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One person injured in a single-vehicle accident southwest of Atlantic
(Atlantic) One person was injured in a single-vehicle accident southwest of Atlantic this morning. Cass County Chief Deputy John Westering told KSOM/KS95 News that the accident happened at 6:35 a.m. a...
Mandy Billings Oct 05, 2022
Elliott Man arrested Twice in 2 Days in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested an Elliott man twice for driving while revoked. On Tuesday, deputies arrested 43-year-old Jeffery Christopher Potter of Elliott on a Mills Cou...
Tom Robinson Oct 05, 2022
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley Stops in Cass County on Tuesday
(Atlantic) Iowa U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, at a rural residence north of Atlantic on Tuesday evening, spoke about his long tenure in public service. Grassley says he had not missed a vote until Nove...
Tom Robinson Oct 05, 2022
Red Oak Man arrested for FTA on Alcohol and Drug Possession Charge
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 53-year-old Fred Francis Welch IV of Red Oak on a Montgomery County warrant for failure to appear on a charge of OWI 1st offense and possession of a controlled substa...
Tom Robinson Oct 05, 2022
Water Main Break Prompts Boil Advisory in a Northern Portion of Audubon
(Audubon) Earlier today, a water main break on the north side of town prompted a water boil advisory for residents living there. Residents should not ingest the water without boiling it or use bottled...
Tom Robinson Oct 04, 2022
DEA: Fentanyl Expanding In Midwest
(Omaha, NE) -- The Drug Enforcement Administration is seeing a lot more fentanyl in the Midwest. DEA Agent Justin King says it's only getting worse. The Agency recently wrapped up a fentanyl enforceme...
Mandy Billings Oct 04, 2022
Two people enter pleas of guilty in Fentanyl distribution case
(Cass Co) Two people have entered pleas of guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance. Kelsi Marie Thurman, of Lewis, and Mason Blaine Loudermilk, of Atlantic, are two of five Cass Coun...
Mandy Billings Oct 04, 2022
Shelby County Sheriff's Report
(Shelby Co) The Shelby County Sheriff's Office reports eight arrests between September 16 and September 27. Guillermo Perez Sanchez, age 33, of Schaller, was arrested following a traffic stop on Highw...
Mandy Billings Oct 04, 2022
Council Bluffs Man Sentenced for a Drug Offense
(Council Bluffs) The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 58-year-old Scott Paul Polinski, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on Friday to 120 months in prison for Possession wi...
Mandy Billings Oct 04, 2022
Guthrie County Supervisors approve new Secondary Roads employee
(Guthrie Co) The Guthrie County Secondary Roads Department has a new employee. The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors this morning approved the "payroll change notice" for new employee Andrew Johnson...
Mandy Billings Oct 04, 2022