Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Michelle Phippen, LPN Receives The DAISY Award
(Atlantic) Cass Health is happy to announce that Michelle Phippen, LPN is the newest recipient of The DAISY Award, which celebrates excellence in nursing. Phippen became an LPN in 2012 and began worki...
Mandy Billings Dec 10, 2024

Grassley Expresses 'Vote of No Confidence' in Director Wray, Deputy Director Abbate's Continued Leadership at FBI
(Washington D.C.) Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) calls on FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Director Paul Abbate to accept accountability for their failed leadership at the Bureau. In a letter se...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2024
Pross Artwork Selected as a Finalist in International Art Competition
(Atlantic, Iowa) The finalists have been announced! Atlantic native Timothy F. Pross is amongst the world's most celebrated and distinguished realism artists. The competition is organized by the Art R...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2024
Des Moines Area Construction Worker Sues for Injuries, PTSD
(Bondurant, Iowa) A Des Moines area construction worker is suing his former employer and contractors after being buried alive on the job. Trevor Kilgore says he worked at the bottom of an improperly d...
Tom Robinson Dec 10, 2024

Altoona, Pa., police arrest suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
Police in Altoona, Pennsylvania arrested a suspect Monday in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week in New York, authorities announced. New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Dec 09, 2024

Mississippi River boat accident victims identified
(Bellevue) On Sunday, December 8th, at approximately 11 a.m., a boat with three occupants capsized below Lock and Dam No. 12 in Bellevue on the Mississippi River. The victims were fishing in a restric...
Mandy Billings Dec 09, 2024

Drug Arrest in Glenwood
(Glenwood) The Glenwood Police Department arrested 21-year-old Kyrsten Rohmeyer-Clemons, of Omaha, Nebraska, on Sunday for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Bo...
Mandy Billings Dec 09, 2024

Work release escape of Daeonnis Gates
(Waterloo) Daeonnis Javir Gates, convicted of Willful Injury - Causing Serious Injury and Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon in Black Hawk County, failed to report back to the Waterloo Residential C...
Mandy Billings Dec 09, 2024

Adair County Sheriff's Report
(Adair Co) The Adair County Sheriff's Office reports two arrests. Trummer Lee Washington, 53, of West Des Moines, was arrested on December 2nd for Violation of a No Contact Order and Provide False Ide...
Mandy Billings Dec 09, 2024

Rolling Hills Bank & Trust Donates $500,000 to Vision Atlantic
(Atlantic) Rolling Hills Bank & Trust has donated $500,000 to Vision Atlantic's transformative project, which will bring a housing development, a new childcare center, and a YMCA expansion to Atla...
Tom Robinson Dec 09, 2024







