Author Archives: Tom Robinson

Jerry Poch, 85, of Atlantic, Iowa, formerly of Chicopee, Massachusetts, passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at his home in Atlantic. Visitation with the family present will be from 9:30 a.m. ...

(Des Moines) State Climatologist Justin Glisan says the U.S. remains in a strong El Nino event, and in the last six out of seven strong El Nino events since 1950, we have trended wetter than average f...

(Sioux City) Iowa landowners and BNSF Railway have settled a lawsuit over an oil train derailment in 2018. Details, including the amount paid out, are not being released publicly. The derailment in Ju...

(NAFB) Recently, Bayer reported a suspected dicamba resistant waterhemp population in Iowa. Now, Corteva has also discovered a suspected 2,4-D resistant waterhemp population in Wright County. Meaghan ...

(Red Oak) On Sunday, the Red Oak Police Department arrested 28-year-old Nikolus Brenton Schooling of Red Oak in the 700 Block of East Market Street for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Methamphet...

(Des Moines) Nearly 50 horses rescued three months ago are available for adoption. In November, the Animal Rescue League of Iowa took in the neglected horses from a property near Madrid. Thirty-one ho...

(Des Moines) Iowa's lawmakers are moving past the first major deadline of the 2024 legislature session. Two proposals reforming Iowa's Area Education Agencies survived the funnel deadline, each increa...

(Des Moines) Iowa House District #23 Representative Ray Sorensen of Greenfield says the goal of the Iowa House AEA bill is for no disruption to special education services. Sorensen says this bill does...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic boys' basketball team is heading into postseason play tonight at ADM, and they seem to be trending in the right direction. Last week, they managed to knock off Harlan in regula...

(Griswold) The first funnel week at the Iowa Legislature has come and gone. One bill under consideration in the Iowa House is House Study Bill 714, titled Teacher Compensation. District #18 Representa...