Category Archives: Local News
Guthrie County Supervisors Amend Agenda to Hold Public Hearing
(Guthrie Center, IA) -- The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors addressed a budget amendment during today's (Tuesday's) meeting. The Supervisors conducted a public hearing on the amendment despite it ...
Aug 25, 2026
Missing Boater Located Following Weekend Search
(Polk Co.) The body of a Windsor Heights man who went overboard in the Des Moines River Saturday has been located. The Polk County Sheriff's Office identified the man as James Michael. Emergency crews...
Aug 25, 2026
Montgomery County Board of Supervisors Approves Part-time Veterans Affairs Clerk
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors approved the creation of a temporary part-time Veterans Affairs Clerk Position at Tuesday morning's meeting. The Veterans Affairs Commission has id...
Aug 25, 2026
Cass County Supervisors Approve Bids for Keystone and Jasper Road Bridge Replacements
(Cass Co.) The Cass County Board of Supervisors approved bids for two bridge replacement projects this morning. The first resolution approved was for a bridge replacement project on Keystone Road. Cou...
Aug 25, 2026
Fatal Two-Vehicle Accident in Crawford County
(Crawford Co.) One person was killed and another was injured in a two-vehicle accident in Crawford County Monday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at the intersection of High...
Aug 25, 2026
U.S. Corn and Soybean Ratings Decline
(Washington D.C.) U.S. corn and soybean crop conditions declined last week, according to USDA NASS's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday. Corn rated good to excellent fell 3 percentage points ...
Aug 25, 2026
Avoca Man Pleads Guilty to Amended Charges Following 2025 Shooting
(Avoca) Court records show an Avoca man originally charged with attempted murder in October 2025 has accepted a plea agreement. Twenty-nine-year-old Shaun McCarthy pleaded guilty in July to amended ch...
Aug 25, 2026
Taylor County Crash Claims the Life of a Missouri Man
(Taylor County) A Maryville, Missouri, man died in a single-vehicle crash in Taylor County on Monday. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at around 3:55 p.m., in the 3100 Block of Colt Av...
Aug 25, 2026
Omaha Man Charged With Attempted Murder Following Council Bluffs Cutting
(Council Bluffs) Council Bluffs Police and Fire were dispatched to the 2700 block of Avenue A at approximately 4:33 p.m. Monday, August 24, following a report of a cutting. Officers located 43-year-ol...
Aug 25, 2026
State News: Record Fair Attendance, Diesel Prices and Central Iowa Headlines
ISU Police Report: 33 Arrests, Citations, and Referrals During 801 Day (Ames, IA) -- Iowa State University police say 33 people were arrested, cited or referred during Saturday's welcome weekend celeb...
Aug 25, 2026
