Author Archives: Tom Robinson
September Teal Season Now Open
(Lewis) The 2025 Teal season opened on Saturday, (September 6), and closes on September 14th. John Lorenzen, Fisheries Biologist, appeared on the KSOM DNR report stating the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser...
Sep 07, 2025
Debie Kay (Sunderman) Stolk Obituary
Debie Kay (Sunderman) Stolk passed away peacefully on September 5, 2025, at Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Though her journey was difficult, s...
Sep 06, 2025
Beverly Mae (Lauritsen) Maas Obituary
Beverly Mae (Lauritsen) Maas, age 80, of Camas, WA, formerly of Atlantic, and an Audubon Native, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, in Camas, WA. Beverly was born on December 12, 19...
Sep 06, 2025
UTV Crash Claims One Life
(Wright County) One person died and another suffered injuries in a UTV crash in Wright County. The Iowa State Patrol reports that the accident occurred early Saturday morning along the Boone River, ne...
Sep 06, 2025
Evony Simington Obituary
Evony Rose Simington sprouted into this world on November 11, 2020 to parents Chelsy Ward and Nate Simington in Creston, Iowa. Evony entered eternal rest on September 4, 2025 in Orient, Iowa at the Ag...
Sep 06, 2025
Atlantic Evens Their Record with a 30-8 Road Win Over Denison-Schleswig
(Atlantic) Atlantic scored 20 unanswered points in the second half and cruised to a 30-8 win over Denison-Schleswig on Friday night at Denison. Zayden Parker threw two touchdown passes to Brock Goodri...
Sep 06, 2025
Updated: August Roadside Pheasant Count Looking Good For Southwest Iowa, and West Central Iowa Pheasant Hunters
(Lewis) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported a 43-percent increase in pheasant numbers earlier this week. The southwest and west-central regions of Iowa also saw improvements, according t...
Sep 05, 2025
Creston Fire Department Responds to North Chestnut Blaze; Cause Under Investigation
(Creston) On Thursday at around 3:53 p.m., Creston Firefighters responded to a working fire in the 600 block of North Chestnut. Upon arrival, firefighters observed flames coming through the bedroom wi...
Sep 05, 2025
Iowa HHS Announces Investigation of Legionnaires' Disease Cluster in Marshalltown
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (Iowa HHS) is investigating a cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases among individuals living in north central Marshalltown. Since the beg...
Sep 05, 2025
Atlantic and Denison-Schleswig Renew Series on Friday at Denison: Coverage on KS95.7 and Live Streamed on westerniowatoday.com
(Denison) Denison-Schleswig Head Football Coach Willie Baughman says the focus this week is to get back on track when the Monarchs host the Trojans. Storm Lake topped Denison-Schleswig week in the ope...
Sep 05, 2025
