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Many People Approaching Retirement-Age Have Regrets
(Undated) -- Many retirement-age Americans regret two big financial mistakes. Debt expert Ja'Net Adams says most older people realize they didn't keep enough in their emergency savings and they didn't...
Mandy Billings Sep 22, 2024

Staying Sharp in the Later Years
(NAFB) Vanderbilt studies show the human brain begins to change around 33 years old. Oklahoma State AARP Director Sean Voskuhl says things like quick decision making, math skills, and other skills sta...
Tom Robinson Sep 22, 2024
Red Oak Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Meth Conspiracy
(Red Oak) The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa says Ann Sulsberger, 49, from Red Oak, was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. At ...
Mandy Billings Sep 21, 2024

Fatal Accident in Wapello County
(Wapello Co) One person died and another was injured in a truck vs motorcycle accident in Wapello County Friday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol says 35-year-old Dustin B West, of Hedrick, sustained f...
Mandy Billings Sep 21, 2024
Atlantic Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Possession
(Atlantic) The U.S. Attorney's Office says Derek Allen McDermott, a 38-year-old resident of Atlantic, Iowa, was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for possessing a distribution quantity of metham...
Mandy Billings Sep 21, 2024

Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Visit Wildwood Farms
(Atlantic) On Thursday, September 19th, 2024, the Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by Brent & Michelle Vance of Wildwood Farms in Lewis. The Ambassadors were on hand to welcome the couple ...
Mandy Billings Sep 21, 2024

Clarinda Manufacturing Plant Closing in 2025
(Clarinda) NSK Americas has announced the closure of the AKS manufacturing facility in Clarinda. According to the WARN notifications, the plant will close on March 31, 2025. Approximately 54 employees...
Mandy Billings Sep 21, 2024

Atlantic Community School District Promotes Shopping Local with "Find the Trojan"
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Community School District is encouraging community members to shop local and as a way to promote those businesses they have started a game called "Find the Trojan". Maassen sai...
Mandy Billings Sep 20, 2024

Pharmacist is sanctioned after several alleged prescription-filling errors
A western Iowa pharmacist has been sanctioned by the state for incorrectly filling multiple prescriptions for patients. The Iowa Board of Pharmacy alleges that in June 2023, three weeks after he renew...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Sep 20, 2024

Details Released About Indiana Plane Crash That Killed Four Iowans
(Anderson, IN) The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on a deadly plane crash in Indiana that killed four Iowans. On September 6, a Piper PA-46-350P airplane, was d...
Mandy Billings Sep 20, 2024







