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Update: Atlantic Woman Involved in Oakland Accident has passed away
(Oakland) The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office has confirmed to KSOM/KS95 News that an Atlantic woman involved in a two-vehicle accident in Oakland on Tuesday morning has passed away. The acciden...
Mandy Billings Jan 15, 2026

Pedestrian Injured in Early Morning Accident on Duff Avenue in Ames
(Story Co.) A pedestrian was injured Thursday morning in a collision on Duff Avenue in Ames, according to the Iowa State Patrol. The accident occurred at approximately 4:14 a.m. in the 400 block of Du...
Mandy Billings Jan 15, 2026

Three Drug-Related Arrests in Cass County
(Cass Co.) Three people were arrested on drug charges in Cass County. Gunner Michael Namanny, 19, of Anita, turned himself in on January 8th on an active Cass County Sheriff's warrant for Possession-M...
Mandy Billings Jan 15, 2026

Red Oak Man Arrested on Warrant
(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 65-year-old Terry Joe Halvin, of Red Oak, on an active Montgomery County warrant for Probation Violation. Halvin was taken to the Montgomery County Jai...
Mandy Billings Jan 15, 2026

Atlantic Police Report
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department released their arrest report from December 10th through January 11th. On December 10th, Alex Keeler, 19, of Clarinda was arrested for Harboring a Runaway. Nat...
Mandy Billings Jan 15, 2026

Maj. Gen. Stephen Osborn honors National Guard members killed in Syria attack
(Iowa Capital Dispatch) Maj. Gen. Stephen Osborn, the adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard, began his 2026 Condition of the Guard address Thursday by honoring the loss of two Iowa National Guar...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Jan 15, 2026

Free 4-Month YMCA Membership and Fitness Program Offered to Rural Adults Through Emporia State, Creighton, and Nishna Valley YMCA Partnership
(Atlantic) Emporia State University, Creighton University and the Nishna Valley Family YMCA are teaming up to provide free memberships to the surrounding area. This four-month study not only provides ...
Mandy Billings Jan 15, 2026

What's Next in the Commodity Markets After the January WASDE?
(NAFB) The commodity markets have had a couple of days to digest the recent WASDE report, which didn't contain good news for the price of corn. Rich Nelson, a commodity broker from Allendale, said the...
Tom Robinson Jan 15, 2026

Rita Mary Doran Obituary
Rita Mary (Goetz) Doran was born on June 5, 1927, at the Goetz family farmhouse east of Westphalia, Iowa, to Joseph Bernard Goetz and Antonia (Schechinger) Goetz. She was baptized and confirmed at St....
Western Iowa Today Jan 15, 2026

Iowa Attorney General's Office Concludes Officers Acted with Legal Justification in Black Hawk County Shooting
(Des Moines) In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General's Office has concluded that the November 16, 2025, fatal shooting of Benjamin Harold Sink by Grundy County Sheriff Deputies and an Iowa...
Mandy Billings Jan 15, 2026







