Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

CDBG Funds Help Revitalize Wiota Steakhouse and Lounge
(Wiota) The city of Wiota received a grant from the Iowa Economic Development Authority in June 2022 under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Covid Faade program with assistance from Southwe...
Mandy Billings Jun 11, 2023
Man Injured in Motorcycle Crash In Lewis
(Lewis) One person suffered severe injuries in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident in Lewis. Cass County Deputy Josh McLaren tells KSOM/KS95 News the accident happened around 10:22 p.m. on Friday at ...
Tom Robinson Jun 10, 2023
Page County Sheriff's Report
(Page Co) The Page County Sheriff's Office released their arrest report from May 24th through June 5th. Bill Louis Stockwell, 28, of Elk Horn, was arrested May 24th at the Audubon County Sheriff's Off...
Mandy Billings Jun 09, 2023
Iowa Breaks Record for Consecutive Weeks of Drought
(Des Moines) The State of Iowa is ending its 153rd straight week of at least a D1 category drought in some parts of the state. This breaks the old record set back in 2012. State Climatologist Justin G...
Tom Robinson Jun 09, 2023
Regional Water Revised Advisory: Use of Water from Avoca Treatment Plant for Spraying Operations Prohibited
(Avoca) Regional Water has revised the advisory concerning the Action Level Yellow. The major change is the addition of spraying operations to the list of restricted water uses. Effective immediately,...
Mandy Billings Jun 09, 2023
Creston Police Report One Arrest
(Creston) Creston Police arrested 41-year-old Timothy Robert Hudek of Creston at 610 N. Cherry Street for Domestic Abuse Assault, 2nd Offense. Authorities are holding him in the Union County Jail pend...
Tom Robinson Jun 09, 2023

Thursday's Area Rain Totals
Adair-.53 Anita-.30 Atlantic-.80 Audubon-.33 Clarinda-.25 Harlan-.83 Red Oak-.15 Wiota-.25
Tom Robinson Jun 09, 2023
Study Finds Most Iowa Farmland Is Debt-Free
(Ames) A study finds about 80 percent of farmland in Iowa is debt free. Researchers behind this Iowa State University study credit recent higher commodity prices and government payments that helped cl...
Tom Robinson Jun 09, 2023
Iowa Spring Turkey Season Broke Records
(Des Moines, IA) -- Iowa hunters had a successful wild turkey season this spring. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says hunters took more than 14-thousand-800 birds, nearly three-thousand more...
Mandy Billings Jun 08, 2023
Iowans Due Refunds In Turbo Tax Settlement
(Des Moines, IA) -- Tens of thousands of Iowans who paid a fee to use Turbo Tax are getting reimbursed. The Iowa Attorney General's Office says Iowans who were eligible to file taxes for free, but pai...
Mandy Billings Jun 08, 2023







