Author Archives: Tom Robinson
DNR State Nursery Seedling Orders Start September 1
(Ames) The DNR State Forest Nursery is gearing up for fall 2026 and spring 2027 seedling orders. Seedlings can be ordered Sept. 1 - May 15. The bare-root seedlings are packaged in bundles of 25 in sea...
Aug 23, 2026
Atlantic Gets First Taste of Competition in Shenandoah Football Scrimmage
(Shenandoah) Atlantic and Shenandoah got their first taste of competition Friday night, meeting in a football scrimmage at Shenandoah. No official score was kept during the scrimmage. Despite having n...
Aug 21, 2026
Jake Wailes Looks to Build on All-District Season as Atlantic Prepares for Scrimmage
(Atlantic) The Atlantic football team will travel to Shenandoah tonight for a scrimmage ahead of next week's opener against Glenwood. Jake Wailes took time out during media day at Trojan Bowl to speak...
Aug 21, 2026
Farm Credit Conditions Weaken Across Upper Midwest
(NAFB) Financial pressure is building in farm country. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reports agricultural credit conditions across the Upper Midwest weakened during the second quarter compared t...
Aug 21, 2026
Iowa Drought Conditions Show Improvement After Recent Rainfall
(Des Moines) Iowa's drought situation improved in the latest U.S. Drought Monitor update released Thursday, August 20, although significant dry conditions remain across parts of the state. The latest ...
Aug 21, 2026
Adair County Election Filing and Absentee Voting Deadlines Announced
(Greenfield) Adair County Elections Commissioner Nathan Reed is reminding prospective candidates that the deadline to file nomination papers for the Ag Extension Board, Hospital Trustees, Soil and Wat...
Aug 21, 2026
Learn to Hunt Program Offers Women's Waterfowl Course
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is offering a program to teach women the skills needed to hunt, field dress, and cook waterfowl. DNR Fisheries Biologist John Lorenzen, appearing ...
Aug 21, 2026
State News: Unemployment Steady, Drought Eases and State Fair Draws Attention
Iowa Unemployment Remains Steady, Fewer Residents In Workforce (Des Moines, IA) -- Unemployment remains steady in Iowa. Georgia Van Gundy of Iowa Workforce Development says the unemployment rate held ...
Aug 21, 2026
Iowa Gubernatorial Candidate Rob Sand Discusses Single Primary Proposal During Atlantic Campaign Stop
(Atlantic) Iowa Democratic Gubernatorial Nominee Rob Sand continued his annual 100 Town Hall tour in Western Iowa today (August 20) and made a campaign stop at the Cass County Community Center in Atla...
Aug 20, 2026
DOE Scraps Proposed Electric Transmission Corridors
(NAFB) The U.S. Department of Energy has stopped a Biden-era process that could have led to the creation of three National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors across roughly a half a dozen states...
Aug 20, 2026
