Category Archives: Local News

(State) The latest analysis of federal data on nursing home staffing shows the overwhelming majority of nursing homes in Iowa and the United States are operating with less than the recommended staff t...

(Undated) -- Drinking coffee daily may be tied to healthy aging in women. According to a study presented at the American Society for Nutrition, researchers used a large sample size and 30 years of fol...

(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested a Red Oak man on alcohol-related charges on Friday. Deputies conducted a traffic stop near Highway 48 and 150th Street. During the investigati...

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld lower court decisions barring counties from imposing safety standards on a pipeline subject to federal safety standards. The cases involved Summit Carbon Sol...

(Anita) The Cass County Master Gardeners will host a Garden Walk on Sunday, June 22, featuring tours of three private gardens in and around Anita. The self-guided tours will run from 2 to 6 p.m., with...

(Glenwood) Two people died in a school bus/SUV accident in Mills County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at around 4:20 on Friday afternoon on Highway 34 and 195th Street. Authorities...

(Des Moines) Former state legislator Jim Carlin, a Republican, announced he is running for Iowa's U.S. Senate seat in the upcoming election - the latest candidate this week to announce their plans to ...

(Glenwood) The Glenwood Police Department arrested Cameron Germar, 18, of Glenwood, on Friday on a Mills County warrant for Violation of Probation. Germar was released on his own recognizance.

(Atlantic) Cook Sanitation has donated $1,000 to Vision Atlantic's transformative project, which will bring a housing development, new child development center, and YMCA expansion to Atlantic. "I want...

(Des Moines) Drought conditions expanded across the state due to below-normal precipitation in May, according to the latest Water Summary Update. Following a drier-than-normal April, May experienced d...