Category Archives: Local News

(Cass Co) Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon says Cass County is in a burn ban effective at Noon today (Thursday, October 3). No person shall engage in open burning in Cass Count...

(Des Moines Co) A Mediapolis woman died in a two-vehicle accident in Des Moines County Tuesday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol says 87-year-old Marilyn Jean Drebenstedt was driving a 2012 Kia Sorento...

(Cass Co) Cass County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections Kathy Somers announces in-person absentee voting will take place at the auditor's office in the courthouse beginning Wednesday, October 16th...

(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office arrested 69-year-old Teresa Ann Keller, of Glenwood, on Tuesday for Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon and Reckless use of Firearm. Keller was held on $1...

(Harlan) The Harlan City Council on Tuesday approved a street closing permit for the downtown Harvest Fest Celebration. Todd Valline, Executive Director of the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce, said ...

(Des Moines) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced she will not appoint a new lieutenant governor until after the upcoming election. This decision follows the resignation of the previous lieutenant gov...

(Des Moines) Next week, the Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments regarding the proposed Summit Carbon pipeline project. The case involves a homeowner in Hardin County who claims that Iowa law, ...

(Atlantic) In June, the City of Atlantic and the Atlantic Community School District agreed to collaborate and hire a School Resource Officer. Atlantic Police Chief Devin Hogue and the School District ...

(Des Moines) Governor Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Economic Development Authority announced $190,000 in grants have been awarded to 10 rural Iowa communities through three Empower Rural Iowa Grant progra...

(Montgomery Co) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested 38-year-old Jesse Ray Nelson and 37-year-old Jennifer Lynn Holz, both of Red Oak, this (Wednesday) morning in the 500 block of Washingto...