Category Archives: Local News
Update: Atlantic Fire Department Called To House Fire on 6th Street
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Fire Department was called to a house fire at 601 E. 6th Street at 4:59 p.m. Friday. Atlantic Fire Chief Tom Cappel said upon arriving to the scene they had a working house fir...
Nov 01, 2024
Fatal Head-On Collision in Ames
(Ames) One person died and another was injured following a head-on collision in Ames Thursday evening. The Iowa State Patrol says 67-year-old John Husted Berg, of Ames, was driving a 2003 Buick Rendez...
Nov 01, 2024
Former Bookkeeper Sentenced to Federal Prison; Toledo Woman Stole over $450,000 from Family Owned Business
(Toledo) A woman who stole over $450,000 from a family-owned business was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison. Leann Marie Rouse, age 51, from Toledo, received the prison term after a M...
Nov 01, 2024
Ernst Staff to Host Traveling Office Hours in All 99 Counties
(Red Oak) U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced today that her office will hold traveling office hours in every county throughout the state during November and December. Senator Ernst's office re...
Nov 01, 2024
Reminder: "Elect A Scrooge" Annual Contest Begins Today
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Area Chamber's Annual Scrooge Contest is back for November, continuing a tradition that began in 2002 when Eleanor Hoover founded the event. Since Hoover's passing, Jackie Samp...
Nov 01, 2024
Man Gets Less Than a Year For Assaulting Former U.S. Senator In Council Bluffs
(Council Bluffs) The man convicted of assaulting a former U.S. Arizona Senator in Council Bluffs is set to spend 360 days in jail. Martha McSally says she was running along the Missouri River when a m...
Nov 01, 2024
ACLU Challenges the List of Potential Non-Citizen Voting
(Des Moines) The A-C-L-U of Iowa asks a federal judge to block a list the Iowa Secretary of State obtained. The list is of more than two thousand potential non-citizens who have either voted or are re...
Nov 01, 2024
Iowa election security brought into full view
(Johnston, IA) -- The Iowa election security center at Camp Dodge will be up and running this coming Tuesday. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate, at his annual press conference on election security at ...
Oct 31, 2024
Pottawattamie County Supervisors Approve Resolution Supporting Operation Green Light for Veterans
(Pottawattamie Co) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution supporting Operation Green Light for Veterans. The resolution, in part, states, "The contributions and sacrifices...
Oct 31, 2024
Updated Notice: Area Burn Bans that have been Lifted
(Area) At the request of all Fire Chiefs, the Open Burn Ban for Montgomery County has been lifted effective immediately. -The Burn Ban is Shelby County has also been lifted
Oct 31, 2024
