Author Archives: Tom Robinson
Iowa police seek suspect in hit-and-run pedestrian death
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Police in Davenport seek a suspect in the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian just north of Genesis Medical Center. The Quad-City Times reports that the crash happened shortly aft...
Jan 19, 2021
Griswold School Officials Recalling Remote-Learners
(Griswold) On Monday, the Griswold School Board voted 6-1 to require full-time remote learners to return back to the classroom in-person by February 15. Griswold Shared Schools Superintendent Dave Hen...
Jan 19, 2021
Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police arrested 40-year old Justin Roberts at his residence in Creston on a Union County Warrant for Failure to Serve a Sentence on the original charge of Possession of a Controlled ...
Jan 19, 2021
Latest Information on Phase 1B COVID-19 Vaccines in Mills County
(Glenwood) The Iowa Department of Public Health has issued its guidelines for administering the next phase (1B) of COVID-19 vaccinations. Mills County Public Health Officials expect authorization to a...
Jan 19, 2021
Creston Police Report Two Arrests
(Creston) Creston Police report an alcohol-related arrest and a Protection Order Violation over the weekend. Police arrested 47-year old Grant P. Ponder, of Cortez, Colorado, on Sunday, at 102 W. Tayl...
Jan 18, 2021
Iowa National Guard Personnel to Support Presidential Inauguration
(Des Moines) The National Guard Bureau, Washington, D.C., has requested approximately 265 Soldiers and airmen from the Iowa Army and Air National Guard to assist federal, state, and local agencies wit...
Jan 18, 2021
Atlantic Athletic Facility Construction Project Update
(Atlantic) Bob Sweeney liaison for the Atlantic Community School District's athletic facilities improvement project presented the School Board with a progress report last week. Sweeney says the weathe...
Jan 18, 2021
Senator Shipley: Environment at State Legislative Session Different this Year
(Des Moines) Lawmakers head back to the State Capitol for week two of the 2021 session. Iowa District 11 Senator Tom Shipley says the environment is different this year. "It's an extraordinary environ...
Jan 18, 2021
24 new Positive Cases of COVID-19 for the Week Ending in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Public Health Department reports 24 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Montgomery County for the week of January 9 through January 15. Public Health Officials rep...
Jan 18, 2021
Pottawattamie County Woman arrested on Drug-related charges in Red Oak
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested 20-year old Madison Jane Franzen of Council Bluffs on Sunday for possession of drug paraphernalia. Officers transported Franzen to the Montgomery County Jail. She was...
Jan 18, 2021
