Category Archives: Local News
Bridge Over Indian Creek On Highland Road West of Atlantic Could Be Closing Later This Week
(Cass Co) The bridge over Indian Creek on Highland Road (G30) west of Atlantic could be closing later this week. Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken told the Board of Supervisors this morning that they ...
Jun 20, 2023
Griswold School District Searching for Guidance Counselor: Makes Changes to Lunch Payment Method
(Griswold) The Griswold School District is searching for a couple of teaching positions and made changes to the lunch payment system and nutrition prices at Monday's board meeting. Schools Superintend...
Jun 20, 2023
Cass County Tourism President Retires After 20 Years of Service
(Atlantic) The Cass County Tourism Committee hosted a morning reception on Monday, June 19, 2023, to celebrate the retirement of long-time president Kenner Baxter. Baxter has volunteered for Cass Coun...
Jun 20, 2023
Adair County Man Arrested on Numerous Enticement of a Minor Charges
(Creston) An Adair County man faces numerous charges, including Lascivious Acts with a Child. Creston Police arrested 22-year-old Blaine Tristan McIntosh of Orient on Monday. He is charged with entici...
Jun 20, 2023
Fort Dodge PD Release Murder Victim ID
(Fort Dodge) The Fort Dodge Police Department identifies a 14-year-old killed in a weekend shooting. They got reports of shots fired in the 12-hundred block of First Avenue North Saturday afternoon, f...
Jun 20, 2023
SWITA Receives the 2023 Iowa DOT's Regional Transit System of the Year Award
(Atlantic) Southwest Iowa Transit Agency (SWITA), Southwest Iowa's public transportation system serving all residents in Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby cou...
Jun 20, 2023
Shelby County Sheriff's Report
(Shelby Co) The Shelby County Sheriff's Office released their arrest report from June 1st through June 15th. Ethan Michael Leinen, age 22, of Portsmouth, was arrested after a traffic stop on Fir Road ...
Jun 19, 2023
Trailer Tire Strikes Vehicle in Council Bluffs; Driver Suffers Minor Injuries
(Council Bluffs) One person suffered minor injuries after a tire struck a vehicle in Council Bluffs this morning. The Council Bluffs Police Department says the incident happened at 9:46 a.m. at the 2....
Jun 19, 2023
Iowa Pharmacy Association Battles Pharmacy Benefit Managers
(Des Moines, IA) -- The Iowa Pharmacy Association is going to battle against the nation's top Pharmacy Benefit Managers or PBMs. Seth Brown from the Iowa Pharmacy Association says those PBMs are CVS-C...
Jun 19, 2023
Twelve Homes Rehabilitated by SWIPCO with Help from Iowa West Foundation
(Atlantic) Southwest Iowa Housing Trust Fund (SWIHTF), a nonprofit fund administered by Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO), recently completed the rehabilitation of twelve homes in the southwest...
Jun 19, 2023
