Author Archives: Tom Robinson
Atlantic Rotary Salutes Atlantic Ag Program; Tours Schools Greenhouse Construction Project
(Atlantic) Atlantic Rotary Club members convened in a classroom at the Atlantic High School to celebrate agriculture, recognize students who are the future of agriculture, and their teachers providing...
Apr 27, 2022
Grass and Field Fires a Big Problem in Western Iowa
(Sioux City, IA) -- Grass and field fires remain a big problem in western Iowa and bordering states where things remain very dry. Sergeant Bluff fire chief, Anthony Gaul, says his firefighters worked ...
Apr 26, 2022
La Nina Strengthens, Likely Bringing Hotter, Drier Summer
(Ames, IA) -- The climate-driving weather system known as La Nina may be sticking around still longer, impacting how Iowa's weather evolves well past summer. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of th...
Apr 26, 2022
One Person Dies in Sheldon Apartment Fire
(Sheldon, IA) -- One person was killed in an apartment fire in the northwest Iowa town of Sheldon. Firefighters from three area departments were called out before One A-M Monday morning for a structur...
Apr 26, 2022
SHIFT ATL announces Second Annual Fundraiser for 2022
(Atlantic) SHIFT ATL released more information on Monday for its annual 2022 fundraiser. Last summer, the non-profit organization's first event served 372 people in downtown Atlantic. President Jessie...
Apr 25, 2022
Speeder Clocked at 122 Miles per Hour
(Iowa City, IA) - Traffic enforcement officers no doubt hear a lot of reasons why someone was speeding. On Sunday, the Iowa State Patrol pulled over a driver on Interstate 80 in Johnson County for goi...
Apr 25, 2022
Update: 2 Missing Girls Found Safe
(Des Moines, IA) -- Des Moines police report two girls have been found safe. Eleven-year-old Nyabiey Guang and her seven-year-old sister, Nyakhor, were reported missing Sunday night. They were last se...
Apr 25, 2022
Creston Police Report
(Creston) Creston Police arrested seven individuals over the weekend. On Friday: Police arrested 18-year-old Triston Thomas Barncastle of Creston at the Creston Union County Law Enforcement Center on ...
Apr 25, 2022
Freeze Warning
(Des Moines) The National Weather Service issued a Freeze Warning from 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday to 8:00 A.M. for Crawford, Carroll, Audubon, Guthrie, Cass, Adair, Adams, Taylor, Union, and counties to the...
Apr 25, 2022
Severe Storms Destroy Headstones at Madison County Cemetery
(Winterset, IA) -- Severe weather has again hit Madison County, although this time there were no fatalities. Strong winds uprooted trees and damaged several headstones at Rock City Cemetery, many of t...
Apr 25, 2022
