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$42,343 granted to Audubon County community projects
(Audubon) The Audubon County Community Foundation awarded $42,343 to Audubon County nonprofit organizations and community projects during its Fall 2023 Grant Cycle. Including these most recent grants,...
Mandy Billings Nov 15, 2023

Atlantic City Council Meeting Recap
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council on Wednesday approved the second reading of Ordinance #1041 amending the Code of Ordinances of Section 21.03 of Chapter 21 entitled "City Administrator'. As part o...
Mandy Billings Nov 15, 2023

CAM School Board Discusses Facility Project Process
(Anita, IA) - The CAM school board met this Monday to discuss a multitude of action items. Superintendent Paul Croghan announced that there was a pair of resignations from the school in the meeting.
Western Iowa Today Nov 15, 2023

Audubon City Council Discussed Multiple Plans on Monday
(Audubon) - The Audubon City Council met on Monday to discuss different procedures and plans in their City Council Meeting. Audubon City Clerk Joe Foran started by discussing the comprehensive plan th...
Western Iowa Today Nov 15, 2023

Vehicle vs Train Accident in Pottawattamie County
(Pottawattamie Co) The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office is investigating a vehicle vs train accident. Deputies and multiple fire departments were dispatched to the area of Juniper Road and Jasper...
Mandy Billings Nov 15, 2023
Carroll Man Receives 70 Months' Imprisonment for Federal Gun and Drug Convictions
(Sioux City) The U.S Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa says 45-year-old Darwin Robinson, Jr., from Carroll, was sentenced last week in federal court in Sioux City. Robinson pled guil...
Mandy Billings Nov 15, 2023
Council Bluffs Man Dies Following an Accident in Fremont County
(Fremont Co) A Council Bluffs man died following a single-vehicle accident in Fremont County Tuesday afternoon. The Iowa State Patrol says 67-year-old James Herman Kinney was driving a 2019 Mack Tract...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2023
Pottawattamie County Supervisors Host Public Hearing on Wind Energy and Solar Energy Systems Ordinance Amendment
(Pottawattamie Co) Citizens packed the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors room this (Tuesday) morning for a public hearing on an ordinance to amend Chapter 8 "Zoning Ordinance" by adding Wind E...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2023
2nd Annual Community Thanksgiving Meal in Atlantic
(Atlantic) The 2nd Annual Community Thanksgiving will be held at the Cass County Community Center in Atlantic on November 23rd. Misty Holaday is one of the event organizers... You can stop by the Cass...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2023
Council Bluffs discharging wastewater from I-80 Sanitary Pump Station for force main repairs
(Council Bluffs) The City of Council Bluffs began discharging wastewater from the I-80 Sanitary Pump Station at 5 a.m. today (Tuesday). The discharge is necessary to repair a damaged force main. Repai...
Mandy Billings Nov 14, 2023







