Author Archives: Tom Robinson
Raccoon River-Northwest Wins Team Title at The Atlantic Girl's Invitational Wrestling Tournament: SWAT Second
(Atlantic) Raccoon River-Northwest advanced nine wrestlers to the championship matches, crowned six individual champions, and claimed the team title with 296.5 points at Saturday's Atlantic Girls Wres...
Jan 24, 2026
One Person Dies in Two-Vehicle Crash in Council Bluffs
(Council Bluffs) One person died in a two-vehicle crash in Council Bluffs. The Council Bluffs Police Department reports the accident happened at around 11:15 a.m. on Interstate 80 near the zero-mile m...
Jan 24, 2026
Cancer Rates in Polk County Far Exceed National Average
(Des Moines) Polk County has a higher rate of new cancer cases than any other Iowa county and far exceeds the national average. New data from the Iowa Cancer Registry shows that, for every 100,000 Pol...
Jan 24, 2026
Subcommittees Consider Bills on Criminal Sentencing, School Start Dates, and Police Pursuits
(Des Moines) Several bills were reviewed this past week during subcommittee meetings of the Iowa Legislature's Judiciary, Transportation, and Education committees. Iowa District 9 Senator Tom Shipley ...
Jan 24, 2026
Montgomery County Man Arrested on Federal Warrant
(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested 50-year-old Robert Eugene Glassgow of Red Oak on a Federal U.S. Marshal's warrant for Violation of Supervised release, on an original charge o...
Jan 24, 2026
Friday's Area High School Basketball Scores
Friday's Area High School Basketball Scores Basketball Girls: Hawkeye Ten Glenwood 58 Red Oak, 31 Pride of Iowa Mount Ayr 54 Wayne, 28 Central Decatur 55 East Union, 4 Rolling Valley Woodbine 57 Ar-We...
Jan 23, 2026
Cash Grain January 23
Landus Coop - Adair, Atlantic and Casey January Corn - 3.98 October Corn - 4.05 January Beans - 9.93 October Beans - 10.08 SIRE - Council Bluffs January Corn - 4.15 October Corn - 4.23 Bunge - Council...
Jan 23, 2026
From Tiny Homes to Custom Builds: Camblin Hills Project Moves Forward
(Atlantic) The landscape at the Camblin Hills Housing Development Project continues to take shape. Construction crews have made significant progress since the start of January on the 142-unit developm...
Jan 23, 2026
Atlantic Sweeps Glenwood and Clarinda in Double-Dual
(Clarinda) Atlantic is the frontrunner in the Hawkeye Ten Conference dual wrestling standings with a 36-35 win over Glenwood and a 71-6 win over Clarinda on Tuesday night at Clarinda. As expected, Gle...
Jan 22, 2026
Atlantic Personnel and Finance Committee Continues Search for City Clerk
(Atlantic) Atlantic City Councilman Jeremy Butler, a member of the Personnel and Finance Committee, reported to the city council on Wednesday night that have interviewed eight candidates for the city ...
Jan 22, 2026
