Category Archives: Local News
Iowa Senator Tom Shipley Defends Senate File F16 Bill
(Nodaway) Iowa District #9 State Senator Tom Shipley says as we end the 12th week of the 2023 Iowa Legislative session, the issues have been narrowed down. Shipley says one of the bills that survived ...
Apr 01, 2023
Medicaid Public Health Emergency Set to End
(Des Moines) Iowa House District #18 Representative Tom Moore says the public health emergency is finally set to end. He says for the last two and a half years; the federal government has prevented st...
Apr 01, 2023
DNR conducting spotlight surveys to track wildlife population trends
(Area) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources annual spring wildlife spotlight survey is underway. The survey started in the 1970's to track raccoon activity and has evolved into a method providing ...
Apr 01, 2023
Four Cass County Food Pantries Receiving Meat Donations from Cass County Pork Producers
(Atlantic) A new program through Iowa Pork is allowing donations throughout the state to local food pantries. Karen Dreager with the Cass County Pork Producers spoke with KSOM/KS95.7 New while picking...
Mar 31, 2023
Hastings Man arrested on Alcohol-related Charges in Red Oak
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 40-year-old Curtis Richard Frazee of Hastings, Iowa, on Thursday in the 2000 block of N. 4th Street for OWI, 2nd Offense. Police transported Curtis to the Montgomery ...
Mar 31, 2023
Wind Advisory for Southern Two-Thirds of Iowa
(Des Moines) The southern two-thirds of Iowa is under a Wind Advisory today from 1:00 p.m. this afternoon to 7:00 a.m. on Saturday. According to the National Weather Service forecast, westerly winds o...
Mar 31, 2023
Law Enforcement Transition Process Underway in Harlan and Shelby County
(Harlan) Shelby County and the City of Harlan are moving forward with a 28E agreement with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office to provide coverage for the City of Harlan and the County. The conversatio...
Mar 31, 2023
Cass County Property Assessment Letters Going out This (Friday) Afternoon
(Atlantic) Cass County Assessor Mary Anstey recently stated residential properties showed significant value increases. Those assessment letters will be mailed out to property owners this afternoon. An...
Mar 31, 2023
AHSTW works to clean up smoke damaged rooms and secures alternative locations for Pre-K, TK, and Kindergarten
(Avoca) Approximately 120 students at AHSTW will be displaced due to smoke damage in the district's elementary pod. Damage sustained Tuesday night to the Kindergarten, Transitional Kindergarten, and P...
Mar 30, 2023
Iowa Farmer Survey Finds Positive Sentiment
(West Des Moines) A survey of Iowa farmers finds most have a positive outlook about the ag economy this year. The Bank Iowa survey finds 67-percent say they believe the ag economy will be the same or ...
Mar 30, 2023
