Category Archives: Local News

(Creston) A Creston man faces drug possession charges. Creston Police arrested 21-year-old Jayden Ronald Vernon Peavler, of Creston, in the 600 block of Highway 34, early this morning for possession o...

(Clarke County) One person died, and a juvenile passenger suffered injuries in a UTV accident in Clarke County. The Iowa State Patrol reports that the accident occurred on Sunday at approximately 8:30...

(Undated) A second measles outbreak has been reported in Michigan. Utah has seven measles cases, and health workers in New Mexico are trying to quickly contain an outbreak in a county jail. The Center...

(Red Oak) A Stanton man is in custody stemming from an ongoing investigation into the sexual Exploitation of a minor. On June 29, at around 4:40 p.m., 42-year-old Kiel Lee Franzen of Stanton was arres...

(Des Moines) Iowans are seeing a slight break at the pump this week. According to AAA, the average price for regular unleaded gasoline in Iowa dropped three cents to $3.03 per gallon, 28 cents lower t...

(Fayette County) A 76-year-old bicyclist from West Union was killed Sunday morning after being struck by a minivan in Fayette County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the crash occurred around 10:1...

(Bondurant) The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a child in Bondurant. Polk County Communications received a report of an unresponsive three-year-old boy in the 3400 block of...

(New York, NY) -- The cost of a Fourth of July barbecue is going up. A new report from the Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute says food and beverages for a typical Fourth of July barbecue for ten people ...

(Stanford, CA) -- Researchers at Stanford University have some good news and some bad news about heart disease in the U.S. The good news is deaths from heart attacks have dropped nearly 90 percent ove...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by Touchdown Beer and Grill on Thursday, June 26th. The Ambassadors were excited to be a part of the ribbon cutting for a restaurant that h...