Category Archives: Local News
Council Bluffs Police Investigating Truck vs School Bus Accident
(Council Bluffs) The Council Bluffs Police Department Traffic Unit is investigating a personal injury accident that occurred Friday afternoon. Dispatch advised officers of a collision near the interse...
Apr 05, 2025
Five Candidates Enter Race for Lewis Mayor Ahead of Special Election on April 29
(Lewis) Friday was the deadline to file papers for the City of Lewis Special Election for the position of Mayor. Candidates who filed papers include Christopher Jahnke, Anthony L. Sorbello, Jeffrey Wi...
Apr 05, 2025
Annual Spring Wildlife Spotlight Surveys Begin in Iowa
(Lewis) The annual spring wildlife spotlight surveys are underway. John Lorenzen, a Fisheries Biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, appears on the KSOM DNR report, saying the survey...
Apr 05, 2025
Bills up for consideration in 2025 narrow as Iowa lawmakers hit second funnel deadline
(Des Moines) As the Iowa Legislature advanced past the second major deadline of the 2025 session, conversations on pipelines, Medicaid work requirements and new higher education requirements are conti...
Apr 05, 2025
Red Oak Man Arrested for Harassment
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 31 year old Joshua Michael Lowe in the 300 block of E. Valley Street on Friday on the charge of Harassment 1st Degree. Lowe was transported to the Mont...
Apr 05, 2025
Cass Health Board of Trustees Reduces Tax Levy
(Atlantic) On March 19, 2025, the Cass Health Board of Trustees voted unanimously to reduce the hospital's tax levy by $0.75, setting a new rate of $1.40 per $1,000 of taxable property valuation, down...
Apr 04, 2025
Investigation Clears Former Page County Supervisor of Wrongdoing in Courthouse Entry During Special Election
(Page Co) The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has released the results of an investigation into circumstances surrounding Jacob Holmes, a former Page County Supervisor, and his three c...
Apr 04, 2025
Professor Ernie Goss Discusses How Tariffs Will Impact American Consumers
(Iowa) President Donald Trump announced a minimum 10% tariff on imports from over 100 countries, but the economic impact of these tariffs remains uncertain. "The R word is important, will there be ret...
Apr 04, 2025
Cappel's Ace Hardware Donates $25,000 to Vision Atlantic
(Atlantic) Cappel's Ace Hardware has donated $25,000 to Vision Atlantic's transformative project, which will bring a housing development, new childcare center, and YMCA expansion to Atlantic. "The Cap...
Apr 04, 2025
Creston Police Report: Three People Arrested on Drug Charges
(Creston) Creston Police arrested three people in separate incidents. *Police arrested 52-year-old Rusty Ray Turner, of Creston, early this morning for OWI, 1st Offense, Possession of Drug Paraphernal...
Apr 04, 2025
