Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Red Oak Police Investigate Hit-And-Run Accident
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police are investigating a hit-and-run accident involving a pedestrian. According to Police, the accident happened around 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the 200 block of E. Joy Street for...
Tom Robinson Oct 31, 2024

Rain Totals
Rain Totals Adair-1.53 Anita-1.75 Audubon-1.90 Atlantic-1.78 Bridgewater-2.20 Clarinda-1.50 Carroll-1.20 Corning-1.70 Creston-1.80 Cumberland-1.25 Darrin Petty Seven Miles West of Atlantic-1.3 Glenwoo...
Tom Robinson Oct 31, 2024

Atlantic City Council Authorizes Vision Atlantic to Begin Construction Work on Camblin Hills Development Project
(Atlantic) Grading work on the Camblin Hills Development project in Atlantic could start early next week. At a special meeting on Wednesday, the Atlantic City Council authorized Vision Atlantic Inc. t...
Tom Robinson Oct 30, 2024

Atlantic City Council Approves MOU for School Resource Officer with Atlantic School District
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council, during a special meeting on Wednesday, approved a memorandum of Understanding with the Atlantic School District for a School Resource Officer program. The Atlanti...
Tom Robinson Oct 30, 2024

Festival of Trees returns to downtown Atlantic December 5th-8th
(Atlantic) The American Cancer Society Cass County Chapter says the Festival of Trees is back for another year in downtown Atlantic. Festival of Trees is December 5th through the 8th at "Santa's Works...
Mandy Billings Oct 30, 2024
Glenwood Police Respond to Armed Subject at Glenwood State Bank
(Glenwood) The Glenwood Police Department responded to a call of an armed subject at Glenwood State Bank at 9:50 this (Wednesday) morning. Officers apprehended and charged 66-year-old Ricky Schnackel,...
Mandy Billings Oct 30, 2024
Iowa among many states facing higher insurance rates due to extreme weather
(State) Iowa home insurance rates, on average, had a double-digit increase this year due to persisting damages from derechos and inflation. A recent Insurify report listed Iowa as one of 15 states wit...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Oct 30, 2024

Nurse Practitioner Whitney Schafer Receives Cass Health's ROSE Award
(Atlantic) Cass Health proudly announces that Whitney Schafer, MSN, ARNP, FNP-C, is the newest Recognition of Service Excellence (ROSE) Award recipient. After over a decade of nursing experience, Scha...
Tom Robinson Oct 30, 2024

Iowa Attorney General Supporting Lawsuit to Remove Suspected Non-citizens from Voter Rolls
(Des Moines) Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has joined 24 other Attorney General's in a lawsuit. The case is to remove over a thousand individuals from voter registration lists in Virginia who are ...
Tom Robinson Oct 30, 2024

Cass County Man Arrested on Drug Possession Charges in Montgomery County
(Villisca) A Cass County man faces multiple charges from a Montgomery County traffic stop. Montgomery County Deputies initiated a traffic stop at 11:11 p.m. on Tuesday at 1st Avenue and High Street in...
Tom Robinson Oct 30, 2024







