Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Rain Totals
Rain Totals: Adair-.12 Atlantic-.40 Council Bluffs-16 Lewis-.50 Red Oak-.41 Wiota-.48 Treynor.16
Tom Robinson Mar 08, 2024
Iowa House Passes Teacher Compensation Bill
(Des Moines) Iowa House Representative Tom Moore of Griswold stated that House File 2630 would be the largest pay raise for teachers since 2003. Moore says if enacted and accompanied by Supplemental S...
Tom Robinson Mar 07, 2024

Diesel spill reaches Middle Nodaway River
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a diesel spill on the Middle Nodaway River in Adair County. On Thursday, the Atlantic Field Office of DNR received a call from an...
Tom Robinson Mar 07, 2024

Atlantic Personnel & Finance Committee to Meet Friday Afternoon
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Personnel and Finance Committee will meet Friday afternoon. Items on the agenda include Review and Recommendation on Police Staffing, Review and Recommendation on City Clerk Po...
Mandy Billings Mar 07, 2024

Pymosa Lodge in Atlantic Hosting Stew Feed on March 17
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors met with Pymosa Lodge today (Thursday) to learn about their annual Stew Feed. John Bricker said the Stew Feed is just one of their fundrais...
Mandy Billings Mar 07, 2024

Creston Woman Arrested on Drug Charge
(Creston) The Creston Police Department arrested 40-year-old Alicia Ellen Lovell on Wednesday for Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd or Subsequent Offense. Lovell was taken to the Union County J...
Mandy Billings Mar 07, 2024

Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office arrested 18-year-old Tate Marshall Sharp, of Omaha, Nebraska, on March 4th on a warrant for Failure to Appear on the charge of Possession of Drug Paraphern...
Mandy Billings Mar 07, 2024

Atlantic's New Entrance Sign is Ready for Installation
(Atlantic) A new entrance sign will soon be installed at the intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 71 on the east edge of Atlantic. Atlantic City Administrator John Lund says JJ Design produced this "...
Tom Robinson Mar 07, 2024

Shelby County Board of Supervisors Approve Appointments and Wage Increases
(Harlan) The Shelby County Board of Supervisors approved appointments to the Board of Adjustment and cost-of-living wage increases for all non-union employees on Tuesday. The planned spending for fisc...
Tom Robinson Mar 07, 2024
Iowa Senate Passes Immigration Bill
(Des Moines) A bill has passed the Iowa Senate that calls for police to arrest immigrants who are in the state illegally. It also allows judges to order them to be deported. The bill passed along part...
Tom Robinson Mar 07, 2024







