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Atlantic City Council Schedules Another Closed Session
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council will meet in closed session again on Saturday afternoon. This is the third time in the past three weeks the Council has held a closed session to evaluate the profe...
Tom Robinson Feb 02, 2024
Reminder: Benefit for Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor Jaya Fever to be held Saturday
(Adair) A Benefit for Former ACGC High School Student Jaya Fever will be held Saturday, February 3rd. Jaya suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in December of 2022 at the age of 18, following a sev...
Western Iowa Today Feb 02, 2024

January Third Wettest on Record
(Des Moines) January 2024 is coming off the third warmest December on record at .9.7 degrees above average. State Climatologist Justin Glisan says sandwiched between warmer-than-normal temperatures at...
Tom Robinson Feb 02, 2024

Ernst to Visit Audubon, Fremont, and Mills Counties
(Red Oak) Iowa U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) will be in southwest Iowa tomorrow with stops scheduled in Audubon, Fremont, and Mills Counties. Ernst will start the day in Audubon County where she'll...
Tom Robinson Feb 02, 2024

Mills County Woman Charged in December 24 Vehicle/Pedestrian Fatality
(Council Bluffs) The Council Bluffs Police Department says a Pacific Junction, Iowa, woman was under the influence of multiple controlled substances when she struck and killed a pedestrian on December...
Tom Robinson Feb 02, 2024
Reynolds' Bill Would Define Sex, Man, Woman in State Code
(Des Moines) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is backing a bill that would define the words "sex," "man," and "woman" in state law. Reynolds says the measure would allow the law to recognize biological diff...
Tom Robinson Feb 02, 2024

Reward Increasing to Find Missing Man
(Sac City, Iowa) The reward for finding a missing man is increasing as he has disappeared for over two months now. Anybody can now receive 25 thousand dollars for finding David Schultz. The 53-year-ol...
Tom Robinson Feb 02, 2024

Montgomery County Woman Arrested for Animal Neglect
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 64-year-old Linda Sue Shomburg of Red Oak on Thursday on three counts of Animal Neglect, causing serious injury or death. Officers transported Shomburg to the Montgom...
Tom Robinson Feb 02, 2024

Iowa AG Brenna Bird Keynotes Atlantic School Assembly about Dangers of Fentanyl
(Atlantic) Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird appeared in front of sixth through twelve grade students at the Atlantic High School Auditorium to address the deadly drug fentanyl, its usage, and the leg...
Tom Robinson Feb 02, 2024
House Study Bill Relating to Education, Including Modifying Number of AEAs, is Dead
(Area) Iowa House Representative Tom Moore, of Griswold, said House Study Bill 542 is dead. The bill was for an act relating to education, including modifying provisions related to the number of area ...
Mandy Billings Feb 01, 2024







