Category Archives: Local News

(Red Oak) An open burn ban will go into effect Monday, February 26, 2024, at 8:00 am, for all areas and jurisdictions within Montgomery County. The ban prohibits all open and controlled burning in Mon...

(Red Oak) Firefighters from the Red Oak Fire Department responded to a grass fire on Sunday afternoon. According to Fire Chief John Bruce, the call was received at 2:31 p.m., reporting a fire at 1767 ...

(Des Moines) The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for southwest and much of Iowa from 9:00 a.m. Monday to 6:00 p.m. The forecast is for record-breaking warmth on Monday combined with...

(Montgomery County) Montgomery County Deputies investigated a two-vehicle crash on Saturday. The press release said the accident happened at 10:14 a.m. at 270th and Highway 48. When deputies arrived, ...

(Creston) The Creston Police Department reports seven arrests from February 22 to February 25. February 22-Ryan Palmer, 31, of Creston, was arrested in the 600 Block W Mills. Palmer was charged with A...

(Undated) -- More than four in ten Americans know someone who has died of a drug overdose. That's according to a recent study in the "American Journal of Public Health." The nonprofit think tank RAND ...

(Lewis) John Lorensen, appearing on the KSOM DNR Report on Saturday, said get out and get your trees pruned by the end of next week if you have not already done so. Lorensen says January and February ...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by Doctors Jim & Haley Kickland on Thursday, February 22nd, 2024, to catch up with the Midwest Health Center and learn more about the servic...

(Des Moines) According to AAA, the price of regular unleaded gasoline rose seven cents this past week, averaging $3.01, across Iowa. Despite the price increase, it's still 20 cents lower than one year...

(Stuart) On February 24, Jeremy Cooper, Deputy Coordinator with Adair and Guthrie County EMA, on behalf of all fire departments in Adair and Guthrie Counties, requested the State Fire Marshal to prohi...