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Iowa is a Top 5 Food Secure State
(Undated) Iowa is one of the nation's leaders in food security. That's according to the 2022 U.S. Hunger Atlas and Annual Survey Report. The report looks at how many people in each state didn't have e...
Tom Robinson Dec 30, 2022

Red Oak Police Report One Arrest
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 49-year-old Donavon Lucius Sands of Council Bluffs on Thursday in the 400 block of E. Washington Street for violating a protective order. Officers transported Sands t...
Tom Robinson Dec 30, 2022

Wapello County Woman arrested in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested 32-year-old Siearre J. Ahea Smith of Agency, Iowa, on six counts of driving while barred. Deputies transported her to the Montgomery County Ja...
Tom Robinson Dec 30, 2022

Red Oak suspect arrested after trying to steal whiskey
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police responded to a shoplifting incident at Fareway on Thursday afternoon. 41-year-old Jared Michael Nyquist, of Red Oak, has been charged with Theft 5th Degree. According to the r...
Western Iowa Today Dec 29, 2022
Updated: 1:19 p.m. Adair County Crash Claims the Life of a Cass County Man
(Adair) An Atlantic man died in a car/semi accident west of Adair on Thursday morning. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 9:19 a.m. at 1120 White Pole Road near the Jesse James monume...
Tom Robinson Dec 29, 2022

Golden Hills RC & D to Discuss Tourism Director Position at Cass County Supervisors Meeting Today
(Atlantic) The Cass County Board of Supervisors will continue discussing the request to use ARPA funds for a new tourism director. Cara Morgan, from Golden Hills RC & D, will appear in front of th...
Tom Robinson Dec 29, 2022
New Iowa Laws To Take Effect
(Des Moines, IA) Iowa's lawmakers passed more than 150 bills this year, eleven of which will go into effect on January 1. The state's nine individual income tax rates will be consolidated into four, r...
Tom Robinson Dec 29, 2022

Red Oak Police Report One Arrest
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 52-year-old Richard Bryan Jenkins of Red Oak late Wednesday night for driving while suspended. Officers transported Jenkins to the Montgomery County Jail and held him...
Tom Robinson Dec 29, 2022
Gary VanAernam recognized by Audubon County Board of Supervisors
(Audubon) After 12 years as member of the Audubon County Board of Supervisors, Gary VanAernam is retiring. VanAernam's final meeting was on Tuesday morning. Supervisor's Chairman Doug Sorensen says, "...
Western Iowa Today Dec 29, 2022

Cass County Sheriff's Office Arrest Report
(Atlantic) The Cass County Sheriff's Office reports eight arrests over the last week and a half. 32-year-old Joshua Beedle, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on Christmas Day for OWI 2nd Offense. 29-yea...
Western Iowa Today Dec 28, 2022







