Author Archives: Tom Robinson
Des Moines River Boating Incident in Polk County
(Polk County) Emergency personnel searched the Des Moines River in Polk County on Sunday evening following a report of a boater who went overboard and did not resurface. At approximately 6:45 p.m., Po...
Aug 23, 2026
Atlantic City Council Approves West 7th Street Extension for New Mudslayer Manufacturing Facility
(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council approved the plans, specifications, and form of contract for the West 7th Street Extension Project. Dave Sturm of Snyder and Associates explained that this project...
Aug 23, 2026
Iowa State Extension Offers Master Conservationist Program
(Lewis) Iowa State Extension offices offer the Master Conservationist Program at a few locations each year. DNR Fisheries Biologist John Lorenzen, appearing on the KSOM DNR report, says the program co...
Aug 23, 2026
DNR State Nursery Seedling Orders Start September 1
(Ames) The DNR State Forest Nursery is gearing up for fall 2026 and spring 2027 seedling orders. Seedlings can be ordered Sept. 1 - May 15. The bare-root seedlings are packaged in bundles of 25 in sea...
Aug 23, 2026
Atlantic Gets First Taste of Competition in Shenandoah Football Scrimmage
(Shenandoah) Atlantic and Shenandoah got their first taste of competition Friday night, meeting in a football scrimmage at Shenandoah. No official score was kept during the scrimmage. Despite having n...
Aug 21, 2026
Jake Wailes Looks to Build on All-District Season as Atlantic Prepares for Scrimmage
(Atlantic) The Atlantic football team will travel to Shenandoah tonight for a scrimmage ahead of next week's opener against Glenwood. Jake Wailes took time out during media day at Trojan Bowl to speak...
Aug 21, 2026
Farm Credit Conditions Weaken Across Upper Midwest
(NAFB) Financial pressure is building in farm country. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reports agricultural credit conditions across the Upper Midwest weakened during the second quarter compared t...
Aug 21, 2026
Iowa Drought Conditions Show Improvement After Recent Rainfall
(Des Moines) Iowa's drought situation improved in the latest U.S. Drought Monitor update released Thursday, August 20, although significant dry conditions remain across parts of the state. The latest ...
Aug 21, 2026
Adair County Election Filing and Absentee Voting Deadlines Announced
(Greenfield) Adair County Elections Commissioner Nathan Reed is reminding prospective candidates that the deadline to file nomination papers for the Ag Extension Board, Hospital Trustees, Soil and Wat...
Aug 21, 2026
Learn to Hunt Program Offers Women's Waterfowl Course
(Des Moines) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is offering a program to teach women the skills needed to hunt, field dress, and cook waterfowl. DNR Fisheries Biologist John Lorenzen, appearing ...
Aug 21, 2026
