Category Archives: Local News
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Jan 13, 2024
Updated: Multiple Warnings, and Advisories Issued for Southwest, and West Central Iowa
(Des Moines) Portions of west central Iowa remain under a Blizzard Warning, some counties are under a Winter Storm Warning, and the area counties are under a Winter Weather Advisory this morning. The ...
Jan 13, 2024
Atlantic School's Facilities Director Updates Board on Projects
(Atlantic) Atlantic School's Facilities Director Russell Peck told the School Board this week that at some point they are going to have to address all of their ash trees. The School Board agreed to ha...
Jan 13, 2024
Gas Prices Lower This Week
(Des Moines) According to AAA, the price of regular unleaded gasoline fell two cents, averaging $2.77 across Iowa. The price of global crude oil fell this week on the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) by ...
Jan 13, 2024
Updated: Highway 6 Impassable (Saturday Morning 4:55 a.m.)
(Des Moines) Highway 6 from Council Bluffs to Atlantic is impassable, according to the latest 511ia.org road condition report. The strong, gusty winds drifted shut the Highway. Additionally, Highway 8...
Jan 13, 2024
Iowa DOT Plows Working Second Winter Storm
(Des Moines) There is no rest for Iowa Department of Transportation snowplow crews as a second round of severe winter weather runs across the state in a week. The man in charge of winter operations sa...
Jan 12, 2024
