Author Archives: Tom Robinson

Massena Street Project Nearing Completion
(Massena) The Clarke Street project in Massena is nearing completion. City Councilman Doug Venteicher, the project corrected a safety issue. Venteicher says the city purchased some ground adjacent to ...
Tom Robinson Nov 23, 2023

Exira/EHK Elects Officer's, Construction Contract, and Sharing Agreement
(Elk Horn) The Exira/EHK School Board did not change leadership at Tuesday's organizational portion of the meeting. They re-elected Kevin Petersen as the Board President and Tamie Fahn as Vice-Preside...
Tom Robinson Nov 23, 2023
Iowa Woman Convicted of Voter Fraud
(Sioux City) An Iowa woman is being convicted in a voter fraud scheme. A federal jury found Kim Taylor of Sioux City guilty of 52 voter fraud-related charges tied to her husband, Jeremy Taylor's polit...
Tom Robinson Nov 22, 2023

Another 59 Iowa Churches Have Left the United Methodist Church Over Its New LGBTQ+ Policy
(Undated) Nearly 60 more Iowa churches are leaving the United Methodist Church over its new LGBTQ+ policy. The Iowa Conference of the United Methodist Church has approved the disaffiliation of the chu...
Tom Robinson Nov 22, 2023
C.A.R.E. Weekend Today through November 26
(Denison) The National Traffic Safety Bureau established the Thanksgiving Holiday as a C.A.R.E. weekend in Iowa. Iowa State Patrol Trooper and District #4 Public Information Officer Shelby McCreedy sa...
Tom Robinson Nov 22, 2023

Red Oak Police Report
(Red Oak) A Red Oak man faces assault charges. Red Oak Police arrested 25-year-old Travis M. Marx on Tuesday on the 400 block of North 7th Street. Officers transported Marx to the Montgomery County Ja...
Tom Robinson Nov 22, 2023

Atlantic defeats Denison in Girl's Hoops on Tuesday
(Denison) The Atlantic girls' basketball team evened their record at 1-1 with a 39-26 road win over Denison-Schleswig on Tuesday night. Payton Harter led Atlantic with 19 points, eight coming in the f...
Tom Robinson Nov 21, 2023

Montgomery County Supervisors Receive Not So Good News from Insurance Representative
(Red Oak) Rick Taylor of Davis-Taylor Insurance, Montgomery County's representative for the Iowa Community Assurance Pool, which Montgomery County is a part of, delivered not-so-good news to the Montg...
Tom Robinson Nov 21, 2023

Griswold School Board Approves Early Retirement Policy
(Griswold) On Monday, the Griswold School Board voted to activate the retirement policy for certified and classified staff. Griswold Schools Superintendent Dave Henrichs says an employee must be 55 or...
Tom Robinson Nov 21, 2023

Atlantic Chamber's Scrooge Contest Winner Announced Today
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Area Chamber's Annual Scrooge Contest will be announced at noon today. The contest was created by Eleanor Hoover in 2002. Jackie Sampson and Karen Miller took over the reins in...
Tom Robinson Nov 21, 2023







