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Scholarships Available for Students Studying Healthcare
(Atlantic) Cass Health and its affiliate organizations have released their scholarship applications for the upcoming school year. 2025 Scholarships Cass Health offers a $500 scholarship to a southwest...
Mandy Billings Jan 15, 2025

Former Eagle Grove Police Officer Arrested
(Eagle Grove) A former Eagle Grove Police Officer was arrested for Dissemination of Obscene Material to a Minor. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says on December 23, 2024, the Eagle Grove Police ...
Mandy Billings Jan 15, 2025

Iowa Senator Announces Bill To Purchase Minnesota Counties
(Des Moines, IA) -- Iowa State Senator Michael Bousselot is proposing to purchase several Minnesota counties. He announced today that he'll introduce a bill to buy the lower nine counties in Minnesota...
Mandy Billings Jan 15, 2025

Union County Sheriff's Office Releases Arrest Report
(Creston) The Union County Sheriff's Office reports Five arrests. *On January 7, Deputies conducted a search warrant that led to the arrest of 22-year-old David Lee Parcher of Lorimor on charges of Po...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2025

Updated: Fire Destroys Garage in Marne
(Marne) Marne and Atlantic firefighters responded to a garage fire this morning. Marne Fire Chief Aaron Williams stated the call went out at 5:13 a.m. at 608 South Taft Street. Williams says a neighbo...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2025
Reynolds Gives State Address
(Des Moines, IA) -- Governor Kim Reynolds is laying out her priorities for Iowa. The Republican gave her Condition of the State address last night before the Iowa Legislature, including adding a Depar...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2025

Red Oak Police Arrest 2 People on Theft Charges
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of 20-year-old Brayden Eugene Johnson of Red Oak and 19-year-old Dea Rose Anderson of Creston on Tuesday. Police charged Johnson with 5th-deg...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2025
Miller Says Exira EHK Looks to Make a Decision on 4 Day School Week by March 24
(Exira, IA) -- The Exira, Elk Horn, Kimballton school district is considering a four day school week. Superintendent Trevor Miller says this not a money related issue -- in other words there would not...
Chris Varney Jan 15, 2025

Union County Arrests
January 7 @ 6:58 pm David Lee Parcher, 22, was arrested at 301 1st St. Lorimor. Parcher was charged with: POSSESION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, AND MAINTAING A DRUG HO...
Tom Robinson Jan 14, 2025

Cass Health Now Offers Coronary Calcium Scoring Tests
(Atlantic) Cass Health is excited to announce a new service: coronary calcium scoring tests. These tests measure calcium buildup in the arteries, which can narrow them and reduce blood flow to the hea...
Tom Robinson Jan 14, 2025







