Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports six arrests. Lloyd Lawrence Kolker, 79, of Sioux City, was arrested on October 3rd for two counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance. Kolker w...
Mandy Billings Oct 09, 2024

Gov. Reynolds extends Harvest Proclamation
(Des Moines) Gov. Kim Reynolds today signed a proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, and manure. The proclamation is effective immediately and continues th...
Mandy Billings Oct 09, 2024
Red Oak House Fire
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Fire Department responded to a house fire early this morning (Wednesday). Montgomery County Communications dispatched firefighters to 104 B Street at approximately 4:21 a.m. Upon...
Tom Robinson Oct 09, 2024

Creston Police Report
(Creston) The Creston Police Department arrested 28-year-old Carlos Ivan Cortez for Harassment 1st Degree and Stalking. Cortez was taken to the Union County Jail. He was held on no bond until seen by ...
Mandy Billings Oct 09, 2024

Grand Lodge Celebrates 180 Years
(Atlantic) Members and spouses of Pymosa Lodge No. 271 in Atlantic recently joined Masons from across Iowa at the 180th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Iowa in Cedar Rapids. The annual comm...
Tom Robinson Oct 09, 2024

Updated: Iowa Supreme Court hears landowner case against Summit pipeline surveys
Story and Photo by Cami Koons - Iowa Capital Dispatch Iowa Supreme Court justices and an uncommonly large audience heard oral arguments Tuesday on the constitutionality of an Iowa law that allows a ca...
Tom Robinson Oct 09, 2024

Guthrie County Public Health Dealing With Several Issues Including Providing Free Flu Shots
(Guthrie Center, IA) -- Jotham Arber, the Guthrie County Director of Public Health, met with the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday concerning a number of topics. Number one, Arber says they need to be p...
Chris Varney Oct 09, 2024
Update: Three Killed in Clinton County Crash Were Children Under Age Five
(Clinton County) The Iowa State Patrol now says the three people killed in a truck versus S-U-V crash on Monday morning in Clinton County were all children under the age of five. The Iowa State Patrol...
Tom Robinson Oct 09, 2024

Audubon County Board of Supervisors Hear Proposal for Commercial Compost Facilities
(Audubon Co) Abe Sandquist told the Audubon County Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning that he is looking to do a couple of commercial compost facilities in the County. Sandquist said they are going ...
Mandy Billings Oct 09, 2024

Pottawattamie County Supervisors to assume responsibilities of the Compensation Board
(Pottawattamie Co) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors will assume the responsibilities of the Compensation Board. Compensation Boards annually recommend wages for elected officials Board Ch...
Mandy Billings Oct 08, 2024







