Category Archives: Local News

(Atlantic) After two short forty-mile trips from Glenwood to Red Oak and Red to Atlantic, cyclists will make an 82-mile trip to Winterset today. Riders are leaving Atlantic this morning and heading ea...

(Greenfield) The Adair County Courthouse's doors will be locked with no public access today, July 23, 2024, due to RAGBRAI. Employees will continue to work during normal business hours of 8:00 a.m. to...

(Des Moines, IA) -- The Iowa Supreme Court has denied a rehearing request by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland on Iowa's law banning most abortions as early as six weeks of pregnancy. The law, signe...

(Undated) Local union members and labor leaders in Iowa call on lawmakers to restore collective bargaining rights for public workers. The rights were stripped in 2017 by GOP lawmakers. Changes made to...

(Atlantic) Thousands of bicycle enthusiasts hailing from coast to coast and abroad are traveling across Iowa for RAGBRAI 2024. The trip started in Glenwood on Sunday, spent Sunday night in Red Oak, an...

(Atlantic) Day 2 of RAGBRAI is rolling into Cass County this morning (Monday, July 22). Photos of the event will be posted throughout the day. (The video is the final two-and-a-half mile stretch on Co...

(Lewis) Day 2 of RAGBRAI continues today. Cyclists are going to their overnight stop in Atlantic, passing through Elliott, Griswold, and Lewis before spending the night there. Lewis RAGBRAI Committee ...

(Creston) Creston Police arrested six people over the weekend. The arrests ranged from driving while barred, Animal at large, OWI, and drug possession. July 20: *Mark Thomas Bregar, 24, 416 New York A...

(Creston) A Creston teen faces drunk driving charges after striking two parked cars in Creston on Saturday. Creston Police say the accident happened at 8:53 on Filmore Street. Authorities say 16-year-...

(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department reports two arrests. Police arrested 34-year-old Kristopher Carl Friesenhahn of Red Oak on Sunday afternoon in the 800 block of N. 2nd Street on a charge of Sim...