Category Archives: Local News
Iowa House Education Committee passes Student Right to Know bill
(Griswold) The Iowa House Education Committee last week passed House File 11 with an amendment. House File 11 is the "Student Right to Know" bill that requires the Board of Regents to publish a report...
Jan 29, 2023
Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Celebrate with New Hope Bargain Shoppe
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by the staff and board members of New Hope on Thursday, January 26th, 2023, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Bargain Shoppe location in ...
Jan 29, 2023
Melissa Ihnen receives Distinguished Service Award
(Atlantic) Melissa Ihnen received the Distinguished Service Award during the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce's Annual Dinner Saturday evening. Bailey Smith, Executive Director of the Atlantic Area C...
Jan 28, 2023
Guthrie County Supervisors approve site separation waiver and resolution on fence compensation rates
(Guthrie Co) The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors on Thursday approved a site separation waiver for the discharge lagoon facility near Bayard. Guthrie County Engineer Josh Sebern explains... The Su...
Jan 28, 2023
Road Conditions as of 6:00 a.m.
(Area) Roads in Iowa are partially (blue) to completely (pink) covered in snow this morning. At this time, southwest Iowa is not under any winter weather advisories or warnings with the exception of H...
Jan 28, 2023
Atlantic Community Schools Mental Health Professional Team Present Screener Survey to Students Next Month
(Atlantic) The Atlantic School's Superintendent Steve Barber appearing on "Trojan Talk" on 95.7 F.M., talked about the team of Mental Health Professionals working in the Atlantic School District. Ment...
Jan 28, 2023
Griswold Republican House Representative Tom Moore's HF13 Bill Passes Through Committee
(Griswold) Iowa House Representative Tom Moore's Bill House File 13 passed unanimously. Representative Moore says the bill establishes licensure in Iowa for Rural Emergency Hospitals. Moore says Feder...
Jan 28, 2023
Update: Council Bluffs Fire Victim Identified
(Council Bluffs) The Council Bluffs Fire Department says the male found deceased in a house fire at 114 Black Hawk Street on Wednesday has been identified as 70-year-old Gary Edison. At this time, the...
Jan 27, 2023
Audubon County Sheriff's Report
(Audubon Co) The Audubon County Sheriff's Office reports two arrests. Austin VanAernam, 27, of Atlantic, turned himself in today (Friday) for an outstanding warrant on charges of Harassment 2nd and Di...
Jan 27, 2023
Rescue Personnel Respond to Rollover Accident in Cass County
(Atlantic) Cass EMS and the Atlantic Fire Department responded to a single-vehicle rollover accident south of Atlantic. The call went out at 11:30 a.m. of a woman trapped in the vehicle on Nishna Stre...
Jan 27, 2023
