Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
Audubon school district secures grant for replacement of ash trees
(Audubon) Ash trees are coming down on Audubon School District property. Funding has been obtained to help replace the trees that are lost. A grant from the Iowa DNR will replenish the stock, so to sp...
Western Iowa Today Sep 21, 2022
Red Oak Man arrested on Assault Charges
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 35-year-old Thomas James Delgado on Tuesday evening for domestic abuse assault, impeding air or blood flow. Officers transported the Red Oak man to the Montgomery Cou...
Tom Robinson Sep 21, 2022
Rare Triple-Digit Temperatures Seen Tuesday
(Undated) --Several places in western Iowa hit triple-digit temperatures Tuesday. National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Trellinger says the highest temperature reported to his office in Sioux Fa...
Tom Robinson Sep 21, 2022
Environment Health Director discusses radon levels in Cass County
(Cass Co) Environmental Health Director Jotham Arber spoke to the Cass County Board of Supervisors Tuesday morning about radon testing within the county. Arber presented the results from January to Ju...
Mandy Billings Sep 21, 2022
Montgomery County Board of Supervisors Discuss and Act on ISAC Petition
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Board Supervisors voted to support an Iowa Association of Counties Petition to Intervene if necessary regarding the Summit Solutions pipeline. Supervisor Donna Robinson...
Tom Robinson Sep 20, 2022
Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors approve second consideration of ordinance to allow chickens in certain areas
(Pottawattamie Co) The Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors this morning approved the second consideration of an ordinance amending Chapter 3.50 "Animal Care and Control". This amendment will rel...
Mandy Billings Sep 20, 2022
Adair County Supervisors approve letter to IUB over Eminent Domain
(Adair) The Adair County Board of Supervisors held a Pipeline and Eminent Domain Discussion during their meeting on Tuesday. Supervisor's Chairman Matt Wedemeyer drafted a letter for the Iowa Utilitie...
Western Iowa Today Sep 20, 2022
Temporary closure of Pottawattamie County Road G-37/Old Mormon Bridge Road scheduled for Monday
(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...
Mandy Billings Sep 20, 2022
Red Oak Police Report
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested Blair Alder Redd, 39, of Lampasas, Texas, on Monday for Public Intoxication, Criminal Mischief 3rd Degree and Burglary 3rd Degree. Redd was held in the...
Mandy Billings Sep 20, 2022
Cass County Board of Supervisors discuss use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipeline
(Cass Co.) The Cass County Board of Supervisors this morning discussed the use of eminent domain for the Carbon Dioxide pipelines. While there are no plans for any of the pipelines to go through Cass ...
Mandy Billings Sep 20, 2022