Category Archives: Local News

(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports five arrests. Makayla Rae Smith, 24, of Malvern, was arrested Sunday for OWI 1st. Bond was set at $1,000. Andrew Joseph Carrera, 39, of Omaha, Nebr...

(USDA) USDA Economist Megan Sweitzer estimates that grocery prices will increase by 1.2 percent in 2024. She is forecasting another 1.5-percent rise in grocery prices in 2025. Sweitzer says, typically...

(Red Oak) The Highway 34 road construction project, which extends from the Nishnabotna River to the old Highway 34 east of Red Oak, began in late summer. The main focus of this project is to pave both...

(NAFB) The October Rural Mainstreet Index didn't contain a lot of good news for the farm economy. Dr. Ernie Goss (GAHS) of Creighton University conducts the survey and talks about the results.   ...

(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Education has been awarded over $24 million in federal grants. The grant, announced by Governor Kim Reynolds, aims to enhance literacy across the state. The funding...

(Des Moines) A federal judge has ruled against a request to stop Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate's challenge. Pate's challenge was over two thousand people suspected to be noncitizens. The ACLU of I...

(Creston) Creston Police reports four arrests over the weekend. On Friday, Creston Police arrested 42-year-old Wendi Sue Pearson of Creston at 806 Laurel Street for OWI-1st Offense and Child Endangerm...

(Villisca) Montgomery County Deputies arrest a Villisca woman following a traffic stop on Friday. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, deputies conducted the stop in the 500 block of E...

(New York, NY) -- Consumer confidence rebounded in October. The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index surged to its highest level in nine months as consumers regained faith in the U.S. economy....

(NAFB) Senior citizens, especially in rural areas, are some of the top targets for scammers. Michelle Reinen administrator of the Division of Trade and Consumer Protection at the Wisconsin Agriculture...