Category Archives: Local News

(Sioux City) Iowa landowners and BNSF Railway have settled a lawsuit over an oil train derailment in 2018. Details, including the amount paid out, are not being released publicly. The derailment in Ju...

(Red Oak) On Sunday, the Red Oak Police Department arrested 28-year-old Nikolus Brenton Schooling of Red Oak in the 700 Block of East Market Street for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Methamphet...

(Des Moines) Nearly 50 horses rescued three months ago are available for adoption. In November, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa took in the neglected horses from a property near Madrid. Thirty-one ho...

(Des Moines) Iowa's lawmakers are moving past the first major deadline of the 2024 legislature session. Two proposals reforming Iowa's Area Education Agencies survived the funnel deadline, each increa...

(Des Moines) Iowa House District #23 Representative Ray Sorensen of Greenfield says the goal of the Iowa House AEA bill is for no disruption to special education services. Sorensen says this bill does...

(Griswold) The first funnel week at the Iowa Legislature has come and gone. One bill under consideration in the Iowa House is House Study Bill 714, titled Teacher Compensation. District #18 Representa...

(Creston) Creston Police arrested 20-year-old Molly Nichole Bagby of Corning on Friday on Theft charges. Police transported Bagby to the Union County Jail for 2nd-degree theft over $1,500 and under e$...

(Audubon) Last week, the Audubon County Board of Supervisors accepted the Compensation Board'sB'3.2 percent increase for County Employees. Additionally, the Sheriff receives a $2,000 salary increase t...

(Lyons, NE) Denise O'Brien and Larry Harris with Rolling Acres Farm in Atlantic, Iowa, were honored by the Center for Rural Affairs. O'Brien and Harris received the Seventh Generation Award for lifeti...

(Clarinda) The Clarinda City Council discussed amending the Code of Ordinances regarding the provisions pertaining to trucks, accessory trailers and recreational vehicle parking. According to the meet...