Thursday, July 31st, 2025
Good morning, Ankeny. Here's your local news at a glance for Thursday, the 31st of July.
ACCIDENTS NEWS
- ➤ Yesterday on July 30, the Iowa Department of Transportation reported a train derailment in Goldfield that blocked both directions of IA 3 and set a detour via IA 17, NE 265th St, and Hancock Avenue—drivers in Central Iowa also encountered hazardous roads with standing water near Gray's Lake and on HWY 146. KCCI
TODAY'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
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