The Orange City Area Health Foundation has been awarded a grant from Variety – the Children’s Charity of Iowa to enhance care ...

Rock Rapids, Iowa– A George man has died, and a Minnesota man was taken to the hospital as a result of a crash near Rock Rapids on Friday, October 3, 2025. The Iowa State Patrol reports that at about ...

RISE Ministries has announced the Fall Price Slide Sale and a new artist for RiseFest 2026. RiseFest is coming to Sheldon on June 12-13, 2026. This year’s lineup will include Christian Music artist ...

Authorities in one northwest Iowa county are investigating two attempted child abductions. The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office says the first attempted abduction took place around 3:00 pm Tuesday, ...

A major Midwest convenience store chain with locations in our area will soon start phasing out pennies. Kwik Star says they’ll adjust their registers to round prices for cash purchases down to the ...

A Chariton man was taken to the hospital after an accident near Ashton on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. The Iowa State Patrol reports that at about 1:10 p.m., 21-year-old Holden DeMaria of Chariton was ...

A few acres of crop stubble were burned in a fire on Friday, October 3, 2025, near Sioux Center. According to Sioux Center Fire Chief David Van Holland, at about 1:40 p.m., the Sioux Center Fire ...

Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand has released a report on O’Brien County’s finances. It shows revenues for the year totaled a ...

As we continue into fall, the Highway 75 construction in Sioux Center is nearing the end for 2025. Sioux Center City Manager Scott Wynja gives us an update. Wynja says more paving will begin in the ...

Today’s Talk of the Town Podcast is an encore presentation of an earlier Talk of the Town program. It features Rob Rozeboom, ...

A Rock Valley man was involved in a recent crash in which a person died. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety tells us the person who died was a pedestrian. They say the crash happened on ...

The “Heemstra” name has been missing from Northwestern College buildings since 2010. But college officials tell us that thanks to a donation, they are honoring the Heemstra family with a renaming of a ...