Author Archives: Tom Robinson
Teen Killed on Iowa Lake
(Clear Lake) A teenage boy died in a personal watercraft accident at Clear Lake in northern Iowa on Tuesday. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the accident happened at around noon in a col...
Aug 12, 2020
Iowa State Climatologist: Derecho traveled from SE South Dakota to Western Ohio
(Des Moines) Iowa State Climatologist Dr. Justin Glisan says the derecho that left significant crop and structural damage held together for 770-miles over fourteen hours before it lost its strength ov...
Aug 11, 2020
Iowa Governor-Derecho damages Millions of Iowa Crop Acres
(Des Moines) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds says the Derecho that swept through Iowa on Monday impacted millions of Iowa crop acres. The Governor says although it will take days or weeks to assess the ful...
Aug 11, 2020
Atlantic Mayor Reminds Residents-Tree Trimmers need to be Licensed
(Atlantic) The cleanup continues today after 60-mile per hour wind gusts swept through the area during the daytime hours on Monday. Atlantic Mayor Dave Jones reminds Atlantic citizens that tree trimme...
Aug 11, 2020
Powerful derecho leaves path of devastation across Midwest
(Johnston) Widespread destructive straight-line winds blew across central Iowa during the daytime hours on Monday. The highest official wind gusts measured 99 miles per hour at the Marshalltown Airpor...
Aug 11, 2020
Atlantic School District Gearing up for unusual Start to School Year
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Community School district starts classes two weeks from today, and the classroom setting and teaching techniques are going to be different this year when students arrive in the...
Aug 10, 2020
Atlantic Residents Cleanup after Monday Mornings Strong Thunderstorm
(Atlantic) Atlantic residents spent most of the day on Monday cleaning up after a severe thunderstorm littered yards and streets with tree branches and other debris. Two downtown businessmen, Kyle Ste...
Aug 10, 2020
Rescue Crews respond to Rollover Accident on Interstate 80 near the 64 Mile Marker
(Anita) Rescue crew responding to a single-vehicle rollover accident in the north ditch on westbound Interstate 80 at this hour (11:10 a.m.). According to Cass County Communications, two of the occupa...
Aug 10, 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Adair, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Guthrie, and Madison counties until 2:00 p.m. A severe thunderstorm warnin...
Aug 10, 2020
Union County Man arrested on Burglary Warrant
(Creston) Creston Police arrested a Union County man on a warrant for burglary. Police arrested Austin Jones on Friday at Elm and Lucas Street on a Union County Warrant for 1st - Degree Burglary. Auth...
Aug 10, 2020
