Category Archives: Local News

(Atlantic) U.S. Representative Zach Nunn hosted an information session at Cass Health in Atlantic on the opioid crisis in rural Iowa. More than 70,000 drug overdose deaths in 2021 were attributed to s...

(Atlantic) Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO) is pleased to announce the addition of Amy Jones to the team as a Payroll & Benefits Specialist. Jones has an extended accounting and human reso...

(Audubon) The Audubon County Sheriff's Office will remain in the courthouse during the HVAC construction project, but it will be relocated within the building. To ensure that the Sheriff's Office can ...

(Perry) The Perry Community School District is still discussing a return to full school days six weeks after the school shooting that killed student Ahmir Joliff and High School Principal Dan Marburge...

(Red Oak) The warm and dry conditions are causing concern among emergency managers and area firefighters. Firefighters from several Montgomery County Communities dealt with grass fires this past week....

(Creston) Creston Police arrested a Creston woman on alcohol-related charges. Police say 28-year-old Chelsey Mae Madison was taken into custody on Thursday evening for OWI 1st Offense. Authorities tra...

(Lewis) The above-normal temperatures for February allow some producers to start field work early. Iowa State Extension Agronomist Aaron Saeugling says the weather pattern is highly unusual for this t...

(Washington D.C) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved long-delayed petitions from eight Midwest governors, allowing summertime sales of E15. The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) rep...

(Des Moines) This week, the Iowa House passed House File 2613 to increase Supplemental State Aid (SSA) funding by three percent. Iowa House Representative Tom Moore says SSA is the amount of new fundi...

(Red Oak) Firefighters responded to 1912 D Avenue in Montgomery County on Thursday afternoon for a rubbish Fire that had gotten out of control and spread quickly. Red Oak Fire Chief John Bruce says th...