Category Archives: Local News
Iowa House Representative Tom Moore discusses bills passed out of the Education Committee
(Des Moines) Iowa House Representative Tom Moore, of Griswold, said several bills passed out of the Education Committee last week. House File 7, or the Regent Teacher Prep Review bill, requires the Un...
Feb 06, 2023
DCI Assisting with Possible Shooting in Greene County
(Grand Junction) The Iowa Department of Public Safety released a press release on behalf of the Greene County Sheriff's Office of a possible shooting in Grand Junction. According to the press release,...
Feb 05, 2023
Boone County Crash Claims 2 Lives
(Boone) Two people died in a two-vehicle crash in Boone County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 5:11 p.m. on Friday at Highway 30 and SE Marshall Street in Boone. Authorities say 5...
Feb 05, 2023
Atlantic CSD to offer Trojan Summer Experience again in 2023
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Community School District is going to offer the Trojan Summer Experience for student again this year. Superintendent Steve Barber said last summer they offered the eight-week p...
Feb 05, 2023
Southwest Iowa's Fourteen-Day Forecast: Average to Above Average Temperatures
(Des Moines) Allan Curtis with the National Weather Service in Des Moines forecasts above-average temperatures for the next two weeks. "The good news is we will be on the warm side of normal for this ...
Feb 05, 2023
Medical Malpractice Noneconomic Damages bill passes committee in Iowa House
(Des Moines) The Medical Malpractice Noneconomic Damages bill passed through the Iowa House's Health and Human Services Committee. Iowa House Representative Tom Moore, from Griswold, said this bill li...
Feb 05, 2023
Iowa's Deer Harvest Tops 100,000 Once Again
(Area) Final numbers are in for Iowa's Deer Harvest. In 2022 the Iowa Deer Harvest exceeded the goal of the DNR. "109,611 were the total harvest this year. It makes it another very successful deer sea...
Feb 05, 2023
Atlantic Area Chamber Ambassadors Celebrate with YOUR Forte
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at YOUR FORTE on Thursday at the opening of their music, book, and art supply store on Chestnut Street, the former Howard's C...
Feb 05, 2023
Cass Health Welcomes New HeartCorps Program & Coordinator
(Atlantic) In January, the American Heart Association launched HeartCorps, a new initiative in conjunction with AmeriCorps and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cass Health was selected ...
Feb 05, 2023
Not Much Change in the Latest U.S. Drought Monitor
(Des Moines) Even though precipitation across Iowa in January was 200 percent above average, Allan Curtis, Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Des Moines, says it would not affect droug...
Feb 04, 2023
