Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Dallas County Crash Claims One Life
(Woodward) A Perry, Iowa, man lost his life in a single-vehicle crash early Friday morning.Dallas County Dispatch received a report of a rollover accident at the intersection of Highway 141 and R Aven...
Tom Robinson Jan 26, 2025

RAGBRAI Officials Release 2025 Route
(Des Moines) The 52nd Annual RAGBRAI route stretches through northern Iowa, offering cyclists a scenic adventure. Officials unveiled the route during an announcement party at the Vibrant Music Hall in...
Tom Robinson Jan 26, 2025

Debris/Grass Fire in Rural Stanton
(Stanton) On Saturday, the fire departments from Stanton, Red Oak, and Elliott responded to a grass fire near a structure. Red Oak Fire Chief John Bruce reported that the call occurred at 12:31 p.m. a...
Tom Robinson Jan 26, 2025

Atlantic Business and Professional Women Announce Scholarships for 2025
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Business and Professional Women are offering four scholarships, each worth $1,000, for the year 2025. *The Collen Scholarship**: This scholarship is available to any female stu...
Tom Robinson Jan 26, 2025

Adams County Man Charged Following Single-Vehicle Crash
(Red Oak) Montgomery County Deputies arrested 31-year-old Devon Briggs of Corning, Iowa, on Friday following an investigation into a single-vehicle accident on December 13, 2024, on Highway 34 near Hi...
Western Iowa Today Jan 26, 2025
Was 2024 A Record Warm Year?
(NAFB) The numbers are in from the National Centers for Environmental Information. Also notable, Rippey pointed out that 2024 takes the place of the Dust Bowl era's 1934 on the list of the top ten all...
Tom Robinson Jan 26, 2025

Half of Remote Workers Say They'll Quit if Forced to Return to Office
(Undated) -- Nearly half of remote workers say they'd quit their jobs if forced to return to the office. According to a new poll from Pew Research, 75 percent of the U.S. adults whose jobs can be perf...
Mandy Billings Jan 26, 2025
Study: Smartphones Lead To Aggression, Hallucination In Teens
(Arlington, VA) -- A new study finds smartphones could be making teenagers more aggressive and causing hallucinations. The study, from nonprofit Sapien Labs, found that the younger a person is when th...
Mandy Billings Jan 26, 2025

The Schultz Perspective by Senator Jason Schultz
(Des Moines) In a press release, Iowa District #6 Senator Jason Schultz outlined the many questions he receives about his time in the Iowa Senate. District #6 comprises Ida, Crawford, Carroll, Audubon...
Tom Robinson Jan 25, 2025
Eastern Iowa Crash Claims One Life
(Dubuque County) One person died in a car/semi accident in eastern Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 9:07 p.m. on Friday at Highway 51 and Monastery Road in Dubuque County. Aut...
Tom Robinson Jan 25, 2025







