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News from Western Iowa.

Snow Totals
(Des Moines) The blizzard has come and gone, leaving snowfall amounts ranging from six-and-one-half inches of snow in southwest Iowa to 12-15 inches near the quad cities in eastern Iowa, according to ...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2024

2 Union County People Arrested on Multiple Drug Offenses
(Creston) Creston Police arrest two people on multiple drug charges over the weekend. Police arrested 40-year-old Alicia Ellen Lovell at the Fareway Parking Lot at 2:46 p.m. and 42-year-old Kevin Lee ...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2024
Updated: 511ia Road Conditions Report (5:25 a.m. on Monday)
(Des Moines) Road conditions are improving on the main highways. The roads have gone from impassable in some areas to partially covered with snow this morning in southwest, southcentral, and southeast...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2024

Perry School Shooting Claims Life of School Administrator
(Perry) Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger, shot and wounded during the January 4 School shooting, has died from his injuries, according to the Perry School District. He was among seven people ...
Tom Robinson Jan 14, 2024

Update: Fire Destroys Anita Residence
(Anita) Anita firefighters responded to a residential fire on Saturday morning at 305 Michigan Avenue. Anita Fire Chief Eric Steffenson tells KSOM/KS95 News the fire was coming from the residence's ro...
Tom Robinson Jan 14, 2024
Life Threatening Wind Chills into Early Next Week
(Des Moines) Northwest winds have ushered in Arctic cold air with temperatures well below zero and wind chills in the 30s and 40s below zero. The National Weather Service issues a Wind Chill Warning f...
Tom Robinson Jan 14, 2024
IRS Announces Tax Dates
(Washington, DC) -- The IRS announced it will begin accepting 2023 tax returns on January 29th, 2024. The tax agency said it is expecting over 128- million individual tax returns to be filed ahead of ...
Mandy Billings Jan 14, 2024

Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Celebrate with CMG Home Loans
(Atlantic) Dee Dee and David Kalny, with GMG Home Loans, hosted The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors on Thursday, January 11th, to celebrate the launching of their branch of CMG Home Loans in the Atlantic...
Tom Robinson Jan 14, 2024

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds Joins Presidential Candidate Ron DeSantis "Never Back Down Tour" in Atlantic
(Atlantic) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Republican Presidential Candidate's "Never Back Down Tour," braved the brutal weather conditions and stopped at the Whitney in downtown Atlantic on Saturday a...
Tom Robinson Jan 13, 2024

Update: Atlantic Public Works Director Kirk Knudsen: 22nd, and 29th Streets Now Open
(Atlantic) Late Friday afternoon, due to the menacing blowing and drifting snow, Atlantic Public Works Director Kirk Knudsen announced the partial closing of 29th Street from Highway 6 to Palm and 22n...
Tom Robinson Jan 13, 2024







