Author Archives: Tom Robinson

(Red Oak) Red Oak Fire Chief John Bruce reported two field fires on Monday. The Elliott Fire Department, Grant Fire Department, Red Oak Fire Department, and Montgomery County Emergency Management Agen...

(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office reports the arrest of 43-year-old Heather Loreen Butler of Griswold on Monday. Deputies took Butler into custody on a charge of Failure to Appear on a ...

(Undated) The Canadian government has purchased 500,000 human vaccine doses of the H5N1 bird flu strain to ensure that Canada is ready for such a health threat. Canada had it's first reported domestic...

(Huxley) Ballard came out firing and never let up in a commanding 71-27 win over Atlantic in a Class 3A Substate #8 quarterfinal Monday night. The Bombers lit up the scoreboard with 12 three-pointers ...

(Lewis) According to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Hunter education is required for anyone born after January 1, 1972. DNR Fisheries Biologist John Lorenzen, appearing on the weekly DNR Re...

(Creston) Creston Police report seven arrests over the weekend. On February 21, *Joyce Louise McCubbin, 78, 819 Quiet Harbor, was arrested at 806 Laurel St. McCubbin was charged with Theft 5th. McCubb...

(Omaha) For the 17th time in the last 18 months, the overall Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) dropped below 50.0 in February, as reported in the monthly survey of bank CEOs across a 10-state region relian...

(Nodaway) Republican Senator Tom Shipley of Nodaway, representing Iowa District #9, emphasizes the significance of high school sports in Iowa. He believes the objective should be to encourage maximum ...

(Huxley) The Atlantic Trojans hit the road to Huxley tonight for a Class 3A Substate quarterfinal boys' basketball game against the Ballard Bombers. Ballard enters the contest with an 18-2 record, whi...

(Iowa City, Iowa) A pedestrian died Sunday morning after being hit by a fire truck in Iowa City. The Iowa State Patrol reported that the incident occurred around 7:15 a.m. while an Iowa City fire truc...