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Tuesday's High School Playoff Volleyball Scores & State Pairings
Regional Finals Class 3A Kuemper Catholic 3, Unity Christian 2 (25-14, 23-25, 14-25, 25-12, 15-11) Red Oak 3, Clarinda 0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-20) Cherokee Washington 3, Van Meter 0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-14) ...
Chris Varney Oct 28, 2025

Mary Ann Jespersen Obituary
Mary Ann Jespersen, 97, of Atlantic, Iowa, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at Heritage House in Atlantic. Mary Ann was born on July 24, 1928, in Pomeroy, Iowa, the daughter of William and Gertr...
Mandy Billings Oct 28, 2025

Cass County Election Equipment Successfully Tested
(Cass Co.) Cass County Auditor Kathy Somers announced the successful completion of public testing of election equipment took place on October 28, leading up to the November 4 City-School Election. The...
Mandy Billings Oct 28, 2025

Cash Grain October 28, 2025
Landus Coop - Adair October Corn - 3.92 March Corn - 4.18 October Beans - 10.08 March Beans - 10.37 Landus Coop - Atlantic October Corn - 3.84 March Corn - 4.09 October Beans - 10.08 March Beans - 10....
Mandy Billings Oct 28, 2025

Ruth Ann Mortensen Obituary
Ruth Ann Soll was born on March 30th, 1941, to Arnold & Alma Soll in Manilla, IA. She attended country school until she transferred to Elk-Horn-Kimballton School where she graduated in 1959. On Au...
Mandy Billings Oct 28, 2025

Randy Feenstra Officially Announces Campaign for Governor of Iowa
(Des Moines, IA) -- Iowa Republican Congressman Randy Feenstra is launching his campaign to be Iowa's next governor. Feenstra formed an exploratory committee in May of this year looking into a potenti...
Mandy Billings Oct 28, 2025

Atlantic School District Outlines Bond Measures Ahead of November 4 Vote
(Atlantic) Atlantic School District patrons will vote on a $22.5 million General Obligation Bond, an $18.5 million Sales Tax Revenue Bond, and a Revenue Purpose Statement on November 4th. Atlantic Sch...
Mandy Billings Oct 28, 2025
Larry A. Blake Obituary
Larry A. Blake died peacefully on October 8, 2025. was 89 years old. Larry was born August 14, 1936, on a small family farm, a few miles south of Atlantic, Iowa. He spent his early years working on th...
Western Iowa Today Oct 28, 2025

Cass County Auditor Explains Bond Election Public Measure Postcards
(Atlantic) Cass County Auditor Kathy Somers is clarifying why many voters recently received multiple "Official Notice of Bond Election" postcards in the mail. In 2023, the Iowa Legislature passed Hous...
Mandy Billings Oct 28, 2025

Atlantic and Clarke Community High Schools Earn National Speech & Debate Recognition
(West Des Moines) The National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA) is proud to announce the 2024-2025 Leading Chapter Awards. Two schools here in Iowa were recognized, including Atlantic High Schoo...
Mandy Billings Oct 28, 2025







