Author Archives: Tom Robinson
Intense Storms Bring With It High Winds in Audubon, Carroll Counties, and Central Iowa
(Des Moines) Early this morning, the National Weather Service issued severe thunderstorm warnings for counties in west central and parts of southwest Iowa along Interstate 80. Emergency Management rep...
Jul 30, 2024
Rain Totals
Adair-.45 Anita-.70 Atlantic-.90 Darrin Petty Seven Miles West of Atlantic-.60 Audubon-.35 Council Bluffs-.94 Elk Horn-.63 Guthrie Center-.50 Hancock-.40 Harlan-1.2 Lewis-.35 Marne-.85 Massena-.45 Wio...
Jul 30, 2024
Excessive Heat Warning and Heat Advisories in Effect Today
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service forecasts high heat and humidity today and Wednesday. Heat index values will exceed 105 at times, especially over the southern half of Iowa. The lows will be ...
Jul 30, 2024
Holden DeVore and Colin Nore finished fifth at the Bass Master Federation Junior World Championship
(Atlantic) Holden DeVore of Atlantic and his fishing partner Colin Nore from Grimes, Iowa, placed fifth overall at the Junior World Championship through the Bass Master Federation at Lake Hartwell in ...
Jul 30, 2024
SWIPCO Awarded Iowa West Foundation Housing Repair Grant
(Atlantic) The Southwest Iowa Housing Trust Fund (SWIHTF), a nonprofit administered by the Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO), was recently awarded a $125,000 grant from the Iowa West Foundation...
Jul 30, 2024
Haidyn Suhr Wins Supreme Overall Market Animal at the Cass County Fair Beef Show
(Atlantic) Haidyn Suhr, of the Grant Guys and Gals's 4H Club and the daughter of Shane and Kaycee Suhr, showed the overall Supreme Market Animal at the Cass County Fair Beef Show on Monday evening. He...
Jul 29, 2024
Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police report two arrests on Sunday. Police arrested 43-year-old Robert Benjamin Girard at Division and Lucas Street for 5th-degree theft, possession of a controlled substance under ...
Jul 29, 2024
Cass County Fair Rabbit Show Results
(Atlantic) The Cass County Fair rabbit show is now posted. FFA: 6 Class Production Champion Pen of 3-Makayla Atkinson, Atlantic FFA Reserve: Claire Schroder, Atlantic FFA 6 Class Production Champion I...
Jul 29, 2024
Driver Hurt While Performing a Stunt at a County Fair
(Maquoketa) The Iowa State Patrol reports a man suffered injuries when a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado pickup attempting a county fair stunt lost consciousness when the pickup truck crashed into a camper a...
Jul 29, 2024
Pocahontas County Man Dies in Motorcycle/Car Crash
(Algona) A Pocahontas man died in a motorcycle crash in northern Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday on Highway 18 just east of Algona. Authorities identified...
Jul 29, 2024
