Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Two more fined for massive chicken confinement fires
(Villisca) Three people have agreed to pay $10,000 apiece for burning 10 chicken confinement buildings near Villisca in southwest Iowa last year without proper approval, according to Iowa Department o...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Jul 19, 2024
Michelle Brooks Enjoying Her Role as Audubon County Fair Queen
(Audubon) It's been quite a week for Michelle Brooks. On Monday, the senior third baseman, who played for the Wheelers state qualifying Softball team, was crowned the 2024 Audubon County Fair Queen on...
Tom Robinson Jul 19, 2024

IEDA Board Approves Assistance to Rebuild and Expand Minden Facility
(Des Moines) Today, the Iowa Economic Development Authority Board approved awards for two companies, which will assist in the creation of eight jobs and result in $28.5 million in new capital investme...
Mandy Billings Jul 19, 2024

Update: State's critical IT systems restored, fully operational after global CrowdStrike outage
(Des Moines) This afternoon, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced that Iowa's critical IT systems have been restored and services to Iowans have resumed as normal following a global outage caused by an automat...
Mandy Billings Jul 19, 2024
DNR Studying Ways to Increase Deer Population in Southwest Iowa
(Lewis) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources hosted several public meetings on the importance of managing the deer herd. John Lorenzen from the DNR Office in Lewis says some areas of the state, in...
Tom Robinson Jul 19, 2024

Montgomery County Man arrested on Warrant
(Red Oak) Montgomery County Deputies arrested 40-year-old Quintin Perdue of Elliott in the 900 block of Cass Street in Griswold. Authorities took Perdue into custody on an outstanding warrant for a pa...
Tom Robinson Jul 19, 2024
Updated: Firefighters Respond to House Fire in Atlantic
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Fire Department, Atlantic Police, and Cass EMS responded to a house fire at 1402 Bryn Mawr in Atlantic. Todd Glade tells KSOM/KS95 News he and his wife arrived shortly after th...
Tom Robinson Jul 18, 2024

Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports eleven arrests between July 4th and July 17th. Dominik Alexander Wiebusch, 24, was arrested July 4th for OWI 1st Offense. Bond was set at $1,000. L...
Mandy Billings Jul 18, 2024

Construction Continues for Atlantic Splash Pad Project
(Atlantic) Construction is underway for the new Splash Pad south of the Sunnyside Pool in Atlantic. In March, the Atlantic City Council approved the low bid from Henley Group LLC, out of Muscatine, fo...
Tom Robinson Jul 18, 2024

Atlantic Man Drowns at Lake Anita
(Anita) The Cass County Sheriff's Office, along with several other area first responders were called to Lake Anita State Park for a drowning at the beach, at approximately 6:29 p.m. Wednesday. First r...
Mandy Billings Jul 18, 2024







