Category Archives: Local News
U.S. Pork Industry Hoping for Port Strike Resolution
(Undated) The U.S. meat industry hopes for a quick resolution to the dockworker strike at East and Gulf Coast ports. "Last year in 2023, we exported over $8.3 billion of pork and pork products to over...
Oct 02, 2024
Gov. Reynolds issues disaster proclamation for Hurricane Helene response efforts
DES MOINES- Gov. Kim Reynolds today issued a disaster proclamation to ease restrictions on the transportation of materials and repair crews passing through Iowa enroute to Hurricane Helene response. T...
Oct 01, 2024
Southwest Valley Student Arrested for Threat of Terrorism
(Montgomery Co) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office says a juvenile at the Southwest Valley Middle School was arrested this (Tuesday) morning on a charge of Threat of Terrorism. The juvenile was ta...
Oct 01, 2024
Open Burning Prohibited in Audubon County
(Audubon) The State Fire Marshal received a request from Audubon County Emergency Management Coordinator Tyler Thygesen, representing each of the county's fire departments, requesting the State Fire M...
Oct 01, 2024
Cass County Board of Supervisors Approve Zoning Change and Bridge and Road Resurfacing Projects
(Atlantic) The Cass County Board of Supervisors approved an application for a zoning change by Farmer's Electric Cooperative in Lincoln Township from a general agricultural district to a light industr...
Oct 01, 2024
Charles E. Lakin Foundation Launches $165 Million Initiative to Revitalize Southwest Iowa
(Atlantic) The Charles E. Lakin Foundation is proud to announce the launch of the Revitalize Southwest Iowa Initiative 2024, an ambitious new project to reverse the economic decline plaguing Southwest...
Oct 01, 2024
Cass County Recorder Discusses Recorder's Fee Modernization Project
(Cass Co) Cass County Recorder Mary Ward spoke to the Board of Supervisors this morning about the Recorder's Fee Modernization Project that will be introduced in the upcoming legislative session. Ward...
Oct 01, 2024
Creston Police Report
(Creston) A Creston man faces sex offender charges in Union County. Creston Police arrested 24-year-old Kayden Lee Witt of Creston at 301 W Adams Street on a Union County Warrant for one count of a Se...
Oct 01, 2024
Iowa Pork Producers Release Top Five Finalists For Best Breaded Tenderloins
(Des Moines) What better way to kick off #Porktober24 than with the Top 5 Best Breaded Tenderloins of 2024?! Congratulations (in no particular order) to..... Blind Pig-Monticello The Bronson Bar - Bro...
Oct 01, 2024
Iowa Farm Bill Expired Last Night
(Des Moines) The Farm Bill expired on September 30. For the second year in a row, Congress failed to agree on a new version. The Farm Bill's largest chunk, about 75 percent, supports low-income famili...
Oct 01, 2024
