Category Archives: Local News
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Cass County Supervisors Set Public Hearing Dates to Consider Vacating and Closing Roadways
(Cass Co) The Cass County Board of Supervisors set the date for public hearings to consider vacating and closing two sections of road. The first public hearing is a joint public hearing with Adair Cou...
Mandy Billings Mar 04, 2025

Union County Man Arrested on Drug and Alcohol Charges
(Creston) Creston Police arrest a Union County man on drug and alcohol charges. Police arrested 41-year-old Carlos Rafael Rivera of Creston early this (Tuesday) morning at 900 Sumner Avenue for OWI - ...
Tom Robinson Mar 04, 2025

IA US Senator Grassley Comments On Canada, Mexico Tariffs
(Des Moines) New tariffs on imported goods from Canada and Mexico are effective today. Republican Iowa US Senator Chuck Grassley says he'll wait and see how it plays out. The increased tariffs on Cana...
Tom Robinson Mar 04, 2025

Atlantic Police Report
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department released their arrest report for the month of February. Jonathan Paul, 36, of Atlantic, was arrested on February 1st for Public Intoxication. Shawn Jensen, 30...
Mandy Billings Mar 04, 2025

Pottawattamie County Declares Snow Emergency
(Council Bluffs) Pottawattamie County Secondary Roads Department is declaring a Snow Emergency. The Snow Emergency will go into effect at 7:00 P.M., on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, and will remain in effec...
Tom Robinson Mar 04, 2025

Firefighters Respond to Skid Steer Explosion and Fire in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) The Villisca, Grant, and Red Oak Fire Departments responded to 1601 T Avenue for a reported skid steer explosion. Red Oak Fire Chief John Bruce says when they arrived, the skid steer was ful...
Tom Robinson Mar 04, 2025

Updated: Blizzard Warning for Southwest Iowa
(Des Moines) A strong early spring system is set to affect Iowa later today through tonight into Wednesday. The National Weather Service in Des Moines issued a Blizzard Warning for all of southwest, a...
Tom Robinson Mar 04, 2025

Bird Flu Continues to Spike in the U.S.
(Des Moines) Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig says Bird Flu continues to challenge poultry, and dairy producers across the United States. Naig tells KSOM/KS95 News that bird flu is showing a si...
Tom Robinson Mar 04, 2025

Storm Spotter Training in Cass County
(Atlantic) National Weather Service meteorologists will be in Cass County next week to provide a comprehensive multi-media spotter training presentation. Cass County Emergency Management is hosting a ...
Tom Robinson Mar 03, 2025

Bill proposes funding for free tampons, pads in school restrooms
(Des Moines) A House Education subcommittee unanimously advanced a bill Monday to require school districts provide free feminine hygiene products, like tampons and menstrual pads, in school restrooms....
Iowa Capital Dispatch Mar 03, 2025







