Author Archives: Tom Robinson

(Atlantic) The Atlantic Community School District upgraded the Aviation program. The district implemented the aviation program into the curriculum three years ago to provide a four-year program. Atlan...

(Atlantic) On Saturday afternoon, Missouri Valley-USTA Executive Director Mary Buschmann and Missouri Valley-USTA Tennis Service Representative John Terpkosh presented the Atlantic Community School Di...

(Griswold) The Griswold School Board added an extra financial incentive to the district's early retirement policy. The board offers the early retirement plan yearly, and the policy allows up to five p...

(Ames, Iowa) Landus, Iowa's largest farmer-owned grain cooperative, announced today the acquisition of a 3.4-million-bushel grain elevator in Atlantic, Iowa. Pipeline Foods most recently operated the ...

(Red Oak) Red Oak Firefighters on Thursday morning battled a house fire. Red Oak Fire Chief John Bruce says the call went out at 9:20 a.m. at 300 Market Street. The first Fire Engine arrived three min...

(Area) The National Weather Service advises motorists that patchy fog has developed early this morning and will persist through the morning hours. Visibility is reduced to under one mile and, in a few...

(Undated) The Iowa D-N-R is asking everyone to be on the lookout for rabbit hemorrhagic disease. The disease quickly kills domestic and wild rabbits and is confirmed in two states that border Iowa and...

(Des Moines, IA) -- A former Southeast Polk High School teacher will spend 24 years in prison for having sex with a student. Thirty-nine-year-old Christopher Smith, formerly of Pleasant Hill, pleaded ...

(Des Moines) The National Weather Service in Des Moines issued frost and freeze warnings and advisories from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Friday for most of the state, including southwest Iowa. Temperatures...

(Avoca) On Wednesday, the Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded $100,000 to Radberry's Bakery and Caf in Avoca, as one of 13 communities receiving a Main Street Iowa Challenge Grant. According t...