Category Archives: Local News

(Washington, D.C.) -- Most Americans now believe marijuana should be legal. A survey from Pew Research Center found 88-percent of Americans think cannabis should be legal for recreational or medicinal...

(Des Moines, IA) -- A natural gas rate increase is now approved for MidAmerican Energy customers, but it will be less than the company asked for. The original request was to increase MidAmerican's rev...

(Page Co) A rural Braddyville man was pronounced deceased at the scene of an accident in Page County. On Thursday, at 7:53 a.m., Page County Communications received a call about a vehicle in the water...

(Area) The Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded Certified Local Government Grants to nine communities in Iowa. The Certified Local Government program encourages governmental partnerships, provi...

(Des Moines) Iowa House Representative Tom Moore from Griswold says as we draw nearer to the 100th day of the session, April 16th, it is encouraging that the House has set its targets. Moore says they...

(Creston) Creston Police arrested a Corning, Iowa, woman on forgery and theft charges. Police arrested 20-year-old Molly Nichole Bagby late Thursday night at 302 N. Pine Street. Officers transported h...

Iowa Dispatch Jared Strong (Des Moines) A bill approved by the Iowa House on Thursday would allow landowners who are subject to eminent domain requests by carbon dioxide pipeline companies to challeng...

(Red Oak) The fertilizer spill near Red Oak in Montgomery County earlier this month killed nearly all the fish in an almost 50-mile stretch of the East Nishnabotna River to the Missouri border. On Mar...

(Atlantic) Denise O'Brien, of Atlantic, would like the public to be aware that the Cryptocurrency (Bitcoin) scammers have taken over her Facebook account. O'Brien uses her account to run her Greenhous...

By Jared Strong - Iowa Capital Dispatch There was significant rainfall in the past week across the northwest half of the state, with much of that area receiving at least 2 inches of precipitation, acc...