Category Archives: Local News

(Harlan) The Harlan City Council approved a recommendation for new pool hours for 2025. The hours will be Sunday through Friday from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. and Saturday from 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. The Council ...

(Des Moines) Advocates and senators at a Statehouse meeting Wednesday said they were hopeful that 2025 will be the year the Legislature can finally pass a hands-free cellphone bill for drivers. Senate...

(Des Moines) An Iowa Senate subcommittee advanced a bill Wednesday that would make assaulting referees a Class D felony, in addition to providing civil liability protections to sports officials. Sen. ...

(Madison County) A man from Madison County is dead after being severely hurt by a bull on his farm over the weekend. According to the Madison County Sheriff's Office, it happened Sunday night in the 2...

(Des Moines) A bill to add flexibility to health care in Iowa schools is moving onto the next step. The House bill would allow schools to use athletic trainers to provide the same care nurses would ca...

(Atlantic) Kyle Cofer, a representative from Retail Coach, attended the Atlantic City Council meeting via conference call on Wednesday. He highlighted several prospects interested in establishing a pr...

(Massena, IA) -- The future of the CAM and Nodaway Valley school districts have been cloudy in recent months with the removal of Superintendent Paul Croghan last November. Last night, those districts ...

(Des Moines) On Wednesday, Rep. Tom Moore (R-Griswold) welcomed members of the Atlantic and Stanton FFA chapters to the Iowa House during the FFA Legislative Symposium.

(Audubon, IA) -- Workers on secondary roads maintenance and construction in the county are unionized and are due to get a raise this year, right now it is a proposed 1 dollar per hour. The issue turne...

(Griswold) During Monday's School Board meeting, Griswold School Superintendent Dave Henrichs discussed Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds's proposed cell phone policy. In her Condition of the State Address l...