Category Archives: Local News

(Adair Co) The Adair County Sheriff's Office arrested 37-year-old Jesus Martinez, of St Paul, Minnesota, on October 5th on a warrant out of Hennepin County, Minnesota for drug possession 1st degree. M...

(Creston) The Creston Police Department reports six arrests over the weekend. *On Saturday, Police arrested 30-year-old Christopher Michael Murphy of 1106 E Townline at 207 E Montgomery. Murphy was ch...

(Atlantic) Meredith Communications will broadcast a candidates' forum on 95.7 FM and video-stream on westerniowatoday.com on Wednesday, October 18, at 6:00 p.m. We are asking the public to submit ques...

(Osceola County) Part of the Ocheyedan River is drying up again for the fifth time in eight years. In far Northwest Iowa, Osceola County gets its drinking water from the river and is forced to cut bac...

(Des Moines) Iowa's attorney general calls on Aylo, Pornhub's parent company, to close a child exploitation loophole. A photo ID is required by anyone putting content on the site, but they don't need ...

(Merrill) An 11-year-old boy died after he crashed into a semitrailer truck on his dirt bike in northwest Iowa. The incident happened over the weekend when the Iowa State Patrol said the child was hea...

(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office responded to a two-vehicle accident on Sunday at approximately 6:53 p.m. at E 6th Street and S 2nd Avenue in Villisca. According to the press release, ...

(Council Bluffs) A Council Bluffs man faces numerous charges in Nebraska after stealing an ambulance and leading law enforcement on a pursuit. According to the press release from the Council Bluffs Po...

(Creston) Creston Police arrested 31-year-old Noble John Murren of Creston for domestic abuse assault, 2nd offense. Officers transported Murren to the Union County Jail and later released him followin...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors visited with Sue Liston, owner of Imagine, at Zellmer Century Farm on Thursday, October 5th, 2023, to view the recent improvements to the Garden/ Gift Store...