Category Archives: Local News
Creston Police Report Two Arrests for Harassment, and FTA
(Creston) Creston Police arrested two people on Wednesday for failure to appear and another charged with harassment. Police arrested 27-year-old Tylea Lynn Barnes of Creston for 1st-degree harassment....
Feb 22, 2024
USDA Investing 26-Million Dollars In Rural Iowa's Clean Drinking Water including Four Southwest Iowa Communities
(Des Moines) Four southwest Iowa communities are part of six Iowa communities, sharing twenty-six million dollars coming to six rural Iowa communities to help with clean drinking water and wastewater ...
Feb 22, 2024
Linn County Attorney Asking for Higher Bond For Kidnapping Suspect
(Linn County) Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks is asking for a higher bond to be set for kidnapping suspect McKinley Louisma. He is charged with kidnapping and conspiracy to commit a forcible felony...
Feb 22, 2024
Union Members Protest Bill They Say Will Gut Public Sector Unions
(Des Moines) Around 100 union members protested yesterday against an Iowa Senate bill they say will decimate public sector unions. Teamsters Local 238's Jesse Case says lawmakers broke the public sect...
Feb 22, 2024
City of Harlan Receives Grant for Highway 44 River Access
(Harlan) Harlan City Administrator Gene Gettys told the City Council Tuesday evening that they received a grant for construction of the Highway 44 river access along the West Nishnabotna River. Gettys...
Feb 22, 2024
Atlantic City Council Approves Bid Letting and Public Hearing Date for Splashpad Project
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council approved a resolution authorizing bid letting and setting the date for the public hearing on the Splashpad project. Dave Sturm, with Snyder and Associates, said th...
Feb 21, 2024
Atlantic Senior Alumni Scholarship Foundation Welcomes New Members; Scholarships Available for Class of 2024
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Senior Alumni Scholarship Foundation (SASF) recently held their annual meeting and welcomed new members Melanie Petty and Steve Wallingford. The SASF was created by Atlantic al...
Feb 21, 2024
Iowa Western Community College Says It Caught More Than 100 Ghost Students
(Council Bluffs, IA) -- Iowa Western Community College reports catching 109 ghost students posing as students so they could steal federal grant money. In a report to the Board this week, Iowa Western ...
Feb 21, 2024
Updated: City of Audubon Receives USDA Development Loan for New Fire Station
(Audubon) U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development announced Tuesday that the Agency is investing $29,318,797 in 10 rural Iowa projects to expand business opportunities and hospital access and...
Feb 21, 2024
Southwest Valley School District Will Not Pursue 4 Day School Week
(Corning) The Southwest Valley School District will not change to a four-day school week. The decision not to pursue the shortened week followed the committee survey results. According to the survey o...
Feb 21, 2024
