Category Archives: Local News
Nishnabotna Valley REC members elect Peters, Backhaus to board of directors
(Harlan) Nishnabotna Valley REC members reelected two directors and elected two new directors last night during the cooperative's annual meeting in Harlan. In District 4, Mason Peters defeated Jerod J...
Aug 07, 2026
Audubon Schools Selected for Competitive Grading Practices Grant
(Audubon) Audubon Community Schools has been selected to receive a competitive grant through the University of Northern Iowa Institute for Educational Leadership, funded by the Kern Family Foundation....
Aug 07, 2026
Red Oak Man Arrested for Financial Exploitation and Elder Abuse
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 49-year-old Timothy Leroy McConnaughey, of Red Oak, at 10:00 this (Friday) morning on charges of Financial Exploitation of an Older Individual and Elde...
Aug 07, 2026
Cass County Sheriff's Office Reports Multiple Arrests, Including Sex Abuse, Eluding, and Drug Charges
(Cass Co.) The Cass County Sheriff's Office reported several arrests between August 1 and August 6. On August 1st, 2026, the Cass County Sheriff's Office arrested Crystal Kay Namanny, 43, of Atlantic,...
Aug 07, 2026
Katie Bateman Named Iowa Women in Agriculture "Up and Comer" Award Recipient
(Atlantic) Katie Bateman is the 2026 Iowa Women in Agriculture "Winds of Change Up and Comer" award recipient. The awards were presented on Thursday at the FFA Enrichment Center in Ankeny during the 2...
Aug 07, 2026
Railroad Crossing on County Highway N28 in Cass County To Close Monday for Repair Work
(Cass Co.) Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken says the Iowa Interstate Railroad will be repairing the railroad crossing on county Highway N28, 690th Street, just south of Highway 83 on Monday, August 1...
Aug 07, 2026
Meet Iowa's secretary of agriculture candidates
(Iowa Capital Dispatch) Water quality is shaping up to be a big issue in many of Iowa's races for the Nov. 3 election but especially in Iowa's race for secretary of agriculture, where Republican incum...
Aug 07, 2026
Atlantic Elks Lodge #445 Launches Community Raffle to Support Local College and Trade School Scholarships
(Atlantic) Members of the Atlantic Elks Lodge #445 have launched ticket sales for their upcoming Scholarship Raffle, a community initiative dedicated to expanding financial aid for local students head...
Aug 07, 2026
Culvert Project on 170th Street in Adams County Begins Monday
(Adams Co.) The Adams County Engineer's Office says construction will begin on Monday, August 10th on 170th Street, east of Notchwood Avenue, for a culvert replacement project.
Aug 07, 2026
Clarinda Woman Arrested on Drug Charges
(Clarinda) The Clarinda Police Department arrested 50-year-old Mandy Jo Perry on Thursday for felony distribution of methamphetamine, felony possession of methamphetamine, and misdemeanor possession o...
Aug 07, 2026
