Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Rolling Hills Bank & Trust Donates $500,000 to Vision Atlantic
(Atlantic) Rolling Hills Bank & Trust has donated $500,000 to Vision Atlantic's transformative project, which will bring a housing development, a new childcare center, and a YMCA expansion to Atla...
Tom Robinson Dec 09, 2024
Ernst Expresses Doubt Over Trump Pick
(Simi Valley, CA) Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is expressing doubt over President-elect Donald Trump's nomination for defense secretary. Ernst was speaking in California last week when she said there will ...
Tom Robinson Dec 09, 2024
Creston Police Report
(Creston) The Creston Police Department reported seven arrests over the weekend. On Friday, Police arrested 43-year-old David Junior Richman of Creston at 520 Livingston Avenue on a Union County Warra...
Tom Robinson Dec 09, 2024
Holiday Mailing Deadlines Approaching
(Undated) The deadlines are approaching to get holiday cards and packages in the mail in time for Christmas. Christian Johnston of the U.S. Postal Service says one way to ensure that your mail gets to...
Tom Robinson Dec 09, 2024
Pursuit leads to the death of 2 drivers in Washington County Crash
(Washington County) Two people died in a head-on collision in Washington County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 3:51 p.m. on Sunday, December 8, on Highway 218 near mile marker 78...
Tom Robinson Dec 09, 2024
Disaster Declaration Over Bird Flu In Sioux County
(Sioux Co. Iowa) Governor Kim Reynolds is making state resources available for Sioux County after a case of bird flu was detected. The governor issued a disaster declaration on Friday that will last t...
Tom Robinson Dec 09, 2024
Traffic Stop Leads to the Arrest of Polk County Woman
(Red Oak) A Polk County woman faces charges in Montgomery County following a traffic stop early this morning. Montgomery County Deputies conducted the stop at around 12:45 a.m. on Highway 71 near 265t...
Tom Robinson Dec 09, 2024
Choral Society to Present Holiday Concert December 15th
(Atlantic) The Cass County Choral Society will present its annual Holiday Concert on Sunday, December 15th. The program will be in the Atlantic High School Auditorium at 4:00 pm. There is no charge fo...
Tom Robinson Dec 09, 2024
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in a Palo Alto County Commercial Turkey Flock
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a ca...
Tom Robinson Dec 08, 2024
Fatalities reported in boat accident on Mississippi River in Bellevue
(Bellevue, Iowa) On Sunday, December 8th, at approximately 11 a.m., a boat with three occupants capsized below Lock and Dam No. 12 in Bellevue on the Mississippi River. The victims were fishing in a r...
Tom Robinson Dec 08, 2024