Today's News

A crowd comparable in size to what the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) brought to the Glenwood community last summer is expected when the Mid-America Motorplex hosts the ninth annual River Riot concert on Friday, May 11.

The concert, staged annually by The River 89.7 radio station at Iowa Western Community College, will feature the music of five nationally-known alternative rock bands – Incubus, Shinedown, Five Finger Death Punch, Emphatic and After The Fall.

     A Pacific Junction mother whose daughter was bitten by a dog that had recently bitten a neighbor is wondering why Mills County isn’t doing more to prevent vicious dog attacks.
    Mills County does not have any criminal statutes for vicious animals or dog bites currently on the books.

PACIFIC JUNCTION - The birds are back.

    Bald eagles, between 30 and 50 of them, have made their way to a rural area of Mills County west of Interstate 29.
    Early last week, the eagles could be seen perched on tree branches near a borrow-pit lake by the  Mid America Motorplex. Monday morning, residents of the area reported seeing nearly 40 eagles in grassy areas near the motorplex.

    East Mills football coach Kevin Schafer will have to dust off some 11-man playbooks.
    After five years of eight man football, East Mills is moving up to 11-man football and Class A for the 2012 and 2013 seasons.
    “I bet you I threw all those (playbooks) away,” Schafer said. “I assumed we would probably always be eight man. But when we first switched over, I converted some of our 11-man stuff to 8-man, so some of it can be converted back.”