Category Archives: Local News
Iowa House approves community college bachelor's degree pilot program
(Iowa Capital Dispatch) The Iowa House passed legislation Wednesday to bring baccalaureate degrees to Iowa's community colleges, with calls from Democrats for each lawmaker to assess the impacts of it...
Mar 05, 2026
Gov. Reynolds orders flags flown at half-staff in honor and remembrance of two Iowa soldiers killed in Kuwait
(Des Moines) Governor Kim Reynolds has ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff effective immediately until sunset on the final day of interment in honor and remembrance of Major Jeffery O'Brien...
Mar 05, 2026
National Weather Service Warns: Severe Storms are Possible Across Iowa Tonight and Friday,
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service says severe storms are a possibility today and tomorrow. Forecasters say the first round of unsettled weather will begin to move across Iowa late tonight, bri...
Mar 05, 2026
Two People Hurt in Clarke County Crash
(Clarke County) Two people were injured in a two-vehicle crash in Clarke County early Wednesday afternoon. The accident happened on Interstate 35 near the 33-mile marker, according to the Iowa State P...
Mar 05, 2026
Montgomery County Man Arrested for Driving While Barred in Elliott
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office reports the arrest of 41-year-old Cory Ross Smith of Elliott, for driving while barred, and an aggravated misdemeanor. The arrest stems from a traffic ...
Mar 05, 2026
Iowa News Update: Search for Missing Woman, and Bird Flu Outbreak,
Warren County Sheriff Searching for Missing Woman With Alzheimer's (Cumming, IA) -- An Iowa woman with Alzheimer's disease has been missing since Tuesday afternoon. The Warren County Sheriff's Office ...
Mar 05, 2026
Pottawattamie County Supervisors Award Tamarack Road Resurfacing Project to Western Engineering
(Pottawattamie Co.) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a resolution to accept the bid from Western Engineering Company for resurfacing on Tamarack Road from Highway 59 t...
Mar 05, 2026
Adair County Supervisors Set Hearing Date on Proposed FY27 Tax Levy
(Adair Co.) The Adair County Board of Supervisors set a public hearing date for the FY27 Proposed Tax Levy. Adair County Auditor Mandy Berg explained that this is the highest proposed levy they are re...
Mar 05, 2026
Cass County Supervisors Release Maintenance of Crooked Creek Watershed Site, Set FY27 Hearing Dates
(Cass Co.) The Cass County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the release of responsibility for maintenance of Crooked Creek Watershed site 12-C-1 in Benton Township to Glenn Ellen Farms Inc. Bo...
Mar 05, 2026
Hancock County Crash Claims 2 Lives
(Hancock County) Two people were killed, and two others injured in a two-vehicle crash in Hancock County. The Iowa State Patrol reports that a crash occurred at 4:37 a.m. Thursday on Highway 18, about...
Mar 04, 2026
