Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

The Window for the Tree Pruning Season is Closing Soon
(Lewis) John Lorensen, appearing on the KSOM DNR Report on Saturday, said get out and get your trees pruned by the end of next week if you have not already done so. Lorensen says January and February ...
Tom Robinson Feb 25, 2024
Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Visit Midwest Health Center
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by Doctors Jim & Haley Kickland on Thursday, February 22nd, 2024, to catch up with the Midwest Health Center and learn more about the servic...
Mandy Billings Feb 25, 2024
Gas Prices Higher This Past Week
(Des Moines) According to AAA, the price of regular unleaded gasoline rose seven cents this past week, averaging $3.01, across Iowa. Despite the price increase, it's still 20 cents lower than one year...
Tom Robinson Feb 25, 2024
Open Burning Prohibited in Adair and Guthrie County
(Stuart) On February 24, Jeremy Cooper, Deputy Coordinator with Adair and Guthrie County EMA, on behalf of all fire departments in Adair and Guthrie Counties, requested the State Fire Marshal to prohi...
Tom Robinson Feb 24, 2024

Creston Man Suffers Minor Injuries in a Motorcycle Accident
(Creston) A Creston man suffered minor injuries in a motorcycle accident Friday evening. The Creston Police Department say upon arrival, 76-year-old Michael Spaulding was sitting next to his motorcycl...
Mandy Billings Feb 24, 2024

Red Oak Fire Department Dispatched to Another Field Fire
(Red Oak) Shortly before 4:00 p.m. Friday, the Red Oak Fire Department, with automatic mutual aid from the Stanton and Elliott Fire Departments, were dispatched to the area of 160th and L Ave for a re...
Mandy Billings Feb 24, 2024

Cass County Sheriff's Report
(Cass Co) The Cass County Sheriff's Office arrested 45-year-old Anthony Karns, of Wiota, on February 16th on a 'mixture' of warrants and new charges including two counts of Possession of a Controlled ...
Mandy Billings Feb 23, 2024
Homemade Firearm Results in Prison Sentence
(Cedar Rapids) A Council Bluffs man who was found in possession of a homemade large-caliber pistol in the Meskwaki Casino in 2022 was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison. Som Boun Cam, ...
Mandy Billings Feb 23, 2024

U.S. Representative Zach Nunn Hosts Information Session in Atlantic on Opioid Crisis
(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...
Mandy Billings Feb 23, 2024

SWIPCO Adds Five New Members to the Team
(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...
Tom Robinson Feb 23, 2024







