Author Archives: Tom Robinson

Sunday Rain Totals
Atlantic: .20 (KSOM - KS95 Studios) Marne-.25
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2026

Updated: Blizzard Warning Issued for Most of Iowa: As Winter Storm Brings Heavy Snow and Dangerous Winds
(Des Moine) A winter storm will impact parts of the Upper Midwest today through Monday morning. Snow will become widespread across Iowa, with higher totals of 6 inches or more possible in northern and...
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2026

Red Oak Fire Department Battles Grass Fire
(Red Oak) Red Oak Fire Fighters responded to two fires on Saturday. At 4:41 p.m., the Emerson, Red Oak, and Elliott Fire Departments were dispatched to the area of 150th Street and A Avenue for a repo...
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2026

Prairie Rose Park Looking for Summer Help
(Lewis) Park Officials at Prairie Rose State Park are looking to fill some summer help positions. John Lorenzen, a Fisheries Biologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says one summer se...
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2026

Bracing for Changes in the American Diet
(NAFB) Some ag leaders are predicting a major shift in American diets, and they are pointing to the dropping prices in weight-loss drugs as the driver. Gregg Doud, President and CEO of the National Mi...
Tom Robinson Mar 15, 2026

Atlantic School Board Schedules Public Hearings on Proposed FY27 Tax Levy
(Atlantic) Atlantic Community Schools Business Manager Lisa Jones released information on the school's proposed tax levy rate for fiscal year 2027. Two public input opportunities are scheduled for lat...
Tom Robinson Mar 14, 2026

Corning School Board to Hold Special Meeting on Superintendent Search
(Corning) The Corning School Board will hold a special meeting on Monday, March 16, to discuss the superintendent's search process. The Corning and Villisca school boards approved current superintende...
Tom Robinson Mar 14, 2026

Hawkeye Ten All-Conference Boys' Basketball Teams Released
(Glenwood) The Hawkeye Ten Conference has officially announced its 2025-2026 All-Conference Boys Basketball selections, recognizing the league's top performers following an outstanding season of compe...
Tom Robinson Mar 14, 2026

Sharon Kay Kearney Obituary
Sharon Kay Kearney, the daughter of Allen Eugene and Thelma Loree (Carlisle) Hamilton, was born February 17, 1950, in Council Bluffs, IA. Sharon passed away on March 12, 2026, at her home in Oakland, ...
Tom Robinson Mar 13, 2026

Polk County Sheriff's Office Investigating Stabbing at Grimes Casey's
(Grimes, Iowa) The Polk County Sheriff's Office is investigating a stabbing that occurred Friday evening at a Casey's General Store in Grimes. Deputies were called to the Casey's located at 951 SE Gat...
Tom Robinson Mar 13, 2026







