Category Archives: Local News

(Omaha) The U-S Department of Agriculture predicts farm income to be 20 percent lower this year. Farmland prices, however, may be telling another story. "Farmland prices, which have been growing for t...

(Des Moines) Iowa House Democrats are proposing a tuition freeze at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, and the University of Northern Iowa for the next four years. "This tuition freeze is ...

(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 25-year-old Justin Leroy Newman of Red Oak on drug possession charges. Police transported Newman to the Montgomery County Jail for Possession of Drug P...

(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested 52-year-old Philip Luke Turner of Elliott for Public Intoxication. Deputies transported Turner to the Montgomery County Jail and held him on a...

(Shelby Co) The Shelby County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a retirement package. According to the meeting minutes, the budget limits placed on Counties by the Iowa Legislature has caused t...

(Undated) -- A Nebraska man has been hired as the first-ever Chief Pizza & Beer Officer for the Casey's convenience store chain. Ankeny-based Casey's says Joe Cruz was chosen out of over 500-candi...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Splash Pad Project received several generous donations this week. $25,000 from First Whitney Bank $1,000 from Smith Land Service $1,000 from Pete and Ellie Smith $1,000 from Gl...

(Guthrie Co) The Guthrie County Sheriff's Office reports three drug-related arrests. On February 3rd, Kimberly Whetstone of Casey was arrested on charges of Operating While Intoxicated 1st Offense Dru...

(Guthrie Co) Criminal charges are pending after suspected counterfeit pills were located in a Bayard recovery center. The Guthrie County Sheriff's Office says on February 7th, at approximately 12:15 p...

(Lewis) The above-average temperatures in southwest Iowa have melted the ice and ended the ice fishing season. This does not mean cold weather will not return to the area, but the possibility that ice...