Category Archives: Local News

(Perry) A company is negotiating to purchase the Tyson Foods pork plant in Perry. The plant closed on June 28, resulting in over a thousand job losses. Perry Mayor Kirk Cavanaugh revealed the discussi...

(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Office announced the successful completion of public testing for voting equipment before the upcoming general election on November...

(Area) Seven counties in west central and southwest Iowa are under a Fire Weather Watch Tuesday morning through Tuesday evening. A Fire Weather Watch means critical fire weather conditions are forecas...

(Des Moines) Libertarian Marco Battaglia runs a write-in campaign for Iowa's 3rd Congressional District. This comes after being removed from the ballot due to a Republican challenge. His primary focus...

(Red Oak) Montgomery County Auditor Jill Ozuna reminds voters that the absentee ballot requests and pre-register deadline has passed. However, you can still register on Election Day or if you decide t...

(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested three people in separate incidents over the weekend. At around 3:30 a.m. today, Officer arrested 50-year-old Shannon Ray Porter of Red Oak for one count of Trespassin...

(NAFB) U.S. farmers remain hopeful the push for renewable diesel will open a large market for the vegetable oil pressed from soybeans. However, imported used cooking oil, particularly from China, has ...

(Lewis) On Saturday morning, John Lorenzen, a Fisheries Biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, presented a fish sampling update on his weekly show on KSOM. Lorenzen says a recent sam...

(Des Moines) According to AAA, the price of regular unleaded gasoline fell five cents, averaging $2.96 across Iowa this week. This is 35 cents lower than one year ago. The national average on Wednesda...

(Clive) A Burlington woman made a decision that paid off. For $1, Anita Kent added the Power Play option to her Powerball ticket and won a $100,000 prize. Kent won Wednesday's Powerball drawing, match...