Category Archives: Local News
News from Western Iowa.
New Iowa Poll Being Released Saturday
(Undated) -- A new Iowa Poll is being released this weekend, less than a month before Election Day. The Des Moines Register says the poll will include Iowa's U.S. Senate race between Senator Chuck Gra...
Mandy Billings Oct 14, 2022
Fallen Iowa State Patrol Sergeant Smith honored with statue
(Independence, IA) -- A statue standing in eastern Iowa honors a fallen Iowa State Patrol trooper. Sergeant Jim Smith was shot and killed in April 2021 after a Grundy Center standoff. Smith lived in I...
Tom Robinson Oct 14, 2022
Red Oak Man Jailed for Assault
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Deputies responded to an assault in progress on Thursday night in the 1900 block of 203rd Street in Red Oak. Following a brief search, deputies took Michael Josephson i...
Tom Robinson Oct 14, 2022
Iowa Reports Record Tax Receipts
(Des Moines, IA) -- The Iowa Revenue Estimating Conference says the state finished the 2022 fiscal year with 11-percent more tax revenue than the previous year. The panel, however, is predicting reven...
Mandy Billings Oct 14, 2022

West Des Moines Man Accused Of Securities Fraud
(Des Moinese, IA) -- A West Des Moines man is facing charges, after investigators say he tried to defraud an elderly person. Sixty-eight-year-old Alan Kessler is charged with one count of Theft Agains...
Mandy Billings Oct 14, 2022
Shelby County in a Burn Ban
(Shelby Co.) Shelby County Emergency Management says Shelby County will be in a burn ban until further notice. They will continue to monitor conditions and updates can be found on the Shelby County Em...
Mandy Billings Oct 13, 2022

Creston Police Report
(Creston) The Creston Police Department arrested 34-year-old Jefferey Michael Hoffman, of Shannon City, on Wednesday for Violation of Probation. Hoffman was taken to the Union County Jail where bail w...
Mandy Billings Oct 13, 2022

Atlantic Police Report
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department reports nine arrests and one citation between September 16 and October 9. Mikenda Ifraim, 27, of Atlantic, was arrested October 9th for Criminal Mischief 4th ...
Mandy Billings Oct 13, 2022

Bomgaars to Become Second Largest Farm and Ranch Retailer
(Sioux City, IA) Iowa-based Bomgaars is set to become the nation's second-largest farm and ranch retailer. The Sioux City company announcing today it's buying 73 Orscheln Farm and Home stores. The Fed...
Tom Robinson Oct 13, 2022
Montgomery County Woman arrested for OWI
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 23-year-old Shelby Ann Nelson of Villisca in the 900 block of N. Broadway Street for OWI, 1st offense. Police transported Nelson to the Montgomery County Jail and hel...
Tom Robinson Oct 13, 2022







