Category Archives: Local News
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Annual "Heads-Up Drag Racing Event Sunday at the Atlantic Airport
(Atlantic) The 6th Annual "Heads up Drag Racing" event raising money for the Shrines Children's Hospital and the Shrine Children's Hospital Transportation Unit is from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Sunda...
Tom Robinson Sep 17, 2022
Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Celebrate with Midwest Monument Co.
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by Andy Sondag and his team on Thursday, September 15th, 2022, to welcome the new owner of Midwest Monument Co. in Atlantic. Andy Sondag spent 1...
Mandy Billings Sep 17, 2022
Red Oak Man Charged with Assault on a Peach Officer
(Red Oak) A Red Oak Man faces charges following an incident with a Peace Officer. Police responded to the United Group Insurance parking lot at around 11:41 in Red Oak for a report of a man on the hig...
Tom Robinson Sep 17, 2022
Iowa DNR's Youth Deer Season is here
(Area) Youth Deer Season opens Saturday. The season runs through October 2nd. "It's open to Iowa residents who are younger than 16 years old the day they purchase the license." Bryan Hayes with the Io...
Western Iowa Today Sep 17, 2022
Glenwood School's Superintendent reacts to West Elementary being named a 2022 National Blue Ribbon School
(Glenwood) West Elementary School in Glenwood was named a 2022 National Blue Ribbon School. The recognition is based on a school's overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps ...
Mandy Billings Sep 17, 2022
Atlantic Police Report
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department reports eleven arrests and one citation between September 1st and September 16th. SK Kovac, 22, of Atlantic, was arrested September 1st for Public Intoxicatio...
Mandy Billings Sep 16, 2022
Governor Reynolds Welcomed at Cass Health
(Atlantic) On Thursday, September 15th, Cass Health welcomed Governor Kim Reynolds for a tour of the newly renovated facility and an opportunity to discuss rural health legislative priorities. "We wer...
Mandy Billings Sep 16, 2022
Five Iowa Schools Make Blue Ribbon List
(Undated) -- Five Iowa Schools have earned national Blue Ribbon status this year. All five schools were chosen based on overall academic performance on state assessments or national tests. They are Pr...
Mandy Billings Sep 16, 2022
Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police arrested two people on drug-related charges on Thursday at Levy and Sycamore Streets. Officers arrested 27-year-old Jose Luis Carreon of Laredo, Texas, and 23-year-old Moesha ...
Tom Robinson Sep 16, 2022
Update on Page County Inmate Death
(Clarinda) The Page County Sheriff's Office has identified an inmate who died on September 3rd as 74-year-old Phillip Eugene Holmes of Clarinda. Autopsy results reveal Holmes died of natural causes du...
Mandy Billings Sep 16, 2022