Author Archives: Tom Robinson

(Avoca) An Avoca man has pleaded not guilty in connection to an October shooting incident. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office says 28-year-old Shaun Patrick McCarthy was charged with domestic a...

(Lewis) The first shotgun deer season is underway, and the DNR reminds hunters that the Atlantic Elks Lodge is collecting deer hides again this year for their veteran deer hide program. John Lorenzen,...

(Creston) Creston Police report two arrests over the weekend. On Friday, Police arrested 32-year-old James Dean Michelson of Creston following a traffic stop in he 500 block of N. Division Street. Mic...

(Des Moines, IA) -- The Iowa State Patrol is sharing details on crash reports following the weekend's winter weather. Troopers responded to nearly 250 calls for service between noon on Saturday and no...

(Guthrie County) - One person and a canine were killed in a shed fire early Saturday morning in rural Guthrie County. According to a press release, Guthrie Center and Panora EMS were dispatched at 5:1...

Tommy Watters, 49, of Orient Celebration of Life Services: Will be held on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Macksburg with a luncheon immediately following...

Fred Berge, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, December 7, 2025, at Atlantic Specialty Care. Frederick Allen was born at home north of Atlantic, Iowa on January 1, 1948, the son of Frank George and D...

(Red Oak) Firefighters responded to a fire in the basement of a home in rural Montgomery County on Sunday afternoon. Villisca Fire Chief John Bruce says the call went out at 12:47 p.m. for a reported ...

(Boone) The Atlantic boys' swim team traveled to Boone on Saturday and competed in the Toreador Relays. This is an all-relay event. The Trojans had five third-place finishes, one fourth-place finish, ...

Karla Caltrider, 87, of Casey, Iowa, died Friday, December 5, 2025, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Karla Jane was born on May 7, 1938, at the Larson Hospital in Adair, Iowa, the daughter of Raymond Mi...