Category Archives: Local News

(Des Moines) Today, Governor Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for Adams, Dubuque, Madison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, and Wapello Counties in response ...

(Harrison Co.) A teen was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Harrison County Thursday morning. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 9:08 a.m. The 15-year-old, from Woodbine, was dri...

(Cedar Rapids) Linn County Board of Supervisors Chair Kirsten Running-Marquardt is raising concerns about a proposed natural gas power plant west of Cedar Rapids. Alliant Energy's Morgan Valley Energy...

(Red Oak) Montgomery County Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Hamman continues to assess the damage from the Thursday morning storm that swept through southwest Iowa. Hamman says the storm was mo...

(Des Moines) The Iowa State Park Passport is back in 2026 with more than 60 state parks and forests featured. John Lorenzen, with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, said you can download the St...

(Des Moines) Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announced the Iowa Business Against Trafficking Advisory Group (IBAT) in a press conference on Thursday. Over 1000 businesses have already joined the eff...

(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Insurance and Financial Services is warning residents to watch out for scams and dishonest contractors as communities recover from recent severe weather. Homeowners...

(Des Moines, IA) -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn has nominated Iowa Representative Derek Wulf as his Lt. Governor candidate on Friday morning. Wulf is from Hudson, IA just south of Ced...

(Undated) The New World screwworm (NWS), a parasitic fly larva, is back after being eradicated from the U.S. in 1966. The first case was confirmed in a Texas calf last week, but it is possible for the...

(Atlantic) The 2026 Cass County Beef Princess, Addalyn Sonntag, recently donated two large doses of canned food to the Atlantic Food Pantry. Cass County Cattlemen's President Collene Babe tells KSOM-K...