Category Archives: Local News
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
Jun 16, 2023
More Drought Degradation in Iowa
(Des Moines) State Climatologist Justin Glisan says the Drought continues to expand across Iowa following another week of no rain. More than 98 percent of Iowa is under Drought or near-drought conditi...
Jun 16, 2023
New Adair City Treatment Plant Nearing Completion
(Adair) The City of Adair's multi-million dollar water treatment plant is nearly complete. In 2015, Adair City Attorney Clint Fichter recognized the need to improve the city's water quality issues. He...
Jun 15, 2023
