Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

AAA Year-End Holiday Travel Expected to Set New Record
(Omaha) AAA forecasts a record-breaking 122.4 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home during the year-end holiday period from December 20 to January 1, marking a 2.2% increase from 2...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2025

City of Creston Elects a New Mayor
(Creston) Douglas Daggett has been elected as the next mayor of Creston, according to unofficial results from the Union County Auditor's Office following Tuesday's special election. Daggett secured 29...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2025

Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police report one drug-related arrest on Tuesday, and a citation for an animal at large on December 5. Creston Police arrested 21-year-old Nikoli Ja'Hari Wilson, of Cumming, Iowa, at...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2025

Iowa Traffic Fatalities Down Significantly, Raising Hopes for Safest Year in a Century
(Denison) Iowa State Patrol Trooper and District #4 Public Information Officer, Shelby McCreedy, reports that there have been 67 fewer fatalities on Iowa's roadways compared to the same time last year...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2025

Red Oak Police Report: One Arrest
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 22-year-old Tylor Ray Adams in the 100 block of W. Coolbaugh Street on a valid Montgomery County Warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault, 1st Offense (a simple misdemeanor...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2025

High Wind Warning
(Des Moines) A High Wind Warning remains in effect for counties north of Interstate 80 in southwest and west central Iowa until 9:00 a.m. today. This includes Guthrie, Audubon, Shelby, Harrison, Monon...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2025

Semi Accident on I-80 Near the 52 Mile Marker
(Marne) Cass EMS and Marne fire were called to the westbound Interstate 80 near the 52-mile marker at 6:00 a.m. today for a semi on its side. The driver was still in the vehicle at the time of this re...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2025

Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Welcome The Elbow Room as New Chamber Members
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors visited The Elbow Room on Thursday, December 4th to welcome the business as new Chamber members and to learn more about the long-standing h...
Mandy Billings Dec 09, 2025

Iowa Farmland Values Show Slight Increase
Farmland Values Inch Up in Market Readjustment Limited land supply, strong yields, and steady demand support the market-though not enough to drive broad growth (Ames) The annual Iowa State University ...
Tom Robinson Dec 09, 2025

Senate Hearing On Online Predators
(Washington, DC) -- Congress is trying to tackle the growing problem of online predators. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a bi-partisan hearing on protecting kids from online sexual predato...
Mandy Billings Dec 09, 2025







