Category Archives: Local News
Social Security Increase Announced
(Washington, DC) -- People receiving Social Security benefits will see a smaller cost-of-living increase than the post two years. On Thursday, the Social Security Administration announced the annual c...
Oct 12, 2023
Atlantic High School Aviation Instructor Looking to Expand Program to Include Aircraft Maintenance
(Atlantic) Bryce Smith, Aviation Program Instructor for the Atlantic High School, spoke to the School Board Wednesday night about expanding the program to include aircraft maintenance. Bryce Smith sai...
Oct 12, 2023
Iowa Department of Agriculture Warning Poultry Producers Of Disease
(Undated) The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship wants poultry producers and residents with backyard birds to know any signs and symptoms of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. Since t...
Oct 12, 2023
Atlantic Iowa: Childcare Crisis Remains
(Atlantic) According to a press release from Executive Director Dan Haynes, the Nishna Valley Family YMCA will decrease its overall childcare capacity from 131 to 108 children after they move kids fro...
Oct 12, 2023
Red Oak Man arrested on Multiple Police Department Warrants
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police Department, assisted by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, arrested two people on Wednesday. Officers arrested 41-year-old Bill Joe Gillespie of Red Oak on multiple activ...
Oct 12, 2023
Detransitioner Chloe Cole to Speak in Atlantic Sunday
(Atlantic) Kathy Barnette, National Grassroots Director for the Vivek Ramaswamy Campaign, in conjunction with Cass County GOP is bringing Chloe Cole to Atlantic on Sunday to tell her story on detransi...
Oct 12, 2023
Avery Andersen Foundation to pay for all Sunday Admission to Fall Musical at Atlantic High School
(Atlantic) The Avery Andersen Foundation will be paying admission for everyone that attends the Sunday showing of the fall musical Cinderella at the Atlantic High School. Assistant High School Princip...
Oct 11, 2023
Governor Reynolds Extends Harvest Proclamation
(Des Moines) Today, Governor Kim Reynolds signed an extension of the proclamation relating to the weight limits and transportation of grain, fertilizer, and manure. The proclamation is effective immed...
Oct 11, 2023
Mills County Sheriff's Report
(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office arrested 30-year-old Daevon Deshone Sanchez, of Omaha, Nebraska, on October 8th on a warrant for Failure to Appear. Bond was set at $2,000. The Sheriff's O...
Oct 11, 2023
Iowa DOT Experimenting With Road Salt Application
(Ames, IA) -- State snow plow drivers are getting equipment ready for the upcoming season. The DOT's biggest trucks can carry 900 gallons of brine and up to seven tons of salt. Tina Greenfield, Iowa D...
Oct 11, 2023
