Category Archives: Local News

(Des Moines) Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird appoints Leif Olson as Chief Deputy Attorney General. Olson recently served as Chief of the Special Litigation Division of the Texas Attorney General's o...

(Saylorville) Authorities are identifying the Des Moines man who died while swimming in Saylorville Lake over the weekend. The Polk County Sheriff's Office says Robert Issacc Mayberry Junior may have ...

(Tama Co) One person is dead after a house explosion in rural Tama County. The blast happened yesterday morning in the town of Buckingham. A body was discovered near the home, and the victim was sent ...

(Adair) The Adair County Sheriff's Office reports five arrests this past week. *On August 11, Cristian Ortiz was arrested in Dallas County. Ortiz was arrested on March 23 on an outside warrant out of ...

(Massena) An Atlantic man suffered serious injuries in an ATV accident in Massena. The Cass County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened at 10:19 p.m. on Saturday at 750th and Clark Avenue in Ma...

(NAFB) Farmland sales are generally starting to slow down late this summer. Randy Dickhut a farmland sales expert with Agricultural Economic Insights, says there are two reasons activity is slowing do...

(Creston) Creston Police report four arrests and three incident reports. *On August 11, Creston Police arrested 30-year-old Zachery Allen Chumbley of Creston at his residence for Possession of Drug Pa...

(Atlantic) Fundraising for the Atlantic Splash Pad continues, and businesses are stepping up. Splash Pad Committee Co-Chair Jeremy Butler and committee members appeared at AtlanticFest on Saturday. Th...

(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested three people following an incident on Sunday in the 800 block of E. Nuckols Street. Police arrested 18-year-old Lillianne Marie Pafford, 27-year-old Austin Lee Jones,...

(Red Oak) Two people suffered injuries in a single-vehicle accident in Montgomery County. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened around 3:28 a.m. on Sunday at 100th Street a...