Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Update: One Person Found Deceased in Atlantic House Fire
(Atlantic) One person was found deceased in a house fire in Atlantic Saturday. Atlantic Fire Chief Tom Cappel told KSOM/KS95 News that firefighters were called to 804 Walnut Street at around 4:27 p.m....
Tom Robinson Aug 05, 2023

Red Oak Police Report
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 33-year-old Dylan Thomas Griffeth, of Red Oak, on Friday for Domestic Assault 1st Offense. Griffeth was also arrested on a Red Oak Police Department wa...
Mandy Billings Aug 05, 2023

Vendors, Campers Setting Up Ahead Of The 2023 Iowa State Fair
(Des Moines, IA) -- The 2023 Iowa State Fair's opening day is less than week away, and workers are starting to set up on the fairgrounds. Mindy Williamson, with the Iowa State Fair, says there's alway...
Mandy Billings Aug 05, 2023
Adventureland's Log To Be Actioned Off
(Altoona, IA) -- Adventureland is auctioning off a log boat from their famous ride. They said the money paid for the boat will go to the Give Kids the World Village charity. Draken Falls will be the n...
Mandy Billings Aug 05, 2023

Pottawattamie Conservation Breaks Ground on Hitchcock Nature Center Pavilion
(Council Bluffs) Pottawattamie Conservation broke ground recently on a new 60' x 40' open-air pavilion near the Hitchcock Nature Center (HNC) front entrance in the Loess Hills. Not only will the proje...
Mandy Billings Aug 05, 2023

OB/GYN Dr. Marcela Pineda to Begin Outreach Clinic in Greenfield
(Atlantic) Cass Health and Adair County Health System are pleased to jointly announce that Dr. Marcela Pineda will be offering an obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) clinic at Adair County Health Syste...
Mandy Billings Aug 05, 2023

SHIFT ATL Summer Soiree event totals over $20,000
(Atlantic) SHIFT ATL is pleased to announce that their Summer Soiree event on July 15 helped raise over $20,000 for the nonprofit organization. Funds raised from this year's event will be poured direc...
Mandy Billings Aug 04, 2023

Red Oak Woman Arrested on Warrant
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 31-year-old Amanda Joy Williams, of Red Oak, Thursday evening on a Red Oak Police Department warrant for Urinating and Defecating in Public. Williams w...
Mandy Billings Aug 04, 2023
Man Who Died In Grain Bin In Western Iowa Identified
(Dunlap, IA) -- A 41-year-old man is dead after being trapped in a grain bin in Western Iowa. Michael Tom Heistand from Dunlap was pronounced dead at the scene in Crawford County. There's no word on h...
Mandy Billings Aug 04, 2023
Reminder: Iowa's Tax-Free Weekend Starts Today
(Area) -- The state's annual tax-free holiday is today and Saturday. Shoppers won't have to pay state and local sales tax on clothes and footwear that costs less than 100 dollars. For more information...
Mandy Billings Aug 04, 2023







