Category Archives: Local News
Corning and Villisca School Boards Hire Superintendent Search Firm
(Corning/Villisca) The Corning and Villisca School Boards held a joint meeting Wednesday evening and approved a Superintendent search firm. Southwest Valley Schools Superintendent Chris Fenster submit...
Feb 6, 2025
Atlantic Police Officer Sworn Back into Duty
(Atlantic) Atlantic Mayor Grace Garrett welcomed back Atlantic Police Officer Christian Holzapfel to the Force on Wednesday. Officer Holzapfel joined the Atlantic Police Reserves in 2013, was hired fu...
Feb 6, 2025
Red Oak Police Arrest Man on Outside Warrant for Assault
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 39-year-old Aaron Allen of Red Oak on Wednesday at the 3rd Street and Valley Street intersection. Officers transported Aaron Allen to the Montgomery County Jail on a ...
Feb 6, 2025
"Strong As Steele" Foundation Event Feb. 15: Giving Back to the communities and individuals that supported Steele
(Atlantic) In October 2020, Steele McLaren's life changed forever when he suffered a severe traumatic brain injury in a devastating accident. Thanks to an outpouring of support from individuals and bu...
Feb 6, 2025
Vision Atlantic Seeks City Support for YMCA Expansion
(Atlantic) Vision Atlantic representatives appeared before the Atlantic City Council on Wednesday evening to request financial support for the YMCA Expansion project. In 2022, the Atlantic City Counci...
Feb 5, 2025
Crawford County Man Sentenced to Federal Prison
(Sioux City) The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa says 20-year-old Brandon Michael Halsey, of Denison, was sentenced to prison following a guilty plea to possession of child po...
Feb 5, 2025
Audubon County Courthouse Staff Returns After Extensive Renovations
(Audubon) Audubon County Supervisor Chairman Heath Hanson is pleased to announce that the entire staff has moved back into the Courthouse. During the extensive construction project, most offices were ...
Feb 5, 2025
Riverside Water Study Reveals Feasibility of Combined System for Carson and Macedonia
(Pottawattamie Co) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors received a report on the findings of the Riverside Water Study. Brenda Mainwaring, President and CEO of Iowa West Foundation, stated th...
Feb 5, 2025
'No more Iowa nice': Biofuels leaders push for year-round E15
ALTOONA - Monte Shaw, executive director of Iowa Renewable Fuels Association urged industry leaders and farmers at the association's summit Tuesday to pursue expanding markets and to be wary of "looki...
Feb 5, 2025
Man Arrested at Creston Train Station on Drug Possession Charges
(Creston) Creston Police arrested 35-year-old John Franklin Smith III, from San Jose, California, at the Amtrak Depot on a warrant from an outside agency for possession of drug paraphernalia, with int...
Feb 5, 2025
