Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports six recent arrests. Dakota John Allen, 29, of Hastings, was arrested this morning for Driving While Barred. Bond was set at $2,000. Justin Lee Pars...
Mandy Billings Aug 05, 2024

Creston Police Report
(Creston) The Creston Police Department arrested 29-year-old Ryan James Corder, of Storm Lake, on Friday for Theft 3rd. Corder was taken to the Union County Jail and held on $2,000 bond. Kevin William...
Mandy Billings Aug 05, 2024
Monona County Kidnapper and Gunman Sent to Federal Prison
(Monona Co) The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa says 35-year-old Allen Jones, of Ute, was sentenced Friday to 16 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping. O...
Mandy Billings Aug 05, 2024

EPA Ends Cleanup Oversight At Iowa Recycling Facility
(Marengo, IA) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ended its oversight of a recycling facility in Marengo that exploded nearly two years ago. Twenty employees of the C6-Zero plant were inju...
Mandy Billings Aug 05, 2024
One Person Died, Four Others Injured in Johnson County Accident
(Johnson Co.) One person was killed in a four-vehicle accident in Johnson County Sunday evening. Four others were injured. The Iowa State Patrol says 41-year-old Thomas Richard Hebel Perkins, of Cedar...
Mandy Billings Aug 05, 2024

Three Injured in Clarke County Accident
(Clarke Co) Three people were injured in a two vehicle accident in Clarke County Sunday morning. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened on southbound I-35 near the 28 mile marker at 1100 a.m...
Mandy Billings Aug 05, 2024

Turtle Season Regulations
(Area) The turtle harvest season opened in mid-July. John Lorenzen, Fisheries Biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says Iowa has many species of turtles, but only four can be harve...
Mandy Billings Aug 04, 2024

Nunn Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Protect Iowa Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork
(Des Moines) U.S. Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) introduced a bipartisan bill to reduce excessive paperwork for small businesses. The Protect Small Business from Excessive Paperwork Act, which is co...
Mandy Billings Aug 04, 2024

Food Inflation Eases
(NAFB) The USDA says food inflation is easing, but not so for farm costs. Consumers may be getting a bit of a break from grocery price inflation which topped 11 percent in 2022. USDA economist Megan S...
Mandy Billings Aug 04, 2024

Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors hosted by staff of Green Leaf Tobacco & Vape
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by the staff of Green Leaf Tobacco & Vape on Thursday, August 1st, 2024. The Ambassadors gathered to welcome the new business to the communi...
Mandy Billings Aug 04, 2024







