Category Archives: Local News

(Clarinda) The Clarinda Police Department would like to remind the citizens of Clarinda that no parking is allowed on the following streets from 7:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 5 for t...

(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 35-year-old Brynn Elizabeth Hudson, of Red Oak, in the 100 block of W Coolbaugh Street this (Friday) morning for Theft 4th Degree. Hudson was taken to ...

(Griswold) TS Bank has donated $27,000 to the newly opened Lakin Foundation Child Development Center in Griswold, a $3.8 million childcare facility developed by the Noble Initiative Foundation with th...

(Des Moines, IA) -- It's been months since Iowa's devastating tornadoes and floods. Clean-up continues, roofs repaired, fences mended, but a post-storm threat lingers... "We are hearing about differen...

(Mount Ayr) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will be helping the Mount Ayr Hatchery harvest blue catfish next week. John Lorenzen, Fisheries Biologist with the DNR, said they get two-inch fish...

(Des Moines) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has announced Christine Hensley's appointment to the Iowa Board of Regents.   Early in her career, Hensley worked closely with developers on affordable hou...

(Des Moines) Iowa House Democrats have announced their legislative priorities for 2025. They emphasize education funding, abortion law reforms, and economic relief for families. Minority Leader Jennif...

(Area) Harvest is underway and with no rain forecast in the near future, field fires are a concern. All it takes to start a fire is just a spark from an engine or an overheated bearing on a combine. R...

(Johnston) A student at Johnston Middle School was taken into custody following a report of a weapon spotted in a bathroom. The school went into lockdown at 2:48 p.m. No weapon was found. The lockdown...

(Des Moines) Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced a lawsuit against Global Fiberglass Solutions (GFS) and its executives, Donald Lilly and Ronald Albrecht, for violations of Iowa's solid ...