Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Iowa Gas Prices Inch Up
(Des Moines) Iowa drivers are seeing a modest uptick at the pump this week even as crude-oil prices drift lower on global markets, according to the latest Weekly Fuel Report. AAA reports that the stat...
Mandy Billings Jun 01, 2025

Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Welcome SRO Officer Sandy
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors hosted Police Chief Devin Hogue and Officer Ben Sandy on Thursday, May 29th at the Rock Island Depot. The Ambassadors were on hand to welcome Officer S...
Mandy Billings Jun 01, 2025

7th Annual Youth Fishing Derby
(Lewis) The Cass County Conservation Board is holding a youth fishing derby at Cold Springs Park on June 14th. The event is open to the first 50 youths aged 15 and under to register for the event. Che...
Mandy Billings Jun 01, 2025

Update: Nishna Valley YMCA pool closed until June 9
(Atlantic) Due to broken glass goggles, the Nishna Valley YMCA pool will be closed until June 9th. The pool will have to be drained, cleaned, refilled, and heated. While the pool is shutdown, YMCA mem...
Mandy Billings May 31, 2025

Boone County Crash Claims One Life
(Boone County) One person died in a two-vehicle crash in Boone, Iowa County. The Iowa State Patrol reports that the accident occurred on Thursday at approximately 8:24 a.m. on Highway 30 and Montana A...
Tom Robinson May 31, 2025

10-Year Burnout High for U.S. Workers
(Undated) -- Burnout among workers is at a ten-year high. The World Health Organization describes burnout as a "syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been suc...
Mandy Billings May 31, 2025

'Well, we all are going to die': U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst defends Medicaid cuts at heated town hall
PARKERSBURG - At a sometime raucous town hall meeting Friday morning, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst faced vocal opposition on her support for spending cuts to programs such as Medicaid and SNAP. Like many othe...
Iowa Capital Dispatch May 30, 2025

Glenwood Man Arrested on Drug and Child Endangerment Charges
(Glenwood) The Glenwood Police Department arrested 40-year-old Marcus Munhall, of Glenwood, on May 29th for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and two counts of Ch...
Mandy Billings May 30, 2025

Iowa DCI Investigating Officer-Involved Shooting in Elma
(Elma, Iowa) On May 28, 2025, at approximately 3:38 p.m., the Howard County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from Mark Michael Zweibohmer, 49, requesting a welfare check at his residence located i...
Tom Robinson May 30, 2025

Creston Police Department Releases Arrest Report
(Creston) Creston Police report six arrests over the past couple of days. Police arrested four people on Thursday. *Police arrested 40-year-old Kevin Wayne Rauch of Creston at 302 N. Pine Street on tw...
Tom Robinson May 30, 2025







