Author Archives: Tom Robinson

(Creston) Creston Police report three arrests, including 53-year-old Julie Christine Valasek, of Creston, on Sunday at her residence for Domestic Abuse Assault - Causing Bodily Injury. Valasek was tra...

(Des Moines) Iowa's new hands-free driving law is expected to save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. State officials say the costs of automobile accidents significantly impact local and emergency...

(Sioux City) Peyton McLaren tossed a two-hit shutout to lead Atlantic over Bishop-Heelan in Sioux City on Monday night. The sophomore allowed no runs on two hits, while striking out nine batters and w...

(Creston) A Creston man faces drug possession charges. Creston Police arrested 21-year-old Jayden Ronald Vernon Peavler, of Creston, in the 600 block of Highway 34, early this morning for possession o...

(Clarke County) One person died, and a juvenile passenger suffered injuries in a UTV accident in Clarke County. The Iowa State Patrol reports that the accident occurred on Sunday at approximately 8:30...

(Undated) A second measles outbreak has been reported in Michigan. Utah has seven measles cases, and health workers in New Mexico are trying to quickly contain an outbreak in a county jail. The Center...

(Red Oak) A Stanton man is in custody stemming from an ongoing investigation into the sexual Exploitation of a minor. On June 29, at around 4:40 p.m., 42-year-old Kiel Lee Franzen of Stanton was arres...

(Fayette County) A 76-year-old bicyclist from West Union was killed Sunday morning after being struck by a minivan in Fayette County. According to the Iowa State Patrol, the crash occurred around 10:1...

(Bondurant) The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a child in Bondurant. Polk County Communications received a report of an unresponsive three-year-old boy in the 3400 block of...

(Des Moines) Today is forecast to be another active weather day. By this afternoon, and evening, a cold front sweeping across the state will spark a new round of thunderstorms-this time across central...