Author Archives: Tom Robinson
Man Accused Of Threatening To Blow Up High School May Run For School Board
(Ankeny, IA) -- Parents and teachers are asking questions about a man who is exploring a campaign for the Ankeny School Board. Nineteen-year-old Issac Holtz was accused of threatening to "shoot up" Wa...
Tom Robinson Jul 12, 2021
USDA To Spend $500M To Establish Smaller Meat Processing Plants
(Council Bluffs, IA) The U-S-D-A will spend 500-million dollars to help establish smaller-scale meat processing plants to compete with the four major corporations that dominate the industry. U-S Ag Se...
Tom Robinson Jul 12, 2021

Jail inmate dies by suicide after agreeing to plead guilty
(Cedar Rapids, AP) A jail inmate died in jail one day after he agreed to plead guilty to child pornography charges. The Linn County Sheriff's office said Travis Jon Fulton of Parkersburg was found unr...
Tom Robinson Jul 11, 2021
Betty Sunderman Obituary
Funeral services for 86-year old Betty Sunderman of Walnut will be Wednesday, July 14th at 11:00 AM at the First Presbyterian Church in Walnut. Visitation with family will be prior to the service star...
Tom Robinson Jul 11, 2021
Rainfall Amounts over the past 24 Hours
Audubon-1.24 Atlantic-1.40 Carroll-.80 Clarinda-.17 Council Bluffs-.65 Creston-1.79 Denison-.71 Massena-1.3 Red Oak-.37
Tom Robinson Jul 11, 2021
Nebraska Man arrested following High Speed Pursuit in Clarinda
(Clarinda) A Norfolk, Nebraska man faces charges after leading law enforcement on a high-speed pursuit in Clarinda. On Saturday, July 10, at around 10:55 a.m., Clarinda Police attempted to stop a 1992...
Tom Robinson Jul 11, 2021

Atlantic First Responders Drone Training
(Atlantic) Drones are becoming a valuable tool for law enforcement officers and emergency responders. On Friday morning, Jennifer Pidgen, owner of Sundance Media Group LLC, and one of her instructors ...
Tom Robinson Jul 11, 2021
Storm Reports
(Area) The National Weather Service reports storm damage and heavy rainfall from the strong thunderstorms passing through the area early this morning. Friday: *8:15 a.m.-1.75-inch hail five miles sout...
Tom Robinson Jul 10, 2021
Myrna Mardyll (Steinmetz) Quam Obituary
Myrna Mardyll (Steinmetz) Quam passed peacefully to her rest at home with family on July 9, 2021. Myrna was born in Anita, Iowa, to Glen Harold and Evona Rae (Cooper) Steinmetz on September 5, 1940. S...
Tom Robinson Jul 10, 2021
Emergency Management Requests Damage Reports from the Overnight Storms
(Council Bluffs) The storms that rolled through the county in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 10th left some residents without power, tree debris, and some reports of potential residential d...
Tom Robinson Jul 10, 2021







