Author Archives: Tom Robinson
First Deer Shotgun Season Starts This Weekend
(Lewis) More than 100,000 participants are expected to head out into the field this weekend for the first gun season. The first deer shotgun season runs from December 6 through December 10. John Loren...
Dec 05, 2025
YMCA Expansion Reflects Community Needs as Vision Atlantic Gains Funding Momentum
(Atlantic) The Vision Atlantic Committee announced last week that it has reached 80 percent of its fundraising goal needed to keep the Lakin Foundation's $8.6 million grant active. This portion of the...
Dec 05, 2025
Thursday, December 4, Area Basketball Scores
Girls: Hawkeye Ten Conference: Harlan 39, Shenandoah 38 Non-Conference: IKM/Manning 57 Panorama, 53 Coon Rapids-Bayard 46 Woodward-Granger, 30 Beford 58 Murray, 38 East Mills 38, Lenox 30 Essex 35, He...
Dec 04, 2025
Atlantic Wrestlers Claim 40-27 Victory Over Earlham
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Trojans won eight of fourteen matches on Thursday night, powering past Earlham 40-27 in a home wrestling dual. Dayton Van Horn opened the night by receiving a forfeit at 106 po...
Dec 04, 2025
Cass County Conservation and Iowa Bluebird Conservationists host 2025 Cass County Christmas Bird Count
(Lewis) Cass County Conservation and the Iowa Bluebird Conservationists and are once again hosting a Cass County Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, December 21st. Those that want to participate in the co...
Dec 04, 2025
Wintry Weather Possible Saturday as NWS Tracks Storm Across Iowa
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service in Des Moines is seeing the possibility of impactful wintry weather this weekend. "This weekend we are looking for a chance for accumulating snow across the s...
Dec 04, 2025
Massena Chamber Presents 7th Annual Lighted Christmas Parade
(Massena) - The Massena Chamber's 7th Annual Christmas Lighted Parade is set to go tomorrow evening, December 5. A winter storm forced the Chamber to reschedule the event, with the parade lineup at 5:...
Dec 04, 2025
Atlantic Hosts Earlham for Season Opening Dual: Coverage on KS95.7, and Live Streamed on westerniowatoday.com
(Atlantic) The Atlantic boys' wrestling team opens the season under the spotlight against Earlham tonight at Atlantic-the varsity dual starts at 6:00 p.m. Atlantic Head Coach Tim Duff says Earlham wil...
Dec 04, 2025
Cass County's Cancer Incidence Rates Presented at Cancer Consortium on Wednesday in Atlantic
(Atlantic) Iowa has become a focal point in the ongoing battle against cancer, holding the unfortunate distinction of having the second-highest rate of new cancer cases in the United States. With canc...
Dec 04, 2025
Fremont County Sheriff's Office Reports Multiple Juvenile Arrests in Connection with Dissemination of Artificially Generated Obscene Material
(Sidney, Iowa) The Fremont County Sheriff's Office reports the arrest of multiple juveniles following an investigation into the manufacturing and dissemination of obscene material created using Artifi...
Dec 03, 2025
