Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

SWITA Honors Top Drivers at Annual Awards and Spring Meeting
(Atlantic) Southwest Iowa Transit Agency (SWITA) hosted their Spring Driver Meeting and Awards on Saturday, April 26th at the Atlantic Golf and Country Club. Staff and drivers enjoyed a day of profess...
Mandy Billings May 06, 2025

Mills County Arrest Report
(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports four arrests. Cody Clark Gorham, 35, of Glenwood, was arrested on April 29th for Domestic Assault Causing Bodily Injury. Bond was set at $1,000. Ta...
Mandy Billings May 05, 2025

Emmy Benton, RN, BSN Receives The DAISY Award
(Atlantic) Cass Health is thrilled to announce Emmy Benton, RN, BSN is the newest recipient of The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of The DAISY Foundation's mission to recogniz...
Mandy Billings May 05, 2025

Drug Investigation Results in Search Warrant and Two Arrests
(Clarinda) Two people were arrested Friday evening after Clarinda Police uncovered a drug distribution operation during a search at 515 South 10th Street. The Clarinda Police Department says officers ...
Mandy Billings May 05, 2025

A West Des Moines Resident Is Succeeding Warren Buffett
(Omaha, NE) -- A West Des Moines resident has been appointed to succeed Warren Buffett in 2026. The Board of Directors for Berkshire Hathaway unanimously approved Greg Abel to become the company's Pre...
Mandy Billings May 05, 2025

Fontanelle Man Arrested for Invasion of Privacy
(Adair Co) The Adair County Sheriff's Office arrested 29-year-old Joshua Michael Irlmeier of Fontanelle on April 27th for Invasion of Privacy, Child Endangerment, and Trespassing with a Camera/Electro...
Mandy Billings May 05, 2025

Two Arrests Reported in Creston
(Creston) The Creston Police Department reported two arrests. On Friday, at approximately 4:34 p.m., officers arrested 38-year-old Thomas James Blobaum on a Union County warrant for Failure to Appear ...
Mandy Billings May 05, 2025

Could black bears call Iowa home again?
(Iowa) Several black bears spent the winter tucked into dens in northeastern Iowa, which wildlife experts say is a "step up the ladder" toward an established breeding population of bears in the state....
Iowa Capital Dispatch May 05, 2025

Montgomery County Arrest Report
(Montgomery Co) Two juveniles were cited following a fire in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office says Deputies responded to a report of a structure fire in Elliott on Friday. Upo...
Mandy Billings May 05, 2025

I29 Crash in Fremont County Claims the Life of a Pedestrian
(Hamburg) A pedestrian was killed early Saturday morning after being hit by a semi-truck in Fremont County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the incident occurred on northbound Interstate 29 near t...
Tom Robinson May 04, 2025







