Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Thrive Iowa Alliance Meeting on August 24th
(Atlantic) The next Thrive Iowa Alliance meeting is on Monday, August 24th at noon at the Cass County Community Center. The topic for the meeting is Strong in Recovery: Ready to Work. Thrive Iowa Alli...
Mandy Billings Aug 14, 2026

Public meeting to be held for former Offutt Air Force Base Atlas "D" Missile Site 3 near Missouri Valley
(Missouri Valley) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, August 19 regarding environmental activities at the former Offutt Air Force Base Atlas "D" Missile Site 3 ne...
Mandy Billings Aug 14, 2026

Another pipeline parts company accuses Summit of backing out of contract
(Iowa Capital Dispatch) The company planning to build a carbon sequestration pipeline through Iowa is being sued by a second pipeline parts company, this time for $6.6 million. SCS Carbon Transport LL...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Aug 14, 2026

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Fish Aquarium Reaches a Milestone
(Des Moines) Thousands of fairgoers have visited the Iowa State Fair's Fish and Game Pavilion and Aquarium since its permanent aquariums opened in 1926. This marks the 100th anniversary of the aquariu...
Tom Robinson Aug 14, 2026

Rain Totals
Adair-5.2 Anita-2.0 Atlantic-1.55 Avoca-2.48 Corning-.40 Cumberland-2.9 Emerson-.35 Exira-3.45 Greenfield-1.75 Griswold-.85 Guthrie Center-.60 Harlan-2.0 Marne-2.5 Massena-3.5 Oakland-.35
Tom Robinson Aug 14, 2026

Page County Woman Arrested on Assault Charges in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police were dispatched to the 1800 block of Summit Street on Thursday for a reported assault. During the investigation, officers arrested Marcia Yvonne Hopp of Shenandoah on a charge...
Tom Robinson Aug 14, 2026

U.S. Drought Monitor Released
(Des Moines, IA) -- Drought conditions continue in portions of northwest and west-central Iowa. The new National Drought Monitor Map shows a new area of severe drought in Ida and Sac Counties. Northwe...
Tom Robinson Aug 14, 2026

State News: Flock Surveillance Reforms, Cyclospora Cases Rise, Missing Des Moines Man Found
Flock Introduces Reforms To Surveillance Cameras Following Vandalism And Criticism In Iowa, Nationwide (Undated) -- The owner of surveillance cameras used by law enforcement is introducing changes as ...
Tom Robinson Aug 14, 2026

Cass County Farmer's Boar "Zoomer" Wins the 2026 Iowa State Fair Big Boar Contest
(Atlantic) Todd Schuler, of Atlantic, walked his Chester/Hampshire boar, "Zoomer," into the ring at the Iowa State Fair, tipped the scales at 1,246 pounds, and took the top prize in the 2026 Iowa Stat...
Tom Robinson Aug 13, 2026

Cass County Candidate Filing Deadline Is August 26
(Cass Co.) Cass County Auditor Kathy Somers reminds residents that the deadline to file candidate nomination papers for the November 3, 2026 General Election is 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 26, 2026. N...
Mandy Billings Aug 13, 2026








