Author Archives: Tom Robinson

(Glenwood) The Glenwood Police Department reports an arrest for eluding and another for failure to appear. Police arrested 19-year-old Coleby Jay Becker on Monday for eluding (Speeding over 25 miles p...

(Guthrie Center) The Guthrie County Secondary Roads Department says the Jaguar Trail will be closed for grading operations starting this morning, weather permitting. Officials say the project will cov...

(Clarinda) The Atlantic softball team got the bats going with a 16-2 win on the road at Clarinda on Tuesday. The Trojans scored 16 runs on 12 hits, led by Lila Wiederstein, Jillian Saathoff, Makenna S...

(Des Moines) The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 11:00 a.m. for most of Iowa, including Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, and Guthrie Counties. These thunderstorms are expe...

(Atlantic) The Cass County Mobile Food Pantry dates have been finalized for 2026-27. These mobile pantries are hosted by community partners to help improve access to food for individuals and families ...

(Atlantic) This morning, the Cass County Board of Supervisors heard from Executive Director of Cass and Guthrie County Environmental Health, Jotham Arber. Arber provided a monthly report, highlighting...

Donna Lee Smith, 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away, Tuesday, January 13, 2026, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Donna Lee (Petersen) Smith was born on December 21, 1945, in rural Le...

(NAFB) A new Social Security Trustees Report shows that Social Security trust funds are expected to be depleted in 2034. The new projection means Congress needs to act to close the remaining shortfall...

(Corning) The Adams County Secondary Roads Department is reporting a washed culvert on 250th Street east of Willow Avenue. The work on this culvert begins today.    

(NAFB) The New World screwworm has crossed the border from Mexico to Texas and New Mexico, Teresa Steckly, a beef cattle specialist with the University of Illinois, says cattle producers in the Midwes...