Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Drake Basketball Game Helping Tornado Victims in Greenfield
(Des Moines, IA) -- The Drake women's basketball team is tipping off its season this weekend with a charity exhibition game against Omaha. The proceeds are going to help tornado relief in Greenfield, ...
Chris Varney Oct 25, 2024
Iowa's Pheasant Season Reaches Milestone on Saturday
(Lewis) Iowa's 100th anniversary Pheasant hunting season starts on Saturday. John Lorenzen, Fisheries Biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, appearing on his weekly radio show on KSO...
Tom Robinson Oct 25, 2024

Iowa Drought Expands
(Des Moines, IA) -- Dry conditions are expanding in Iowa. This week's U-S Drought Monitor Map shows nearly all of Iowa in moderate drought. Parts of northeast and western Iowa are in severe drought. T...
Tom Robinson Oct 25, 2024

Creston Police Arrest Man on Drug-Related Charges
(Creston) A Union County man faces drug possession charges. Creston Police arrested 47-year-old Shawn Jason Parmenter of Creston at Highway 34 and Industrial Park, with assistance from Adams County K9...
Tom Robinson Oct 25, 2024

Union County Man Injured in Semi-Tractor-Trailer Crash
(Afton) The driver of a semi-hauling grain suffered injuries when the rig went out of control and caught fire in a ditch in Union County. The Union County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened o...
Tom Robinson Oct 25, 2024
Pedestrian Killed on Interstate 80 In Madison County
(Madison County, Iowa) A pedestrian who was struck on Interstate 80 in Madison County died at the scene. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. on westbound Intersta...
Tom Robinson Oct 25, 2024

Montgomery County Woman Arrested on Harassment Charges
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 40-year-old Chandra Christine Baggett of Red Oak in the 200 block of 1st Avenue on a valid Montgomery County Warrant for 3rd-degree harassment. Officers transported B...
Tom Robinson Oct 25, 2024

Cass Health Welcomes Maria Hoegh, DNP, ARNP, FNP-C
(Atlantic) Cass Health is excited to announce that Maria Hoegh, DNP, ARNP, FNP-C is now seeing patients. Hoegh is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and a member of the American Association o...
Tom Robinson Oct 24, 2024

Atlantic Police Arrest Report
ARRESTS 10/07/2024 Iwersen, Brian, 61 of Atlantic for Possession of Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Gathering Where Controlled Substances are Used. 10/09/...
Tom Robinson Oct 24, 2024

Cass County Auditors Seeing Good Numbers of Early Voters
(Atlantic, IA) -- The Cass County Auditor's office has seen a steady influx of voting and a lot of absentee ballots coming in. Sheri Karns who has worked in the Auditors Office for the last 18 years s...
Chris Varney Oct 24, 2024







