Category Archives: Local News
Iowa Attorney General Joins Coalition Advocating for SCOTUS Review of Girls' Sports Laws
(Des Moines) Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird supports efforts led by 26 states to restrict girls' sports to athletes assigned female at birth. Bird has joined two coalitions pushing for the U.S. Sup...
Aug 21, 2024
Griswold School District Discuss Virtual Classrooms and Changes in Sports Seasons
(Griswold) Starting last year, Iowa School Districts could have up to five days or 30 hours of virtual instruction. Griswold Schools Superintendent Dave Henrichs explained to the school board on Monda...
Aug 21, 2024
Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office arrested Rachel Christine Cruz-Davila, 41, of Glenwood, on August 15th for Willful Injury-Bodily Injury and Child Endangerment. Bond was set at $7,000. Kri...
Aug 20, 2024
Care facility cited for teen's 'disgusting and horrible' abuse of residents
(Anita) A Cass County nursing home with a history of abuse-related violations is again facing possible federal fines for failing to protect residents from abuse. The state has proposed fines of $30,25...
Aug 20, 2024
Gov. Reynolds awards $7.2 million to build 175 homes in disaster-impacted communities
(Des Moines) Governor Reynolds today announced the first round of awards through the State Disaster Recovery New Housing Grant Program. More than $7.2 million has been awarded to support the construct...
Aug 20, 2024
New Atlantic Teachers are Honored
New teachers coming to Atlantic: Back Row Left to Right -- Nicole Holst, Lindsey Roberts, Julie Coffey, Stephanie Kelley, Cory Burtz, Hannah Misner, Taylor Vargason, Lexi Griffin-Uren. Front Row Left ...
Aug 20, 2024
Vocal Opposition Continues of Pipeline in Guthrie County
(Guthrie Center, IA) -- The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors had a packed house on Tuesday morning and residents of Guthrie County at times got emotional against the Summit Carbon Solutions Pipelin...
Aug 20, 2024
Cass County Supervisors Approve ARPA Funding Requests
(Cass Co) The Cass County Board of Supervisors this morning approved ARPA Funds for the Anita Food Pantry parking lot improvements in the amount of $15,000. Tim Miller said they received some grant mo...
Aug 20, 2024
Griswold School District Still Looking to Fill a Few Teaching Positions Permanently
(Griswold) Griswold Schools Superintendent Dave Henrichs says the school will start with a handful of unfilled staff positions. Henrichs says they are still searching for a Middle School English Readi...
Aug 20, 2024
Iowa Auditor Urged to Investigate $10.7M in Unpaid Nursing Home Fees
(Des Moines) Advocates are calling for an investigation into the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services' failure to collect over ten-point-seven-million dollars in Quality Assurance Assessment f...
Aug 20, 2024
