Category Archives: Local News
What Will New U.S. Blockade Mean for Fertilizer Prices and Supplies?
(NAFB) President Donald Trump announced a plan for a full U.S. Navy blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The question across the energy and fertilizer industries is what that will do to prices. Josh Linv...
Apr 14, 2026
State News Roundup: School Fire Investigation, Legislative Updates, Data Breach, and Rising Gas Prices
School Says Student Started Bathroom Fire At Waukee Elementary School (Waukee, IA) -- A student is believed to have started a fire at a Waukee elementary school. It happened at Eason Elementary in a b...
Apr 14, 2026
Data Breach Impacts Some Medicaid Members
(Des Moines) On February 20, 2026, the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) became aware that a file containing limited Medicaid subscriber information had been inadvertently posted to t...
Apr 13, 2026
City of Oakland Boil Water Notice for S Chautauqua Avenue
(Oakland) A water main break on S Chautauqua Avenue in Oakland Monday resulted in loss of pressure. Residents on S Chautauqua Avenue should boil their water until further notice. Boil your water befor...
Apr 13, 2026
Regional Water issues Boil Advisory for eastern part of their system
(Exira) Regional Water, in coordination with the Iowa DNR, has issued a boil advisory for the eastern part of their system. Officials say the break occurred on a 10-inch main line serving customers in...
Apr 13, 2026
Mills County Arrest Report
(Mills Co.) Two people were arrested on theft charges in Mills County. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says Labrea Siemone Milton, 44, of Glenwood, and Perry Bruce Jefferson, 55, of Omaha, Nebraska,...
Apr 13, 2026
Two Men Arrested on Sexual Abuse Warrants in Adair County
(Adair Co.) Two men were arrested on warrants for Sexual Abuse and other charges. The Adair County Sheriff's Office says Kenneth Dale Blazek, 28, of Greenfield, was arrested on April 9th on a warrant ...
Apr 13, 2026
Work release escape of Johnathan Durham
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Corrections says 47-year-old Johnathan Allen Durham failed to report to Fort Des Moines - Bldg. 70 as required on Saturday, April 11, 2026. Durham was previously co...
Apr 13, 2026
Tax Benefits Available to Farmers from One Big Beautiful Bill
(NAFB) With tax deadline day coming up April 15, farmers are looking for shelters and other benefits they may not have had in the past. Two such provisions especially for farmers and ranchers came fro...
Apr 13, 2026
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office reports Alcohol and Drug-related Arrests
(Red Oak) A Villisca man is facing drug possession charges following a traffic stop in Montgomery County. On Sunday night, Sheriff's Deputies arrested 71-year-old Robert Allen Blank in the 1100 block ...
Apr 13, 2026
