black Hawk County, failed to report back to the Waterloo Women's Center for Change as required yest...
Tom Robinson Dec 26, 2024