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Red Oak Police Department arrest
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 25-year-old Dawson Allen Squires of Griswold on Saturday in the 200 block of East Walnut Street for 5th-degree criminal mischief and public intoxication. Police trans...
Tom Robinson Oct 01, 2023

New CDC Study On Long COVID
(San Antonio, TX) -- Nearly 20-million Americans say they experienced Long COVID last year according to a new study from the CDC. It's something that researchers are getting a better handle on underst...
Mandy Billings Oct 01, 2023
Judge Denies Restraining Order Request Against Federal Rule Change on Wage Rates
(NAFB) A federal judge denied a request to block a federal rule change related to farm worker wages. The judge's order denied USA Farm Labor and other plaintiffs' motions for a temporary restraining o...
Tom Robinson Oct 01, 2023
Record Mortgage Rates Halt Housing Demand
(New York, NY) -- U.S. mortgage rates jumped to the highest level since 2000. The contract rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose ten-basis-points to seven-point-four-one-percent in the week that ended...
Mandy Billings Oct 01, 2023

Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors Welcome New Manager of Brown Shoe Fit Co.
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by Brown Shoe Fit Co. on Thursday, September 28th. The Ambassadors were on hand to help welcome Austin Renfro as the new manager. Austin gr...
Mandy Billings Oct 01, 2023
4 Hurt in Mills County Crash
(Mills County) Four people, including two children, were injured in a single-vehicle crash in Mills County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 10:50 a.m. Saturday, on Interstate 29 ne...
Tom Robinson Sep 30, 2023

Soybean Field Fire North of Walnut
(Walnut) At least six fire departments responded to a soybean field fire north of Walnut on Saturday afternoon. Mutual aid with the Walnut Fire Department responded to the blaze shortly after 1:00 p.m...
Tom Robinson Sep 30, 2023

Study Suggests E-Cigarettes Hurt Lungs
(San Antonio, TX) -- Vaping has never been considered "healthy," but a new study shows it may be more dangerous than you think. Researchers at the Texas A&M School of Public Health have found a li...
Mandy Billings Sep 30, 2023

Shelby County To Take Sealed Bids This Year for County Owned Cropland
(Shelby Co) Shelby County Auditor Mark Maxwell says there will be new practices for county-owned cropland in Shelby County. There will not be an auction this year. The Board of Supervisors and the Sol...
Mandy Billings Sep 29, 2023
Pedestrian Struck and Killed in Fremont County
(Fremont Co) A pedestrian was struck and killed in Fremont County this (Friday) morning. The Iowa State Patrol says 44-year-old Jeffery Hartley, of Glenwood, was driving a 2012 Kenworth Semi, leaving ...
Mandy Billings Sep 29, 2023







