Category Archives: Local News
Iowa's Drought Conditions Expand
(Des Moines) The drought condition across Iowa continues to increase. According to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor, an island of D1 category moderate drought introduced two weeks ago in southeast Iowa...
Aug 04, 2022
Atlantic Life Care Clinic Ribbon Cutting
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors visited and participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday morning for the 4,000 square feet Facility Life Care Clinic at 507 Chestnut downtown, form...
Aug 04, 2022
Cass County Sheriff's Office investigating the killing of two dogs near Cumberland
(Cumberland) The Cass County Sheriff's Office says on August 2nd, they were made aware of the animal abuse, cruelty and killing of two dogs in the area of rural Cumberland. These two dogs had been mis...
Aug 04, 2022
Temporary closure of Iowa 44 at BNSF Railway Crossing in Portsmouth begins August 15
(Atlantic) A joint Iowa DOT/BNSF railroad project to reconstruct Iowa 44 on the south side of Portsmouth will close the road at the at-grade railroad crossing beginning Monday, August 15 at 7 a.m., un...
Aug 04, 2022
Page County Sheriff's Report
(Page Co.) The Page County Sheriff's Office arrested two men on warrants. Joseph William Michael Haughton, 28, of Hamburg, was taken into custody at the Fremont County Iowa Jail on Wednesday on a vali...
Aug 04, 2022
Doug and Joyce Bierbaum donate $5,000 toward improvements to Sunnyside Park bandstand
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department recently received a $5,000 donation from Doug and Joyce Bierbaum of Bierbaum Electric. Atlantic Parks and Recreation Director Bryant Rasmussen s...
Aug 04, 2022
Omaha Woman Sentenced for a Methamphetamine Offense
(Council Bluffs) An Omaha, Nebraska woman was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison, following her plea to a charge of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The U.S. Attorney's ...
Aug 04, 2022
Creston Police Report 3 Arrests
(Creston) Creston Police arrested two people on Wednesday and one person early this morning. Police arrested 57-year-old Jon Eric Hightshoe of Creston at Howard and Grand Street for OWI 1st offense an...
Aug 04, 2022
"Best of the West" Champion Livestock Show Results
(Denison) The top performers in county fairs from nine southwest and western Iowa counties competed in the "Best of the West Showdown" at Denison on Wednesday night. The counties participating in the ...
Aug 04, 2022
Iowa's Annual Tax-Free holiday is Tomorrow and Saturday.
(Atlantic) Iowa's annual tax holiday is tomorrow and Saturday. Atlantic Chamber Director Bailey Smith says sales tax weekend allows families to save money as they prepare for their children's return t...
Aug 04, 2022
