Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Guthrie County Supervisors Trying to Resolve Fence Issues
(Guthrie Center, IA) -- The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors have an ongoing dispute with the Shelley Property in Penn Township over escaped livestock through a broken fence and there was some prog...
Chris Varney Jul 01, 2025

Cass County Supervisors Approve $250K Loan for Anita Housing Development
(Cass Co) The Cass County Board of Supervisors approved lending $250,000 to Anita Economic Development for their housing development project. Anita Economic Development is working to transform a prope...
Mandy Billings Jul 01, 2025

Creston Police report Three Arrests
(Creston) Creston Police report three arrests, including 53-year-old Julie Christine Valasek, of Creston, on Sunday at her residence for Domestic Abuse Assault - Causing Bodily Injury. Valasek was tra...
Tom Robinson Jul 01, 2025

New IA Hands-Free Driving Law Expected to Save Iowans $88M
(Des Moines) Iowa's new hands-free driving law is expected to save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. State officials say the costs of automobile accidents significantly impact local and emergency...
Tom Robinson Jul 01, 2025

Pottawattamie Supervisors Deny Grievance Filed by County Engineer
(Pottawattamie Co) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors voted 3 to 2 to deny the grievance filed by John Rasmussen. The Supervisors had to hold another special meeting today as they did not f...
Mandy Billings Jun 30, 2025

Atlantic CSD Prepares for Potential November Bond Referendum
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Community School District will gather additional feedback from residents as part of its efforts to address facility needs identified in its Facilities Master Plan. A new survey...
Mandy Billings Jun 30, 2025

Mills County Arrest Report
(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports multiple arrests over the past week. Cristyan Gonzalez Cardon, 27, of Glenwood, was arrested on June 23rd for Domestic Assault - Bodily Injury and ...
Mandy Billings Jun 30, 2025

Union County Man Arrested on Drug Possession Charges
(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...
Tom Robinson Jun 30, 2025

Union County Man Dies in UTV Accident
(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...
Tom Robinson Jun 30, 2025

US Hits Over 1,200 Measles Cases
(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...
Tom Robinson Jun 30, 2025







