Category Archives: Local News
Atlantic Parks and Recreation Director To Meet With Personnel & Finance Committee To Discuss Issues
(Atlantic) Atlantic Parks and Recreation Director Wyatt Adderton has agreed to meet with the Personnel & Finance Committee to discuss issues he has encountered within the Department and the City. ...
May 17, 2023
Corning School Board Acts on Schools Superintendent Sharing Agreement Contract
(Corning) The Corning School Board agreed to transfer Schools Superintendent Chris Fenster's Contract to Villisca. Fenster says nothing changes; it is just a business decision. The board also approved...
May 17, 2023
Multiple road projects taking place in Audubon County
(Audubon) Construction delays have impacted the timetable for road projects in Audubon County. Audubon County Supervisor's Chairman Doug Sorensen says the initial plan was to finish M66 before moving ...
May 17, 2023
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Hovers Over Iowa
(Des Moines) Smoke from Canadian wildfires is hovering over a large part of the northern U.S., including Iowa. The National Weather Service says a big ribbon of smoke is extending over Iowa, but since...
May 17, 2023
Montgomery County Woman Charged Following a Motor Vehicle Accident
(Red Oak) A Red Oak woman faces charges in connection with a two-vehicle accident. Police say the accident happened at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the 1400 block of Eastern Avenue in Red Oak. Officers arr...
May 17, 2023
Updated: Three Involved in Fentanyl Distribution Case Sentenced to Prison
(Council Bluffs) Three individuals involved in a Fentanyl Distribution Case in southwest Iowa were sentenced to prison today (Tuesday). Cam Christopher Jahnke, 33, was sentenced to 193 months in priso...
May 16, 2023
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds Signs Senate File 595 Bill into Law in Atlantic
(Atlantic) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is signing several bills on tour across the state this week, enacting laws dealing with fentanyl and other issues. The Governor signed Senate File 595 into law th...
May 16, 2023
Cass County Sheriff's Report
(Cass Co) The Cass County Sheriff's Office reports four arrests. Fernando Villa-Diaz, 39, of Atlantic, was arrested Monday on a Failure to Appear warrant. Villa-Diaz was transported to the Cass County...
May 16, 2023
Audubon School Board Approves Increase in Substitute Pay and Changes to Para-Educator Pay Structure
(Audubon) The Audubon School Board Monday evening approved an increase in substitute pay and changes to the Para-Educator Pay Structure. Superintendent Eric Trager said they did some research and figu...
May 16, 2023
Cass County Supervisors Officially Approve Sale of County Farmland
(Cass Co) The Cass County Board of Supervisors this morning approved the sale of county owned farmland. The approval was just a formality to close out the sale of the land that was sold at auction in ...
May 16, 2023
