Category Archives: Local News

(Atlantic) The Southwest Iowa Planning Council welcomes a new Communications Coordinator to their staff. SWIPCO Executive Director John McCurdy says Mindy Jensen will work to increase awareness of pub...

(Council Bluffs) The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 40-year-old Jason Lauran Kinman, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced on September 20th to 25 years in prison following h...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Police Department reports eight arrests and one citation between September 17th and September 25th. Kisauo Stephen, 35, of Atlantic, was arrested September 17th for Public Into...

(Red Oak) The Red Oak Police Department arrested 52-year-old Chadwick Zucco, of Red Oak, this morning for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana) 3rd Offense. Zucco was transported to the Mon...

(Des Moines, IA) -- The Iowa DOT has canceled its fall in-person equipment and vehicle auction. Spokesman David Bollenbaugh says they just don't have enough vehicles available and think they're "still...

(Mills Co) One person was transported to the hospital following a two-vehicle accident in Mills County on Saturday. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says 20-year-old Zachary Fischer, of Plattsmouth, ...

(Mills Co) A vehicle struck a gas station in Mills County on Saturday. The Mills County Sheriff's Office says 83-year-old William Richardson, of Thurman, was attempting to back his 2014 GMC pickup int...

(Creston) Creston Police report two arrests on Monday. Police arrested 34-year-old Corry Donald Johnston of Creston at his residence on two Union County Warrants. 1) FTA Possession of Drug Paraphernal...

(Tama, IA) -- The semi driver had to be rescued from his burning rig in an accident in Tama County. The Iowa State Patrol says the semi driven by 63-year-old John Perkins of Eagle River, Wisconsin hit...

(Ames, IA) -- Survey information released from the U-S-D-A shows a big increase in farmland values and cash rent. Iowa State University livestock economist, Lee Schulz, says the cropland increased 19-...