Category Archives: Local News
Water Summary Update: Decreased rainfall in August shows a return to dry conditions
(Des Moines) Consistent above-normal rainfall during the summer months slowed in August, resulting in a return of dry conditions, according to the latest Water Summary Update. The preliminary statewid...
Sep 8, 2024
Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Celebrate with Meadow & Charm
(Atlantic) On Thursday, September 6, 2024, the Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were on hand to celebrate the opening of a new business, Meadow & Charm, with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Brandy Gage, ow...
Sep 8, 2024
Politics Come to the Grocery Store
(NAFB) University of Illinois researchers have asked consumers if they believe politicians can lower food prices? Specifically, the agricultural college survey asked which political party, if any, tho...
Sep 8, 2024
Gov. Reynolds appoints Matthew Schuling as District Associate Judge
(Des Moines) Governor Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Matthew Schuling as a district associate judge in Judicial District 4. Schuling, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, is an assistant attorney...
Sep 8, 2024
Atlantic Man Charged Following Standoff
(Atlantic) An Atlantic faces charges following a one-hour standoff at the Midtown Apartments. Atlantic Police Chief Devin Hogue says Cass County Communications dispatched Police at approximately 10:26...
Sep 7, 2024
Montgomery County Man Arrested on Alcohol-Related Charges
(Red Oak) Montgomery County Deputies arrested 65-year-old Daniel Mark Sempek of Elliott on a Pottawattamie County Warrant for OWI 1st Offense. Deputies transported Sempek to the Montgomery County Jail...
Sep 7, 2024
Red Oak Police Report One Arrest
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 31-year-old Dallas Eugene Davis in the 1000 block of E. Summit Street for Violating a no-contact order. Officers transported Davis to the Montgomery County Jail and h...
Sep 7, 2024
Plane that left Fort Dodge Airport crashed in Indiana
(Anderson, Indiana) The Fort Dodge Regional Airport in Iowa says they are aware of a tragic plan crash that occurred this morning in Anderson, Indiana. They said, "We can confirm that the aircraft inv...
Sep 6, 2024
Gov. Reynolds orders flags at half-staff to honor fallen Pearl Harbor sailor from Iowa
(Des Moines) Governor Kim Reynolds has ordered all flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Monday, September 9, 2024, to honor fallen Navy Fireman 1st Class Everett C. Titteringto...
Sep 6, 2024
State Climatologist Justin Glisan: Fall and Winter Weather Pattern Depends on the Development of La Nina
(Des Moines) Weather experts continue to wait for the weather phenomenon La Nina to develop to give us an idea of what kind of pattern may or may not develop over the next few months. State Climatolog...
Sep 6, 2024
