Category Archives: Local News

(Anita) The Cass County Master Gardeners are inviting the public to a Garden Walk this Sunday, June 22, featuring three unique private gardens in and around Anita and rural Atlantic. From 2 to 6 p.m.,...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Library is closed today (Saturday, June 21), due to an AC issue. Since they are unable to cool the whole building, the library has decided to not open until the repair can be c...

(Atlantic) Cass Health is excited to announce that construction will soon be underway for a new Eye Associates clinic. Jensen Builders Ltd. was officially awarded the construction bid for the new buil...

(Perry) The Iowa Economic Development Authority board announced Friday it had approved $12 million in tax benefits for a JBS Foods sausage production facility planned for Perry. The IEDA approved the ...

(Lewis) John Lorenzen, a fisheries biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says nearly 8,000 wipers are going into Lake Manawa in Council Bluffs. He says the surplus, if available, wi...

(Atlantic) Dave Sturm of the engineering firm Snyder and Associates appeared at Wednesday's City Council meeting, discussing the many construction projects scheduled to begin in earnest next month. St...

(Shelby Co) The Shelby County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution in support of Grandma B's Dream Playground, a proposed inclusive play space designed to serve children of ...

(Creston) A Creston man is in custody for violating his probation. Creston Police arrested 34-year-old Alex Richard Cunningham of Creston at 801 W. Townline on Thursday evening. Cunningham is jailed o...

(Red Oak) Two men face theft charges in Red Oak. Police arrested 54-year-old Clinton England and 44-year-old Luke Daniel Rinehart on Thursday in the 300 block of 2nd Avenue. Clinton England is charged...

(Des Moines) Triple-digit heat indexes are expected in southwest and west central Iowa over the next several days. Tammy Bireline, a nurse practitioner at the Cass Health Emergency Department, emphasi...