Category Archives: Local News
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
COVID-19 Positive Tests Increasing In Iowa
(Undated) COVID-19 numbers have surged in Iowa and across the country in recent weeks. Over 20 percent of tests in Iowa are coming back positive, the highest in over a year. Inpatient and emergency ro...
Aug 20, 2024
Creighton University Economist Dr. Ernie Goss says the U.S. Economy is "Not Doing Well."
(Omaha) Creighton University Economics Professor Dr. Ernie Goss says the economy is treading water and moving down. He says the employment index was below growth neutral for the month. Overall, manufa...
Aug 20, 2024
Back to the Ballfields Event in Atlantic set for August 31st
(Atlantic) Back to the Ballfields will be held at the Atlantic Sports Complex on August 31st. Devin Hogue said this event started last year after the fireworks got rained out on the 4th of July. He sa...
Aug 19, 2024
Alumni Banquet Raises over $13,000 for Atlantic Senior Alumni Scholarship Foundation
(Atlantic) Atlantic High School Alumni opened their pockets over the weekend for the Senior Alumni Scholarship Foundation. Billie Hoover, Board Member for the Senior Alumni Scholarship Foundation, tel...
Aug 19, 2024
