Category Archives: Local News
Montgomery County One of Eighteen Iowa Counties Under the Governor's Request Disaster Declaration
(Red Oak) This week, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration for eighteen Iowa counties, including Adair and Montgomery Counties. Montgomery County Emergency Managemen...
Feb 15, 2024
Update on Beaver Bounty Program in Pottawattamie County
(Pottawattamie Co) East Pottawattamie County Soil and Water Conservation District updated the Board of Supervisors on the Beaver Bounty program. The program allows participants that harvest beavers fo...
Feb 15, 2024
Creston Police Arrest Two People for Contempt
(Creston) Creston Police arrested two people for violating a no-contact order on Wednesday. Police arrested 54-year-old Mary Ann Giles, of Creston, at 11:30 a.m. at West Union and New York Avenue for ...
Feb 15, 2024
Guthrie County Supervisors Receive Report from Fair Board
(Guthrie Co) The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors received a report from the Guthrie County Fair Board Tuesday morning. It was reported that the majority of the sewer system project is complete and...
Feb 15, 2024
Iowa DOT: January Storms Price Tag Exceeds $10 Million
(Ames) Iowa's record snowfall last month cost the state more than 10 million dollars. The Iowa Department of Transportation says crews worked 140 thousand hours fighting the weather between January 8t...
Feb 15, 2024
Iowa House Proposes Alternative to Governor's AEA Reform
(Des Moines) The Iowa House offers an alternative to the governor's proposed Area Education Agency reform. Special education services for Iowa's K-12 schools would stay with the Area Education Agencie...
Feb 15, 2024
DNR Offering Midwest Walleye Challenge to Gain Information
(Lewis) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is challenging anglers to gain information on walleye size and structure from systems on which they have limited data. The DNR is acquiring that inform...
Feb 15, 2024
Update: Adair Police Chief Convicted for Fraud, False Statements, and Firearms Charges
(Des Moines) On February 14, 2024, a federal jury in Des Moines convicted Bradley Eugene Wendt, 47, of conspiring to make false statements to the ATF, making false statements to the ATF, and illegal p...
Feb 14, 2024
Audubon City Council Approves Temporary Move for the Sheriff's Office
(Audubon) The Audubon City Council approved a temporary move request from the Sheriff's Office. Audubon Mayor Robert Malloy said the move is due the HVAC project at the Courthouse. The Audubon City Co...
Feb 14, 2024
One Person Suffers Injuries in Pottawattamie County Rollover Accident
(Council Bluffs) One person was hurt in a single-vehicle rollover accident on Highway 6 and 510th Street in Pottawattamie County on Tuesday. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office says the accident...
Feb 14, 2024
