Category Archives: Local News

(Creston) Creston Police report seven arrests over the weekend. On February 21, *Joyce Louise McCubbin, 78, 819 Quiet Harbor, was arrested at 806 Laurel St. McCubbin was charged with Theft 5th. McCubb...

(Omaha) For the 17th time in the last 18 months, the overall Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) dropped below 50.0 in February, as reported in the monthly survey of bank CEOs across a 10-state region relian...

(Nodaway) Republican Senator Tom Shipley of Nodaway, representing Iowa District #9, emphasizes the significance of high school sports in Iowa. He believes the objective should be to encourage maximum ...

(Iowa City, Iowa) A pedestrian died Sunday morning after being hit by a fire truck in Iowa City. The Iowa State Patrol reported that the incident occurred around 7:15 a.m. while an Iowa City fire truc...

(Washington D.C.) The Environmental Protection Agency has declared that a higher ethanol blend will be permitted for sale this summer in Iowa and seven other Midwestern states. The sale of fuel contai...

(Page County) A single-vehicle crash in Page County claimed the life of a 19-year-old man early Saturday morning. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the accident occurred at 2:41 a.m. on 210th Street...

(Red Oak) Icy Road conditions caused a two-vehicle crash in Red Oak on Thursday. Fortunately, no one was injured in the mishap. According to Police, the accident happened at 10:49 a.m. near Fourth Str...

(Lenox) The City of Lenox was awarded a CAT Grant in the amount of $62,000 to pave a three-quarters mile, eight-foot-wide trail. The project combines previously completed sections of an existing trail...

(Iowa) One of Iowa's largest nursing home chains is facing a lawsuit filed by a former nurse alleging a form of whistleblower retaliation. It is the third such lawsuit that Care Initiatives of West De...

(Des Moines) The Iowa House passed House File 180 regarding increased penalties for grooming. Iowa House District 18 Representative Tom Moore said last session, Iowa House Republicans led the effort t...