Author Archives: Tom Robinson
Cass County Fair Livestock Sale Totals over $232,000
(Anita) Anita Rolling Hills Bank and Trust Bank Manager Mike Tibken says the Cass County Fair Livestock sale, bucket of junk, paintings, and beef brisket totaled over $232,000. "This year's sale is co...
Aug 07, 2021
Atlantic School's to Follow COVID Guidelines set Last Spring
(Atlantic) Atlantic School Superintendent Steve Barber says the Iowa Department of Public Health's latest COVID 19 guidelines is similar to the guidelines released this past spring. Barber says the At...
Aug 07, 2021
Ruthe Marie (Clemmensen) Brocker Obituary
Funeral services for 95-year old Ruthe Marie (Clemmensen) Brocker will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, August 11, 2021, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Atlantic. The funeral service will be recorde...
Aug 06, 2021
Machine Shed Fire in Cass County
(Anita) The Anita Fire Department and multiple agencies responded to a machine shed fire at 61424 765th Street late Thursday night. When they arrived, Anita Fire Chief Eric Steffenson tells KSOM/KS95 ...
Aug 06, 2021
It's Time For Iowa's Tax-Free Weekend
(Undated) -- It may not be as busy as Black Friday, but stores will be humming today (Friday) and Saturday. It's time for Iowa's tax-free weekend. All stores selling clothing or shoes will be selling ...
Aug 06, 2021
SUV Passenger Killed in Crash With Tow Truck on Interstate 35 Near Ames
(Ames, IA) -- The Iowa State Patrol says one person is dead after a tow truck and S-U-V collided on Interstate 35 in rural Hamilton County. State troopers say a tow truck driven by Anthony Nessa of We...
Aug 05, 2021
Pilot Injured in Allamakee County Helicopter Crash
(Waukon, IA) Authorities in northeast Iowa are investigating a helicopter crash near Waukon that left the pilot injured. The Allamakee County Sheriff's Office says the chopper was applying chemicals t...
Aug 05, 2021
Reynolds Hopes School Year Will Be Fairly Normal Despite COVID-19
Reynolds Hopes School Year Will Be Fairly Normal Despite COVID-19 (Sioux City, IA) Governor Kim Reynolds says she hopes the upcoming school year will be fairly normal despite COVID-19. Reynolds says w...
Aug 05, 2021
Latest Map Shows 11 Iowa Counties in 'Extreme' Drought
(Des Moines, IA) The latest U-S Drought Monitor shows 11 Iowa counties are now in "extreme" drought. The map shows two areas of extreme drought. The state climatologist said the areas in the northwest...
Aug 05, 2021
Be Wary of the Transfer Tax in American Rescue Plan
(Washington D.C.) Part of President Biden's American Families Plan includes a proposal for a new transfer tax that farm and ranch families should be wary of. That's according to Paul Neiffer with the ...
Aug 05, 2021
