Author Archives: Tom Robinson

(Afton) Two people suffered injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Afton. The Union County Sheriff's Office says the accident happened at 5:50 p.m. on Saturday on Highway 169. EMS Air transported 17-ye...

(Sidney) The Fremont County Sheriff's Office arrested a Mills County man for stealing equipment from AgriVision in Hamburg. The Fremont County Sheriff's Office arrested 41-year old John Robert Washbur...

(Des Moines) The National Weather Service in Des Moines is reporting the following 24-hour rain totals as of 4:50 p.m. on Sunday. Those totals for the cities in the southwest and west-central Iowa are...

(Red Oak) The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested 28-year old Matthew R. Garcia of Macksburg, Iowa, for driving with a revoked license. The arrest stemmed from a traffic stop on Saturday for s...

(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...