Category Archives: Local News
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Della Woolsey First Recipient of Cass Health's ROSE Award
(Atlantic) Cass Health is proud to announce that Della Woolsey is the inaugural recipient of the Recognition of Service Excellence (ROSE) Award. Woolsey has worked as a housekeeper as part of the Envi...
Mandy Billings Apr 02, 2024
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst Names Brownells the Small Business of the Week
(Red Oak, IA) - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, announced her Small Business of the Week is Brownells of Poweshiek County. Throughout this Cong...
Western Iowa Today Apr 02, 2024

New Legislation Allows Landlords To Request Proof For Assistance Animals
(Des Moines, IA) -- A new bill modifying the way landlords handle requests from tenants with disabilities seeking to keep their therapy animals now awaits Governor Reynolds' signature. Under this bill...
Mandy Billings Apr 02, 2024

Red Oak Man Arrested for OWI and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 40-year-old Christopher Robert Fowler, of Red Oak, in the 200 block of W Washington Avenue early this morning for OWI 1st Offense and Possession of Dru...
Mandy Billings Apr 02, 2024

Bird flu spreads cow-to-cow and to one human in Texas
Texas cows are believed to have directly transmitted an avian flu to other cows and one person, according to state agriculture and health officials. The new evidence of mammal-to-mammal transmissions ...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Apr 02, 2024

Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills County) - The Mills County Sheriff's Office reported two arrests and one incident. Arrests Richard Steven Kraft, 41, of Omaha, Nebraska was arrested March 29th at 5:44 a.m. for two counts of Po...
Western Iowa Today Apr 01, 2024

Emerald Ash Borer Has Now Been Detected Statewide, Except For One County
(Iowa) -- Emerald ash borer, an invasive insect known for killing Ash trees, has now been detected in every Iowa county except for one. The United States Department of Agriculture says the latest dete...
Mandy Billings Apr 01, 2024

Adair County Sheriff's Report
(Adair Co) The Adair County Sheriff's Office reports four arrests. Brandon Michael Reilly, 39, of Greenfield, was arrested March 28th on a Union County warrant for two counts of Theft 5th Degree. Reil...
Mandy Billings Apr 01, 2024

Glenwood Police Report
(Glenwood) The Glenwood Police Department arrested 18-year-old Ethan Kiefer, of Glenwood, on April 1st for OWI 1st Offense and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Kiefer posted the $2,000 cash or su...
Mandy Billings Apr 01, 2024
Iowa House Passes HRJ 2006, Making it Harder to Raise Taxes
(Des Moines) Iowa House Representative Ray Sorensen said the House passed HJR 2006, making it harder to raise taxes. Sorensen said, "With the Republican trifecta in the Capitol, we have been focused o...
Mandy Billings Apr 01, 2024







