Author Archives: Tom Robinson
"Vital Decision: Cass County Votes on Making EMS an Essential Service"
(Atlantic) The vote on emergency medical services (EMS) departments as essential county services will be decided tonight. In 2021, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed Senate File 615, allowing counties ...
Nov 05, 2024
Chance for Food Price Deflation?
(USDA) USDA Economist Megan Sweitzer estimates that grocery prices will increase by 1.2 percent in 2024. She is forecasting another 1.5-percent rise in grocery prices in 2025. Sweitzer says, typically...
Nov 04, 2024
Highway 34 Road Construction Project Continues in Montgomery County
(Red Oak) The Highway 34 road construction project, which extends from the Nishnabotna River to the old Highway 34 east of Red Oak, began in late summer. The main focus of this project is to pave both...
Nov 04, 2024
October's Rural Mainstreet Index Short on Good News
(NAFB) The October Rural Mainstreet Index didn't contain a lot of good news for the farm economy. Dr. Ernie Goss (GAHS) of Creighton University conducts the survey and talks about the results. ...
Nov 04, 2024
Iowa Department of Education Gets 24 million Dollars for Literacy Grant
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Education has been awarded over $24 million in federal grants. The grant, announced by Governor Kim Reynolds, aims to enhance literacy across the state. The funding...
Nov 04, 2024
Federal Judge Upholds Secretary of State's Voter Challenge
(Des Moines) A federal judge has ruled against a request to stop Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate's challenge. Pate's challenge was over two thousand people suspected to be noncitizens. The ACLU of I...
Nov 04, 2024
Creston Police Report 4 Arrests
(Creston) Creston Police reports four arrests over the weekend. On Friday, Creston Police arrested 42-year-old Wendi Sue Pearson of Creston at 806 Laurel Street for OWI-1st Offense and Child Endangerm...
Nov 04, 2024
Montgomery County woman faces alcohol-related charges
(Villisca) Montgomery County Deputies arrest a Villisca woman following a traffic stop on Friday. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, deputies conducted the stop in the 500 block of E...
Nov 04, 2024
Iowa High School Girl's Wrestling Starts Today: Atlantic Girl's Team Will be Led by Mike Greving
(Atlantic) In September, the Atlantic School Board hired Mike Greving as the new head girls' wrestling Coach to take over the Atlantic program, which is going on its own for the first time since girl'...
Nov 04, 2024
Audrey Nielsen Obituary
Audrey V. Nielsen, 95, of Lewis, Iowa, died Sunday November 3, 2024, at the Greenfield Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Greenfield. Audrey is survived by her children, Kris (Carl) Ford of Brid...
Nov 03, 2024
