Category Archives: Local News
Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Welcome New Management at Atlantic Golf & Country Club
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by the Atlantic Golf & Country Club on Thursday, February 15th, 2024. The Ambassadors welcomed Kim Mitchell as the new General Manager. Kim ...
Feb 18, 2024
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Bureau Anniversary
(Lewis) The Fisheries Bureau is celebrating 150 years in existence this year. On March 19, 1874, the legislature gave the Governor the authority to appoint a board of fish commissioners to advance the...
Feb 18, 2024
Temperatures for the First Half of February is One for the Record Books
(Des Moines) Temperatures in the first half of February are the highest on record, according to State Climatologist Dr. Justin Glisan. He says temperatures across Iowa averaged 17 degrees above normal...
Feb 18, 2024
Page County Sheriff's Report
(Page Co) The Page County Sheriff's Office released their arrest report from February 3rd through February 13th. Joseph Allen Leclere, 40, of Clarinda, was booked into the Page County Jail on February...
Feb 16, 2024
Shana Platt Named Cass County Assessor
(Cass Co) The Cass County Conference Board accepted the resignation of Cass County Assessor Mary Anstey effective February 29th. Conference Board Chairman Steve Baier said Mary is stepping down after ...
Feb 16, 2024
Fremont County Sheriff's Report
(Fremont Co) A Virginia woman was arrested for Assault with Injury on a Correctional Officer. The Fremont County Sheriff's Office says 45-year-old Tasha Denise Beale was in jail for an incident that o...
Feb 16, 2024
Whole Milk in School Meals Gaining Momentum
(NAFB) For more than a decade, Congress has prevented U.S. public schools from serving whole and 2% milk to students. Now, parents, physicians, dieticians, and the dairy community are pushing back, an...
Feb 16, 2024
Funding Needed for Rural Internet Program
(NAFB) A rural internet subsidy program could be phased out. Tom Perez, Senior Advisor to the President, says the Biden Administration requested six billion dollars to extend funding for the Affordabl...
Feb 16, 2024
Former Bookkeeper for Avoca Business Sentenced on Charges of Theft and Tampering with Records
(Pottawattamie Co) Staci Lee Ploen, a resident of Dexter, Iowa, and formerly of Pottawattamie County, pled guilty and was sentenced for Theft 1st Degree and Tampering with Records. The Pottawattamie C...
Feb 16, 2024
Union County Man Arrested for Going Armed with Intent and Other Charges
(Creston) A Creston man faces assault and other charges, including Going Armed with Intent. Creston Police arrested 38-year-old Manuel Luke Richardson of Creston on Thursday at Howard and Spruce for P...
Feb 16, 2024
