Author Archives: Tom Robinson
Creston Police arrested a Nebraska Man on a warrant for 1st-degree murder
(Creston) Creston Police arrested 49-year-old Percy James Mathews Jr. from Nebraska on Monday at the Greater Regional Medical Center on a Douglas County Warrant for 1st- degree Murder and use of a dea...
Jan 24, 2023
Iowa's Real Estate Markets Feeling Effects of Rising Interest Rate
(Undated) Rising interest rates are affecting Iowa's real estate market. The Iowa Association of Realtors says the rising rates have made buyers less likely to sell their homes to keep their current l...
Jan 24, 2023
Ringgold County Man arrested on Red Oak Police Department Warrant
(Red Oak) Red Oak Police arrested a Ringgold County man on a Red Oak Police Department Warrant on drug possession charges. Officers conducted a traffic stop on Monday evening near 4th and Valley Stree...
Jan 24, 2023
Update: 18-Year-Old Charged with Murder Accused of Killing Two Teens in Des Moines Southside
(Des Moines, IA) An 18-year-old is facing two counts of first-degree murder after a shooting on Des Moines' southside. Preston Walls is also charged with attempted murder and criminal gang participati...
Jan 24, 2023
Iowa Lawmakers Pass Governor Reynolds' Educational Savings Account Bill
(Des Moines) Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds' school choice bill passes through the state legislature on the first day of the third week of the session. Yesterday, both chambers passed the educational savi...
Jan 24, 2023
SWIHTF Seeking Applicants for Home Ownership Assistance Program
(Atlantic) Iowa mortgage rates are rising, and the Southwest Iowa, Housing Trust Fund, offers a program that can help. Southwest Iowa Planning Council Grant Specialist Ann Anstey says the program is c...
Jan 23, 2023
Morgan Wills' Steer Earns Spot in Championship Sale at National Western Stock Show
(Denver) Morgan Will, of Wiota, had a very big week at the National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, this past week. Mogan was one of the 117-Steer exhibitors from across the U.S. and Canada. H...
Jan 23, 2023
Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police report two arrests and a report of a lost shotgun. Creston Police on Friday arrested 40-year-old Jacob Jeffrey Fry, homeless, at 317 Jarvis Street on a Department of Correctio...
Jan 23, 2023
Iowa DOT Changes Traffic Safety Message
(Ames) The Iowa Department of Transportation's new traffic safety campaign is getting personal. A DOT representative says they found that the previous "Zero Fatalities" campaign was not resonating wit...
Jan 23, 2023
Iowa House District #23 Representative Ray Sorensen Hearing Both Sides of Proposed ESA House File 68
(Greenfield) Iowa House District #23 Representative Ray Sorensen says there are a lot of "Flag Planters" on both sides of the Governor's School Choice Bill. In his latest newsletter, Representative So...
Jan 23, 2023
