Category Archives: Local News
Anita City Council Approves Bids for Street Improvement and Restroom Projects
(Anita) The Anita City Council on Wednesday accepted Blacktop Service out of Humboldt for the 40-block Street improvement project for $825,000. The USDA is funding half of the project through a grant....
Feb 10, 2023
Fremont County Sheriff's Office: Two men arrested for an arson that occurred in Anderson
(Fremont Co) Two men were arrested in connection with an arson that occurred in Anderson, Iowa in June of 2020. The Fremont County Sheriff's Office says on June 22, 2020, fire departments and investig...
Feb 10, 2023
Audubon County Sheriff's Report
(Audubon Co) The Audubon County Sheriff's Office arrested 35-year-old Bryan Dunn, of Des Moines, on Tuesday on an outstanding warrant for Sex Abuse 2nd and Human Trafficking. Dunn appeared before the ...
Feb 10, 2023
Walnut man sentenced to prison on Sexual Abuse charges
(Pottawattamie Co) A Walnut man was sentenced to prison Thursday on Sexual Abuse charges. According to court records, 59-year-old Allan Sievers was sentenced to an indeterminate term of incarceration ...
Feb 10, 2023
Atlantic School District Moving Forward with Playground Improvement Project
(Atlantic) The Atlantic School Board on Wednesday authorized Snyder and Associates to accept bids for the Washington Elementary School playground project for an estimated cost of $650,000. According t...
Feb 10, 2023
Nebraska Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Drug Offense
(Council Bluffs) The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Iowa says 46-year-old Cindy Anne Ortiz, of Omaha, Nebraska was sentenced on February 1 to 156 months in prison. In September 20...
Feb 10, 2023
Iowa Senator Proposes 5 Bills Targeting Eminent Domain
(Des Moines) Iowa Senator Jeff Taylor has proposed five bills targeting eminent domain and carbon pipelines. They would offer different levels of protections to landowners such as banning pipelines fr...
Feb 10, 2023
House Representative Tom Moore discusses Property Tax Rollback Calculation Fix bill
(Des Moines) Iowa House Representative Tom Moore discusses Senate File 181, or the Property Tax Rollback Calculation Fix bill, that fixes an error in the interpretations of past property tax bills. Mo...
Feb 10, 2023
Shelby County Supervisors approve salaries for Elected Officials and County Sheriff
(Shelby Co) Shelby County Board of Supervisors approved salaries for Elected Officials and the County Sheriff. According to the meeting minutes, the Shelby County Compensation Board met in November an...
Feb 10, 2023
Villisca Structure Fire
(Villisca) A Villisca Firefighter suffered minor injuries in a structure in Villisca early this (Thursday) morning. Fire Chief John Bruce says the call went out at 6:49 a.m. for a structure fire at 30...
Feb 09, 2023
