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Judge pauses Summit opponents' lawsuit while proposed permit changes proceed
(Article and photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) (Des Moines) The Iowa Utilities Commission will have to decide whether Summit Carbon Solutions can change the ending destination for its carbon ...
Iowa Capital Dispatch Dec 28, 2025

Clues To Determining Whether It's Covid Or Flu
(Undated) The holiday season is prime time for getting COVID and influenza, but telling them apart isn't easy. Symptoms are similar, including fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat, head and body pain...
Tom Robinson Dec 28, 2025

Janet Jensen obituary
Janet Ann (Martens) Jensen passed away peacefully on December 26, 2025, at the Myrtue Memorial Hospital in Harlan, Iowa. She was born on September 11, 1937 in Carroll, Iowa to Viola (Ohde) and Gilbert...
Western Iowa Today Dec 27, 2025

Ice fishing not advised across much of Iowa
(Des Moines) Iowa's stretch of unseasonably warm temperatures has deteriorated the quality of ice across much of the state south of Iowa Hwy. 3, to the point where any remaining ice is considered unsa...
Tom Robinson Dec 27, 2025

DNR Year Looking Back: New State Record Fish
(Lewis) As 2025 wraps up and 2026 nears, DNR Fisheries Biologist John Lorenzen takes a moment to reflect and share some remarkable harvest numbers and state record fish. Lorenzen reports that two new ...
Tom Robinson Dec 27, 2025

Atlantic Trojan Basketball Team Aims to Regroup Over Holiday Break
(Atlantic) Atlantic Head Girl's Basketball Coach Dan Varagson and his staff and squad are going to take advantage of the Christmas Holiday break to regroup. The Trojans ended the first portion of the ...
Tom Robinson Dec 27, 2025

Record Farmland Sale Reported in Northwest Iowa
(Sioux County) KCAU reports a farmland sale in northwest Iowa has set a new state record for price per acre. Just over 31 acres of farmland northwest of Orange City in Sioux County sold for $1.13 mill...
Tom Robinson Dec 27, 2025

Arctic Blast Set to Hit the Area as Weekend Warmth Gives Way to Cold and Light Snow
(Des Moines) Enjoy the weekend weather, because it is about to change. Brooke Hagenhoff, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Des Moines, says an Arctic Blast is heading this way. "The...
Tom Robinson Dec 27, 2025

Dense Fog Advisory
(Des Moines) The entire state of Iowa is under a Dense Fog Advisory until Noon on Saturday. According to the National Weather Service, visibility is down to one-quarter of a mile or less in some areas...
Tom Robinson Dec 26, 2025

Alan Grimm Obituary
Graveside Services for 72-year-old Alan Grimm of Manning will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, January 2, 2026, at the Manning Cemetery in Manning. Alan died on Thursday, December 25, at Manning Hospit...
Tom Robinson Dec 26, 2025







