Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Open Burning Prohibited in Audubon County
(Audubon) The State Fire Marshal received a request from Audubon County Emergency Management Coordinator Tyler Thygesen, representing each of the county's fire departments, requesting the State Fire M...
Tom Robinson Oct 01, 2024

Cass County Board of Supervisors Approve Zoning Change and Bridge and Road Resurfacing Projects
(Atlantic) The Cass County Board of Supervisors approved an application for a zoning change by Farmer's Electric Cooperative in Lincoln Township from a general agricultural district to a light industr...
Tom Robinson Oct 01, 2024

Charles E. Lakin Foundation Launches $165 Million Initiative to Revitalize Southwest Iowa
(Atlantic) The Charles E. Lakin Foundation is proud to announce the launch of the Revitalize Southwest Iowa Initiative 2024, an ambitious new project to reverse the economic decline plaguing Southwest...
Mandy Billings Oct 01, 2024

Cass County Recorder Discusses Recorder's Fee Modernization Project
(Cass Co) Cass County Recorder Mary Ward spoke to the Board of Supervisors this morning about the Recorder's Fee Modernization Project that will be introduced in the upcoming legislative session. Ward...
Mandy Billings Oct 01, 2024

Creston Police Report
(Creston) A Creston man faces sex offender charges in Union County. Creston Police arrested 24-year-old Kayden Lee Witt of Creston at 301 W Adams Street on a Union County Warrant for one count of a Se...
Tom Robinson Oct 01, 2024

Iowa Pork Producers Release Top Five Finalists For Best Breaded Tenderloins
(Des Moines) What better way to kick off #Porktober24 than with the Top 5 Best Breaded Tenderloins of 2024?! Congratulations (in no particular order) to..... Blind Pig-Monticello The Bronson Bar - Bro...
Tom Robinson Oct 01, 2024

Iowa Farm Bill Expired Last Night
(Des Moines) The Farm Bill expired on September 30. For the second year in a row, Congress failed to agree on a new version. The Farm Bill's largest chunk, about 75 percent, supports low-income famili...
Tom Robinson Oct 01, 2024
Iowa DOT Approves Few Traffic Cameras Under New Law
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Transportation has approved only 11 traffic cameras across five cities and denied 128 requests. This decision stems from a new state law requiring cities to justify...
Tom Robinson Oct 01, 2024

Work release escape of Tyler Maifeld
(Waterloo, Iowa) Tyler Patrick Maifeld, convicted of Robbery 2nd Degree in Black Hawk County, failed to report back to the Waterloo Residential Correctional Facility as required yesterday. Maifeld is ...
Tom Robinson Oct 01, 2024
Month of September in Iowa One for the Record Books
(Des Moines) State Climatologist Dr. Justin Glisan has reported that Iowa received an average of eight-tenths of an inch of rainfall for September, making it the driest September on record preliminari...
Tom Robinson Sep 30, 2024







