Laura Belt, 46, died in May 2024 due to complications linked to a bowel perforation that resulted in sepsis — issues that ...

A rural Iowa county's effort to silence a frequent critic — by threatening a lawsuit against the retired school nurse — might have backfired. Rita Audlehelm, a rural Decatur County resident in far ...

Decatur County officials said a fire at the Lamoni Dollar General has been extinguished and roads have reopened to normal ...

DECATUR COUNTY, Iowa (KWWL)- Authorities are investigating a body found near a burnt car in Decatur County. Decatur County Sheriff's Deputies made the grim discovery on Saturday afternoon. They found ...

An EF-1 tornado tore through the tiny Decatur County town of Weldon on Thursday night, leaving damaged homes, downed trees and scattered debris.

Two people were hospitalized after a crash just west of Leon in Decatur County, according to an Iowa State Patrol crash ...

The Iowa State Patrol is investigating a deadly crash on Thursday in south-central Iowa’s Decatur County. Troopers say a pickup truck crossed the center line of a county road, forcing an oncoming ...

KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX STARTS RIGHT NOW. ONE PERSON IS DEAD THIS EVENING IN THE SMALL TOWN OF VAN WERT IN DECATUR COUNTY AFTER A FIRE DESTROYED A HOME. CREWS ARE STILL INVESTIGATING WHAT STARTED THE ...

An Iowa family is suing a surgeon, two nurses, and Decatur County Hospital over the death of 46-year-old Laura Belt, alleging post-surgery symptoms were ignored until she developed fatal sepsis. The ...

Data is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalization data is a daily average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Decatur County, an area which ...

Democratic voters in Decatur County, Iowa, are trying to figure out which candidate stands the best chance of beating President Trump in this year's election. The Iowa caucuses have almost arrived.