Category Archives: Local News
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Montgomery County Sheriff's Report
(Red Oak) Montgomery County Deputies responded to the 1700 block of 205th Street in Red Oak for a man sleeping in the driver seat of a vehicle parked on the roadway. When deputies arrived, they found ...
Tom Robinson Aug 27, 2023

Washington University 2 Year COVID Study Shows Virus Resilience
(St. Louis, MO) -- A two-year study conducted by Washington University researchers reveals that COVID is affecting the health of patients even two years after getting the virus. The study compared the...
Mandy Billings Aug 27, 2023

Health Officials React To News Of Dwindling Supplies Of Antibiotics
(Omaha, NE) -- State health officials are voicing concern amid an ongoing national shortage of penicillin and other antibiotics. Two months ago, officials with Pfizer warned that the pharmaceutical ma...
Tom Robinson Aug 27, 2023

Eating Too Much Fast Food Increases Risk Of Mental Health Issues
(Australia) -- New research is showing a connection between the consumption of fast food in teenagers and elevated mental health issues. The Melbourne Collaborative Study found teenagers who consume l...
Mandy Billings Aug 26, 2023

Iowa Attorney General's Office Concludes Council Bluffs and Omaha Police Officers Acted with Legal Justification in Shooting
(Des Moines) The Iowa Attorney General's Office has completed its review of the fatal shooting of Matthew Briggs by two police officers from Council Bluffs and Omaha that occurred on July 8, 2023. In ...
Tom Robinson Aug 26, 2023

CDC Launches Hospital Sepsis Awareness Program To Improve Survival Rates
(Undated) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching a sepsis awareness program to help hospitals improve survival rates. The CDC says one in three people who dies in a hospital has s...
Tom Robinson Aug 26, 2023
Adams County Sheriff's Office Report
(Adams County) - The Adams County Sheriff's Office reported five arrests and one incident. *The Adams County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call that five juveniles were missing from a kayaking trip ...
Western Iowa Today Aug 25, 2023

Baier Sisters Receive High Awards at the Iowa State Fair
(Des Moines) Paige and Joslynn Baier brought home top honors from the Iowa State Fair last week. Paige Baier had a successful cattle show, and Joslyn received high awards in team and individual tumbli...
Tom Robinson Aug 25, 2023

Creston Police Report
(Creston) The Creston Police Department reports three arrests and one incident. *Police arrested 51-year-old Christopher Charles Trisler of Arispie, Iowa, on Thursday with ten counts of Harassment 1st...
Tom Robinson Aug 25, 2023

Ames Fire Caused From Equipment Malfunction
(Ames, IA) The Ames Fire Department says an equipment malfunction caused the fire at the Iowa State University's Power Plant yesterday. The fire started around 10:45 a.m. The crews say the equipment h...
Tom Robinson Aug 25, 2023







