Author Archives: Tom Robinson
Ernst Presses Vilsack on Fertilizer Costs, Supply Chain Challenges, and Admin's Expansive 30x30 Conservation Scheme
(Washington D.C) Iowa U.S. Senator Joni Ernst appearing before the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday, questioned U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. The Senator from Red Oak addressed fe...
May 28, 2022
Friday's Area, High School Softball and Baseball Scores
Softball: Ballard 9 Atlantic, 7 West Monona 10 Lewis Central, 2 (Heelan Tournament) Sioux City, East 13 Lewis Central, 5 Creston 16 Red Oak, 0 Kuemper 4 East Sac County, 0 Glenwood 11 Sioux City, West...
May 27, 2022
Iowa High School Girl's State Golf Tournament Final Results
(Marshalltown) Bishop-Garrigan ran away with the Class 1A team title with a team score of 713. Grundy Center finished a distant second with a 739. St. Albert finished 10th with an 835 at the American ...
May 27, 2022
Winterset Celebrates John Wayne's Birthday
(Winterset, IA) -- The southwest Iowa town of Winterset is celebrating this weekend what would have been the 115th birthday of actor and native son John Wayne. John Wayne Birthplace and Museum manager...
May 27, 2022
Former First Lady Chases Down Driver After Crash
(Iowa City, IA) -- Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and former First Lady Chris Branstad chased down a drunk driver who left the scene of an accident on Interstate 80. K-C-R-G T-V reports the car o...
May 26, 2022
Valley West Mall In Foreclosure
(West Des Moines, IA) -- Another of the once popular Iowa shopping malls is in trouble. Valley West Mall in West Des Moines is under foreclosure. The Des Moines Register reports U-S Bank filed the act...
May 26, 2022
Bill On Pharmacy Managers Pared Back By Senate
(Des Moines, IA) -- The last bill to clear the legislature this year gives Iowa's insurance commissioner authority to collect more data about companies called pharmacy benefit managers. Critics say P-...
May 26, 2022
Republican Leaders Tout School Transfer Plan
(Des Moines, IA) -- Republican legislative leaders say the new plan unveiled on the final day of the 2022 legislative session was drafted after the governor's proposal for state scholarships for priva...
May 26, 2022
Atlantic School District using required ESSER Funds for Summer Loss learning Program
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Community School District is rolling out a new program this summer called the Trojan Summer Experience. The district's ESSER dollars are funding the program mandated to use 20-...
May 25, 2022
Iowa U.S. Representative Cindy Axne: The Mass Shootings Must Stop
(Washington D.C.) U.S. Representative Cindy Axne for the #3 District of Iowa reacting to the school shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Nineteen children and two teachers died in the ma...
May 25, 2022
