Category Archives: Local News

(Des Moines) The National Weather Service in Des Moines has extended the Excessive Heat Warning for all of Iowa through 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values peaking...

(Des Moines, IA) -- The Des Moines Police Department is asking for the public's help to find a suspect they say was involved in a shooting earlier this month. Police say 20 year-old Trezjuan Calloway ...

(Audubon) The Audubon School Board approved changes to the paraeducator pay structure at their meeting Monday evening. Superintendent Eric Trager said they are raising their paraeducator pay to remain...

(Mills Co) The Mills County Sheriff's Office reports two arrests. Jessie Sue Knipe, 46, of Glenwood, was arrested Friday for Harassment 3rd. Bond was set at $300. Stevey Rae Harlen Hammond, 24, of Oma...

(Cass Co) A bridge project on Seattle Road north of Griswold should be starting in the next couple of weeks. Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken updated the Board of Supervisors on the bridge projects t...

(Atlantic) Atlantic Schools Superintendent Beth Johnsen discussed the district-wide theme for the 2023-2024 school year. Johnsen, who took over the superintendent's job on July 1, says she likes to th...

(Des Moines) Those who keep a keen eye on the weather daily experienced some sticker shock when they viewed their area weather station data in the southwest and west central Iowa on Monday. Some Atlan...

(Griswold) The Griswold School Board will not pursue the proposed 4-day school week for at least the 2024-2025 school year. The decision came following the discussion on a 4-day school week survey. Gr...

(Des Moines) The just-concluded Iowa State Fair was a big one. More than one-point-one million people attended this year's Iowa State Fair, 15-thousand more than last year. It was the second-largest F...

(Warren County) There are new details about a two-county chase that ended in Des Moines Friday. Indianola Police says a reckless driver nearly hit five people, including four children. Police say the ...