Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Rain Totals
24-hour Rain Totals Adair-.30 Anita-.25 Atlantic-.20 Avoca-.60 Audubon-.20 Carroll-.20 Clarinda-.35 Cumberland-.15 Corning-.10 Creston-.15 Darrin Petty seven Miles west of Atlantic-.40 Emerson-.45 Gle...
Tom Robinson Jul 20, 2024

Carroll County Woman Dies in Single-Vehicle Crash
(Sac City) A Breda, Iowa, woman died in a single-vehicle crash in Sac County. The Sac County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of an overturned vehicle at around 6:18 p.m. in the North Raccoon Ri...
Tom Robinson Jul 20, 2024

Pottawattamie County Fair Events for Saturday
(Pottawattamie Co) The Beef Show is the first event at the Pottawattamie County Fair in Avoca at 9:00 this morning, followed by the Parent Showmanship Contest, Open Stuffed Animal Pet Show, and 4-H/Cl...
Mandy Billings Jul 20, 2024

Audubon County Fair Events for Saturday
(Audubon Co) Events at the Audubon County Fair today include the Clover Kids Poultry Show, 4-H/FFA Poultry Show and Open Class at 8:00 a.m., a Baby Contest at 9:00 a.m., Big Wheels Races at 10:00 a.m....
Mandy Billings Jul 20, 2024

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







