Onawa News

"Well, it's just kind of surprising for a small town like this. We just don't have things like that happen here." Sunday's shooting has Dennis Smith, the parts manager at Schenkleberg Implement in Onawa, questioning how safe his community really is.

Authorities say a business owner was shot by an employee in the western Iowa town of Onawa .

"We're investigating it as the victim walking in on a burglary in progress and was subsequently shot during the possible commission of that crime, and right now it's still pretty early in the investigation," said DCI Special Agent Daniel Dawson, who was on the scene Sunday night.

Officers who were sent to a storage building around 6 p.m. Sunday found a 36-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to his lower body.

ONAWA, Iowa - Authorities say a man was shot during a burglary attempt in the western Iowa town of Onawa .

That's about the amount of snow fall blanketing the town of Onawa right now. And while six inches may sound like a lot for those of us that stayed dry... "This is not bad at all, this is not bad at all.

KTIV News 4 Sioux City IA: News, Weather and Sports3 counties, 3 different snow totals, as folks dig out of the snow The sound of snow blowers is all around as folks dig themselves out of the first snow storm of 2012.

The U.S. attorney's office says 54-year-old Terry Tyson pleaded guilty one count of possessing child pornography during a hearing last week in U.S. District Court in Sioux City.

A news release from the office of the Monona county attorney says Mark Bitzan was accused of taking the woman into a stall in the women's restroom, threatening her with a knife and sexually assaulting her.

Blencoe has no legal authority to collect property taxes this fiscal year after it failed to file a 13-page financial report with the Iowa state auditor.