Author Archives: Tom Robinson

(Hamburg, IA) -- The first state-funded charters approved under a law passed in 2021 are starting classes this fall. Choice Charter School is an online program aimed at helping students who have dropp...

(Hampton, IA) -- Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a train derailment early Monday near Hampton. Union Pacific says around 40 train cars derailed on a bridge over a creek, and some as...

(Greenfield) A Former Adair County man is found guilty of Homicide by Vehicle and Child Endangerment in Adair County District Court. The verdict handed down by a jury on September 1 convicted Elijah D...

(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested Robert Charles Harvey II on a warrant charging him with failure to appear for a pre-trial conference. Authorities located Harvey II in Page Co...

Darleen Rose (Grote) Hockenberry, 94, of Anita, Iowa, passed away peacefully Friday, September 2, 2022 at the Heritage House in Atlantic, Iowa. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. at First Eva...

(Clarinda) A Page County inmate died Saturday. The Page County Sheriff's Office requested an ambulance at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday for an adult male inmate with a medical condition. The Clarinda Ambulanc...

(Sidney) An Oregon man faces charges following a single-vehicle accident in Fremont County. Authorities say the accident happened at 1:05 a.m. on Saturday near Highway 2 and 195th Street. The driver, ...

(Keokuk) One teen was killed, and another teenager suffered injuries in a single-vehicle accident in Lee County. The Iowa State Patrol says the accident happened at 10:45 p.m. on Saturday south of 328...

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Community School District lunch program will soon use locally grown vegetables and meat in the school lunch menu. Atlantic School's Superintendent Steve Barber and Food Service...

(Shenandoah, IA) -- Construction is underway on a giant mural bearing the likenesses of Don and Phil Everly on Highway Two in southwest Iowa, alerting tourists to the Everly Brothers Childhood Home in...