Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Red Oak man arrested for Public Intoxication
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 25-year-old Cade Adrian McWilliams, of Red Oak, in the 2700 block of North 8th Street early this morning for Public Intoxication. McWilliams was transp...
Mandy Billings Jun 17, 2023
Iowa State Auditor Encouraging Legislature to adopt Stiffer Penalties for Stealing Money from the TaxPayer
(Des Moines) Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand wants the legislature to impose stiffer penalties for those convicted of illegally disbursed funds. Sand believes stiffer penalties will stop or slow this type...
Tom Robinson Jun 17, 2023

New Rules and Laws Address Raccoons, Create Year-Round Open Season
(Des Moines) Changes are coming to how Iowans can hunt and trap raccoons and how farmers can deal with raccoon depredation issues. Iowa DNR Biologist Bryan Hayes tells KSOM/KS95 News Raccoons were the...
Tom Robinson Jun 17, 2023
Gov. Reynolds Appoints Michael Carpenter, Eric Nelson, and Patrick Smith as District Judges
(Des Moines) Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced her appointments of Michael Carpenter as a district judge in Judicial Election District 8A, Eric Nelson as a district judge in Judicial Election Distric...
Mandy Billings Jun 16, 2023

Sculpture Stolen from Atlantic Hy-Vee Garden Center
(Atlantic) A sculpture was stolen from the Atlantic Hy-Vee Garden Center early Thursday morning. The incident occurred at 1:00 a.m. Security camera footage provided by Hy-Vee showed a white truck pull...
Mandy Billings Jun 16, 2023
Parker-Hannifin in Red Oak Receives Assistance from IEDA
(Red Oak) The Iowa Economic Development Authority approved assistance to Parker-Hannifin to increase capacity in Red Oak. Specializing in motion and control technologies, Parker-Hannifin Corporation p...
Mandy Billings Jun 16, 2023
Atlantic Native Receives IPA Thomas R. Temple Mentorship Award
(Ankeny) An Atlantic native received the Iowa Pharmacy Association's Thomas R. Temple Mentorship Award. CoraLynn Trewet began her journey with the Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA) in 2011 as the Execut...
Mandy Billings Jun 16, 2023
Flags at half-staff to honor Iowa POW killed in the Korean War
(Des Moines, IA) -- Governor Kim Reynolds is ordering flags in Iowa to fly at half-staff today to honor Army Corporal White of Ottumwa. White died while a prisoner of war in North Korea in 1951. He re...
Mandy Billings Jun 16, 2023

Iowa State Fair To Feature Nine New Rides
(Des Moines, IA) -- This year's Iowa State Fair will feature nine new rides. Eight at the main midway area and Thrill Ville. Mindy Williamson of the Iowa State Fair says there's also a new ride...
Mandy Billings Jun 16, 2023
Omaha Man Sentenced For Fentanyl Death
(Council Bluffs, IA) -- An Omaha man is being sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for selling fentanyl that caused a deadly overdose. Jerome Wallace was charged for supplying the drug that killed ...
Mandy Billings Jun 16, 2023







