Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.

Atlantic City Council Approves Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council Wednesday evening approved the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget following a public hearing in which there were no comments. The proposed budget for FY 2024 totals $14,794,8...
Mandy Billings Apr 19, 2023

Update on Sidney Homicide Investigation
(Sidney) On Monday, the Fremont County Sheriff's Office responded to the report of a stabbing at 508 Main Street in Sidney. Upon arrival, deputies and first responders located two male subjects outsid...
Mandy Billings Apr 19, 2023

Adams County Sheriff's Office releases more information on threats made to Southwest Valley High School
(Adams Co) The Adams County Sheriff's Office says during the late afternoon on Friday, April 14, the Sheriff's Office and Southwest Valley Superintendent Chris Fenster were notified of a credible thre...
Mandy Billings Apr 19, 2023
Pottawattamie County Road G-12 bridge over I-29 to close April 26th
(Council Bluffs) Drivers who travel on Interstate 29 and Pottawattamie County Road G-12 near Loveland need to be aware of an upcoming concrete paving project that may slow down their trip beginning on...
Mandy Billings Apr 19, 2023
Montgomery County Sheriff's Report
(Montgomery Co) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested three men on warrants. Bradley James Jackson, 36, of Glenwood, was arrested April 14th at the Mills County Jail on a warrant for 2nd Deg...
Mandy Billings Apr 19, 2023

Omaha Man Sentenced for Distribution of a Controlled Substance
(Council Bluffs) The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says an Omaha, Nebraska man was sentenced Tuesday to 168 months in prison following his plea of guilty to distribution of ...
Mandy Billings Apr 19, 2023
Shelby County Board of Supervisors Set 180-day Moratoriums on Wind and Energy Farms
(Harlan) On Tuesday, the Shelby County Board of Supervisors passed moratoriums on Wind and Solar Farm permits. According to the meeting minutes, Shelby County has no moratoriums or existing ordinances...
Tom Robinson Apr 19, 2023
Storms Forecast to Develop in Southwest Iowa Later Today
(Des Moines) According to Andrew Anscorge from the National Weather Service in Des Moines, Thunderstorms will impact southwest Iowa later today. Anscorge says today will start quiet, with temperatures...
Tom Robinson Apr 19, 2023
Three Juveniles Hurt in 2 Vehicle Crash in Red Oak
(Red Oak) Three juveniles suffered injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Red Oak on Tuesday afternoon. The Red Oak Police Department press release stated the accident happened at 4:43 p.m. at North 2nd a...
Tom Robinson Apr 19, 2023

Four day school week still on the table at Griswold
(Griswold) The Griswold School Board is still considering a four day week. The most recent step in the process was to survey current staff. This was done during a staff meeting on April 5th. "The purp...
Western Iowa Today Apr 19, 2023







