Author Archives: Tom Robinson

Cass EMS Called to a 2 Vehicle Accident in Atlantic
(Atlantic) Cass County Communications called out Cass EMS to 8th and Cherry for a two-vehicle accident just before 9:15 this morning. One of the airbags deployed on one of the vehicles, and one of the...
Tom Robinson Dec 08, 2025

Update: Avoca Man Charged with Attempted Murder and Other Charges
(Avoca) An Avoca man has pleaded not guilty in connection to an October shooting incident. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office says 28-year-old Shaun Patrick McCarthy was charged with domestic a...
Tom Robinson Dec 08, 2025

Atlantic Elks Collecting Deer Hides Again this Year
(Lewis) The first shotgun deer season is underway, and the DNR reminds hunters that the Atlantic Elks Lodge is collecting deer hides again this year for their veteran deer hide program. John Lorenzen,...
Tom Robinson Dec 08, 2025

Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police report two arrests over the weekend. On Friday, Police arrested 32-year-old James Dean Michelson of Creston following a traffic stop in he 500 block of N. Division Street. Mic...
Tom Robinson Dec 08, 2025

Iowa State Patrol Releases Crash Report Following Winter Weather on Saturday
(Des Moines, IA) -- The Iowa State Patrol is sharing details on crash reports following the weekend's winter weather. Troopers responded to nearly 250 calls for service between noon on Saturday and no...
Tom Robinson Dec 08, 2025

Fire Claims Life of One Person and a Canine in Guthrie County
(Guthrie County) - One person and a canine were killed in a shed fire early Saturday morning in rural Guthrie County. According to a press release, Guthrie Center and Panora EMS were dispatched at 5:1...
Tom Robinson Dec 08, 2025

Tommy Waters Obituary
Tommy Watters, 49, of Orient Celebration of Life Services: Will be held on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Macksburg with a luncheon immediately following...
Tom Robinson Dec 07, 2025

Fred Berge Obituary
Fred Berge, 77, of Atlantic, Iowa, died Sunday, December 7, 2025, at Atlantic Specialty Care. Frederick Allen was born at home north of Atlantic, Iowa on January 1, 1948, the son of Frank George and D...
Tom Robinson Dec 07, 2025

Mechanical Malfunction Blamed for Montgomery County Basement Fire"
(Red Oak) Firefighters responded to a fire in the basement of a home in rural Montgomery County on Sunday afternoon. Villisca Fire Chief John Bruce says the call went out at 12:47 p.m. for a reported ...
Tom Robinson Dec 07, 2025

Gas Prices Lower This Week Across Iowa
(Des Moines) Drivers across Iowa welcomed the news that regular unleaded gasoline had slipped another 10 cents, settling at an average of $2.65 per gallon, across the Hawkeye State, according to AAA. ...
Tom Robinson Dec 07, 2025







