Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

John Deere Stock Up as Company Beats Third-Quarter Revenue Projections
(Moline) Deere and Company beat third-quarter earnings expectations, reporting income of over one-point-seven billion dollars. Deere & Company CEO John May says recent layoffs are expected to help...
Tom Robinson Aug 16, 2024

Progress Continues with Atlantic Splash Pad Project
(Atlantic) Fundraising efforts began in April of 2023, and this week, construction crews laid the concrete for the new Splash Pad located just east of the Sunnyside Pool in Atlantic. Jeremy Butler wit...
Tom Robinson Aug 16, 2024

DNR Biologist Weighs in on What Causes Summer Fish Kills
(Lewis) Iowa Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Biologist John Lorenzen is receiving reports of dead fish floating or washing up on shore in private ponds. Although concerning, Lorenzen says th...
Tom Robinson Aug 16, 2024

60th Cookout Contest Highlights Farm Bureau Day at the Iowa State Fair
(Des Moines) Tuesday, August 13th, was Farm Bureau Day at the Iowa State Fair, and it wasn't hard to find the Farm Bureau Park. The Iowa Farm Bureau hosted its 60th Annual Cookout Contest, and the sme...
Tom Robinson Aug 16, 2024
Updated: Nebraska Man Injured in Multi-Vehicle Accident on I-80 in Cass County
(Atlantic) A Nebraska man driving a motorcycle suffered serious injuries in an accident involving several vehicles in Cass County. The Iowa State Patrol says the crash happened just before 3:30 p.m. o...
Tom Robinson Aug 16, 2024

Updated: One Injured, One Arrested After Creston Shooting
(Creston) A man from Union County has been arrested in connection with a shooting that took place in Creston on Thursday. Daniel McDowell, 22, from Lorimor, Iowa, was taken into custody by Creston pol...
Tom Robinson Aug 15, 2024
Iowa submits summer EBT waiver request for a demonstration project that feeds more children, leverages existing programs
(Des Moines) Des Moines Governor Kim Reynolds announced today that the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has submitted a waiver request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) fo...
Tom Robinson Aug 15, 2024

Audubon Upper Story Housing Project Approved for Iowa Economic Authority Block Grant
(Audubon) Region XII approved an Iowa Economic Authority Development Block Grant contract agreement for an upper-story housing conversion grant project on Broadway Street in Audubon. This item fell un...
Tom Robinson Aug 15, 2024

Creston Police Report Two Arrests
(Creston) The Creston Police Department reports two arrests concerning a burglary and an alcohol-related offense. Creston Police arrested 33-year-old Anthony Roger Cross of Creston early this morning ...
Tom Robinson Aug 15, 2024

Overnight Rain Totals
Adair-.15 Anita-.25 Atlantic-.10 Audubon-.40 Corning-1.24 Council Bluffs- Greenfield- Harlan- Lewis-.70 Marne-.15 Massena-.1.1 Red Oak- Shenandoah- Stanton- Wiota-.23
Tom Robinson Aug 15, 2024







