Category Archives: Local News
Update on Perry High School Shooting Investigation
(Perry) On Friday, the Iowa State Medical Examiner performed the autopsies on the two decedents from the Perry High School active shooter event. The deceased Perry Middle School student has been ident...
Jan 05, 2024
City of Villisca Declares Water Emergency
(Villisca) The City of Villisca has declared a Water Emergency effective immediately. Consumers are asked to conserve water by whatever methods possible. Suggestions include fixing any leaks, full loa...
Jan 05, 2024
Vigil Held After Perry High School Shooting
(Perry, IA) -- A vigil was held late last night in Perry, Iowa after a deadly shooting took the life of a 6th grader at the local high school. In a time of darkness, resilience was the message. The sh...
Jan 05, 2024
Griswold Shared Superintendent Says Staff and Students to Review School Safety Procedures
(Griswold) Griswold School's shared Superintendent, Dave Henrichs, says that the tragic shooting incident that occurred on Thursday at Perry High School, whether it is next door or out of state, bring...
Jan 05, 2024
Post-Election Audits Successfully Verify Election Results in all 99 Counties
(Des Moines) Secretary of State Paul Pate has announced that post-election audits have been successfully completed in all 99 counties. Once again, the post-election audits matched the machine count 10...
Jan 05, 2024
Benefit for 2023 AC/GC Graduate Addye Sorensen
(Adair) Adair Community Members are hosting a benefit for 2023 ACGC Graduate Addye Sorenson. Sorensen was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma back in November. Proceeds from this benefit will assist Sor...
Jan 05, 2024
Mills County Sheriff's Office Releases Arrest Report
(Glenwood) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports the arrests of two men from Malvern and one person from Clarinda. Deputies arrested 35-year-old Aaron Wade Opdyke of Malvern on Wednesday for drivi...
Jan 05, 2024
Accumulating Snowfall is a Possibility Early Next Week
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service is watching a storm system that could bring measurable snowfall early next week. Allan Curtis, Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Des Moines, ...
Jan 05, 2024
Update on Perry High School Shooting: Suspect Identified, 6th Grade Student Killed
(Perry) Mitch Mortvedt, Assistant Director of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, identified the suspect in the active shooting at Perry High School this morning as 17-year-old Dylan Butler, ...
Jan 04, 2024
Gov. Reynolds Orders Flags at Half-Staff in Support of the Perry Community
(Des Moines) Governor Kim Reynolds ordered all flags in Iowa to be lowered to half-staff immediately on Thursday, January 4, and remain at half-staff until sunset on Sunday, January 7, 2024, in suppor...
Jan 04, 2024
