Category Archives: Local News

(Washington D.C.) The USDA suspended $500 million in funding for food banks across America. The agency said the previous administration "created unsustainable expectations for the Emergency Food Assis...

(Atlanta, GA) -- Men who avoid prostate cancer screening, especially those over fifty or with a family history of prostate cancer, face a 45-percent higher risk of dying from the disease. That's what ...

(Atlantic) Atlantic Parks & Recreation has large wooden Easter eggs available for the community to paint again this year. If you're interested in painting an egg, they will be sitting outside the ...

(Stanton) Shortly after 3 p.m., on Friday, March 28, Montgomery County 911 received a report of a hay bale fire spreading into a cornfield at 2745 220th St., northeast of Stanton. Within minutes, the ...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors joined Trivium Life Services on Thursday, March 27th, 2025, to celebrate a significant milestone: 50 years of dedicated service. According to the Chamber of...

(Coburg) Downed powerlines caused a ditch fire in rural Coburg late Friday afternoon. Red Oak Fire Chief John Bruce says the call went out at 4:37 p.m. to 270th G Avenue, where strong winds quickly sp...

(Atlantic) The Cass County Relay for Life Committee is changing things up this year by hosting or participating in numerous events throughout the year. Officials say the goal is to reach as many resid...

(Des Moines) Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig visited southwest Iowa on Friday morning as part of Iowa Ag Week and his annual visits to every county in Iowa. Secretary Naig spent the morning in...

(Greenfield) On Friday afternoon, a large field fire destroyed outbuildings, an RV, and an unoccupied residence in Adair County. Adair and Guthrie County Emergency Management Coordinator Jeremy Cooper...

(Jefferson, Iowa) The dark and murky water source in a stormwater drainage ditch near the North Raccoon River in Jefferson has been identified. On March 26, the DNR Field Office in Atlantic was notifi...