Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Montgomery County Man Arrested on Theft Charge
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 61-year-old Robert Wade Abraham on Monday for 5th-degree Theft (Shoplifting). Officers transported Abraham to the Montgomery County Jail and held him on a $300.00 bon...
Tom Robinson Jan 28, 2025

Red Oak Man Arrested for Burglary and other charges
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 40-year-old Michael Scott Stafford, of Red Oak, on Monday for Burglary 3rd Degree, Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Offense, Theft 5th Degree, ...
Mandy Billings Jan 27, 2025
Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office released their arrest report from January 22nd through January 27th. Obbie Mariah Avirgin, 20, of Omaha, Nebraska, was arrested on January 22nd for Failure...
Mandy Billings Jan 27, 2025

Griswold and Lenox School Boards Informally Agree to Superintendent Sharing Agreement
(Griswold) The Griswold and Lenox School Boards held a joint meeting last week to discuss the extension of Superintendent Dave Henrichs' sharing agreement. The second part of the meeting focused on re...
Tom Robinson Jan 27, 2025

DCI Investigates Storm Lake Officer-Involved Shooting
(Storm Lake) The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating an Officer-Involved Shooting in Storm Lake. At approximately 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, January 26, the Buena Vista County Sheriff's...
Mandy Billings Jan 27, 2025

Adair County Arrest Report
(Adair Co) A Stuart man was arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop on January 20th. Justin Dale Harlan, 47, was charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of a Controlled Sub...
Mandy Billings Jan 27, 2025

Work release escape of Tuffy Jackson
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Corrections says 44-year-old Tuffy Delray Jackson, convicted of Robbery 2nd Degree and Conspiracy/Commit Forcible Felony in Polk County, failed to report back to th...
Mandy Billings Jan 27, 2025

Creston Police Report
(Creston) The Creston Police Department reports three arrests and one incident. *On Friday afternoon, Creston Police arrested 21-year-old Ethan Leroy Scheley, of Cumberland, Iowa, on two counts of for...
Tom Robinson Jan 27, 2025
Bill Requiring Pregnancy Video In Schools Clears Hurdle
(Des Moines) A bill requiring Iowa schools to show a video about pregnancy has cleared its first hurdle. A Senate subcommittee gave approval to the measure last week and will now go before the full co...
Tom Robinson Jan 27, 2025
Sheriff's Office Addresses ICE Rumors
(Des Moines) The Polk County Sheriff's office says rumors circulating about a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown in Des Moines are untrue. The Sheriff's office says only one such arres...
Tom Robinson Jan 27, 2025







