Category Archives: Local News
Dan Daugherty Family Benefit Set for June 1
(Cumberland) Friends and family are rallying around a longtime coach and educator this weekend. Steve Pelzer of Cumberland, the event spokesperson, says Dan Daugherty was diagnosed with Cancer. Pelzer...
May 27, 2024
Iowa's Tornado Events Well Above Normal
(Des Moines) The number of spring tornado events in Iowa has already reached the total for one year. Chad Hahn with the National Weather Service in Des Moines says the typical yearly average is around...
May 27, 2024
National Weather Service Reports 12 EFO Tornadoes in Friday's Severe Storm Event
(Omaha) The National Weather Service in Omaha, Nebraska, reported about a dozen EF0 tornadoes swept through the region on Friday. According to the Weather Service, three spin-up Tornadoes appeared in ...
May 26, 2024
Five Fatalities Confirmed Following Tornado in Adair and Adams County, Iowa
(Adair County) Officials say five people died in the powerful tornado that swept through Adams and Adair Counties in the afternoon hours of May 21. Initial National Weather Service Office reports indi...
May 26, 2024
Teen Dies in UTV Crash in Eastern Iowa
(Poweshiek County, Iowa) A teenager died, and an 11-year-old was airlifted from the scene of a UTV accident in Poweshiek County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 5:20 p.m. on Saturd...
May 26, 2024
Driver Charged in 2 Vehicle Crash in Creston
(Creston) Creston Police transported one person to jail following a two-vehicle crash on Saturday. According to the Police report, the accident happened at 10:17 p.m. near the intersection of Prairie ...
May 26, 2024
Rain Totals
Adair- Anita-.20 Audubon- Atlantic-.60 Corning-.34 Darrin Petty Seven Miles west of Atlantic-.60 Elk Horn- Exira- Harlan-.15 Lewis- Marne-.35 Massena-.35 Nodaway- Red Oak-.23 Stanton-.12 Treynor-.21 W...
May 26, 2024
Free Fishing Weekend June 7-9
(Area) Iowa residents can try fishing without buying a license on June 7, 8 and 9 as part of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources' free fishing weekend. That's John Lorenzen, Fisheries Biologist w...
May 26, 2024
Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors Hosted by Akin Building Center
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by Akin Building Center on Thursday, May 23rd, 2024. The Ambassadors gathered to welcome the new store manager, Randy DeSpain, and hear his visi...
May 26, 2024
Ida County Sheriff's Office Investigates Battle Creek Shooting
(Ida County) A Shooting in the Ida County City of Battle Creek is under investigation. In the late morning hours on Friday, the Ida County Communications Center received a 911 call of shots fired in t...
May 25, 2024
