Category Archives: Local News

By: Robin Opsahl (Des Moines)The Iowa House approved a bill Tuesday to regulate traffic cameras, despite criticisms from some lawmakers who said the bill unfairly limits local control, and others who ...

(Adair Co) The Adair County Board of Supervisors held a lengthy discussion this morning on a Data Center Ordinance. Last week, the Supervisors heard from Nick Phillips and Lance Cummins of Applied Dig...

(Audubon) The Audubon County Courthouse Offices are settling into their new temporary locations during the courthouse HVACC construction project. The Auditor's Office is in the old Memorial Building, ...

(Red Oak) Red Oak Fire Chief John Bruce says firefighters responded to a field fire on Tuesday afternoon. Chief Bruce says the call went out at 12:34 p.m. for a fire at M Avenue and 220th Street. The ...

(Creston) Creston Police arrested a man for violating his parole. Officers arrested 46-year-old Michael David Johns of Creston at Sumner and Townline at 6:53 p.m. on Tuesday and charged with Violation...

(Pottawattamie Co) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a funding request from Avoca Main Street. The funding, in the amount of $3,000, is for general operations of Avoca ...

(Des Moines, IA) -- In Des Moines, the Iowa Senate has taken a significant step forward in protecting landowners' rights regarding hazardous liquid pipelines. The legislation passed by the House earli...

(Red Oak) Montgomery County deputies arrested a man from Braddyville, Iowa, on Tuesday night following a traffic stop near W. High Street and Highway 71 near Villisca. During the investigation, deputi...

(Audubon) The Audubon County Board of Supervisors is considering its options for maintaining an ambulance service in the future. Chairman Heath Hanson says the county's ambulance services and the hosp...

(Pottawattamie County, IA) -- A Western Iowa county supervisor is charged with driving a car while drunk. The Iowa State Patrol says Pottawattamie County supervisor Jeff Jorgensen hit a car while driv...