Category Archives: Local News

(Atlantic) Steve Tjepkes, General Manager of the Atlantic Municipal Utilities, says a fallen tree branch caused a widespread power outage in and around Atlantic on Sunday afternoon. Tjepkes says the w...

(Glenwood) A Nebraska man was arrested on drug charges in Glenwood. The Glenwood Police Department says 42-year-old Brian Johnson, of Plattsmouth, was charged with Controlled Substance Violation, Poss...

(Atlantic) Creston Police arrested three people over the weekend. *Police arrested 43-year-old Brady Gale Richert of Creston at his residence on Friday. Officers charged Richert with two Union County ...

(Undated) -- Iowa Republicans have about a four-and-a-half percent statewide voter registration edge over Democrats With six weeks remaining in the 2022 campaign. For years, the largest voting block i...

(Bronson, IA) -- A man from the small northwest Iowa town of Bronson who kidnapped his ex-girlfriend has been sentenced to more than ten years in federal prison. Prosecutors say 21-year-old Zachary Sm...

(Ames, IA) -- Iowa State University researchers say their effort to map out the location and habitat of the rare rusty patched bee In Iowa found them in limited quantity. Teams from I-S-U surveyed 50 ...

(Atlantic) Iowa State Patrol Trooper and District #4 Public Information Office Shelby McCreedy says daily in Iowa and across the nation, excessive speed is a significant public safety concern. Trooper...

(Atlantic) An Atlantic man faces charges after striking a residence with a stolen pickup. At 2:18 a.m. on Sunday, Cass County Communications dispatched the Atlantic Police Department to a motor vehicl...

(Pottawattamie Co.) A CN Railway project to rebuild the at-grade crossing on Pottawattamie County Road G-37/Old Mormon Bridge Road just east of I-29/I-680 system interchange will require closing the r...

(Des Moines) The Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) this week announced workforce housing tax credits to develop new housing across Iowa. The awards were made to support the construction of 57...