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Cass County Tourism Committee Elects New Officers
(Cass Co) The Cass County Tourism Committee met on December 16, 2023. After some discussion, the group decided to change things up a bit for the 2024 year. The schedule will now include four meetings ...
Mandy Billings Feb 03, 2024

Victim of Fatal Fire in Fremont County Identified
(Fremont Co) The Fremont County Sheriff's Office has identified the victim of a fatal fire as 59-year-old Steven Clark Lustgraaf of Coin. On January 31st, at approximately 12:15 a.m. the Fremont Count...
Mandy Billings Feb 02, 2024
Suspect Charged after Discovery of Human Remains
(Keokuk County) On Thursday, February 1, 2024, investigators with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Ottumwa Police Department, and Keokuk County Sheriff's Office served a search warrant at ...
Mandy Billings Feb 02, 2024

Governor Reynolds Announces Appointments to Iowa's Boards & Commissions
(Des Moines) Today, Governor Kim Reynolds announced appointments to Iowa's boards and commissions. The following appointments are not subject to Senate confirmation: District 1A Judicial Nominating Co...
Mandy Billings Feb 02, 2024

Page County Sheriff's Report
(Page Co) The Page County Sheriff's Office reports eight arrests between January 23 and January 26. Isaac Calvin Hayes, 37, of Farragut, was booked into the Page County Jail on January 23rd for violat...
Mandy Billings Feb 02, 2024

Injury Accident in Essex
(Essex) One person was transported to the hospital following an accident in Essex last week. The Page County Sheriff's Office says Maria Jean Mullenburg was driving south on Forbes Street when she los...
Mandy Billings Feb 02, 2024

Western Iowan Arrested in Omaha Overnight Pursuit
(Omaha, NE) -- The Nebraska State Patrol says their troopers arrested a western Iowa man following a pursuit in Omaha. The NSP says around 1:40 a.m. today, a trooper saw a westbound Dodge Durango spee...
Mandy Billings Feb 02, 2024

Atlantic City Council Schedules Another Closed Session
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council will meet in closed session again on Saturday afternoon. This is the third time in the past three weeks the Council has held a closed session to evaluate the profe...
Tom Robinson Feb 02, 2024
Reminder: Benefit for Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor Jaya Fever to be held Saturday
(Adair) A Benefit for Former ACGC High School Student Jaya Fever will be held Saturday, February 3rd. Jaya suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in December of 2022 at the age of 18, following a sev...
Western Iowa Today Feb 02, 2024

January Third Wettest on Record
(Des Moines) January 2024 is coming off the third warmest December on record at .9.7 degrees above average. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says sandwiched between warmer-than-normal temperatures at...
Tom Robinson Feb 02, 2024







