Category Archives: Local News
Cass County Relay for Life Set for Sunday, June 30
(Atlantic) Preparations for the Cass County Relay For Life event on Sunday, June 30th are well underway to bring the community together for a time of celebration and support for cancer survivors and c...
May 12, 2024
Frost Dates: Time to Plant Your Garden
(Lewis) The cold and wet weather conditions have not been conducive to garden planting. John Lorenzen, fisheries biologist, discussed gardening on Saturday's DNR Report on KSOM Radio. Lorenzen says th...
May 12, 2024
DCI Investigates Onawa Shooting Death
(Onawa) The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating a shooting death in Onawa. At approximately 5:42 p.m. on Friday, May 10, the Monona County Communication Center received a 911 call...
May 11, 2024
Northern Lights Visible in Southwest Iowa Overnight
(Area) Aurora Borealis, commonly referred to as the northern lights, was visible in southwest Iowa overnight. The National Weather Service says several geomagnetic storms coming from the sun create th...
May 11, 2024
Bank Robbery at First Interstate Bank in Hamburg
(Hamburg) A bank was robbed in Fremont County Friday morning. The Fremont County Sheriff's Office received a report at 10:08 a.m. of a bank robbery that occurred at the First Interstate Bank in Hambur...
May 11, 2024
Widespread rains eliminate 'extreme' drought in Iowa
(Iowa) For the first time in nearly two years, no part of Iowa has extreme drought - the second-worst dryness classification of the U.S. Drought Monitor. A new report on Thursday that takes into accou...
May 10, 2024
Two fallen police officers honored at 2024 Iowa Peace Officer Memorial Ceremony
(Des Moines) Friday, Governor Kim Reynolds, Iowa Department of Public Safety Commissioner Stephan Bayens, the Des Moines Police Department, the Algona Police Department, families and other law enforce...
May 10, 2024
Off-Duty Adams County Deputy Dies Following Excavator Accident in Madison County
(Adams Co) The Madison County Sheriff's Office identified the man who died following an excavator accident as 34-year-old Nicholas Koeppe, of Corning. Koeppe is an Adams County Sheriff's Deputy who wa...
May 10, 2024
Pro-Palestinian Rally Ends with Protestors Escorted Out of Federal Building
(Des Moines) Federal law enforcement escorted several protestors out of the Neal Smith Federal Building following the conclusion of a pro-Palestinian rally. Hosted by the Catholic Peace Ministry and t...
May 10, 2024
Traffic Stop Leads to an Arrest in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) Montgomery County Deputies conducted a traffic stop in the 1700 block of K Avenue on Thursday, which led to the arrest of 40-year-old Zachary Morrison of Grant for driving under suspension. ...
May 10, 2024
