Author Archives: Tom Robinson

(Atlantic) Atlantic City Administrator John Lund says there has been a growing concern amongst elected and appointed officials that low-value properties are being acquired and converted to rental apar...

(Atlantic) Atlantic Mayor Grace Garrett Swore in new Atlantic Police Office Forrest Fromm at Wednesday night's City Council meeting. Officer Fromm grew up in Bellevue in eastern Iowa. He joined the Na...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Fire Department was called to a residential fire at 7:02 p.m. on Wednesday at 213 W. 14th Street in Atlantic. When they arrived on the scene, Atlantic Fire Chief Tom Cappel sai...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council approved a 25-year franchise agreement with Interstate Light and Power Company following a public hearing on Wednesday. In June, the City Council passed a resoluti...

Class 1A Substate 6: District 12 Coon Rapids-Bayard vs Mount Ayr Lenox vs Bedford Substate 7: District 13 St. Mary's, Remsen vs IKM/Manning Alta-Aurelia vs Exira/EHK Substate 7: District 14 Woodbury C...

(Creston) Creston Police received a report of vandalism over the weekend. Quinton Jack Scadden of 505 N. Chestnut Street reported his truck had been sprayed painted between 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. on ...

Rain Totals: Atlantic-.03 Avoca-.07 Corning-.20 Red Oak-.23 Treynor-.18 Wiota-.02 (this post will be updated, as more reports come in)

(Des Moines) A petition is gathering signatures to get Indira Sheumaker off the Des Moines City Council. The Lower Beaver Neighborhood Association sent letters to the City Council and directly to Sheu...

(Centerville) A woman remains hospitalized with severe burns after a boat exploded Sunday on Rathbun Lake in Southern Iowa. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the engine exploded as it was ...

(Iowa City) Former Iowa Hawkeye basketball standout Luka Garza has signed another two-way contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves; Garza played in 28 NBA games last season and 15 games for the Timber...