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Rental rates and abortion laws: Dems scrutinize states vying to go first in picking a PresidentSevere Thunderstorms Bring Hail and High Winds to Western IowaRain TotalsAtlantic Softball Program Honors 2016 State Tournament TeamHarlan and Atlantic Matchup Tonight in a Baseball Doubleheader: Coverage on KS 95.7 F.M.State News: Absentee Ballot Guidance, Safe Child Recovery, National Guard Returns, RAGBRAI Test Run, and Skate Park Vandalism ArrestAtlantic Boy's Golf Team Awarded the KS95.7 Armour Insurance Trojan Athlete's of the Week8th Grader Smith Making Immediate Impact for Tigers BaseballGunderson & Tri-Center Ready for Key Conference Test Against Underwood; Coverage on KSOMMonday's High School Sports ScheduleJohn Lorenzen Talks about Uptick in Turtle Movement on KSOM DNR Report
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Rental rates and abortion laws: Dems scrutinize states vying to go first in picking a President
Rental rates and abortion laws: Dems scrutinize states vying to go first in picking a President
(Iowa Capital Dispatch Article: Photo courtesy of the Iowa Capital Dispatch) (W...
Severe Thunderstorms Bring Hail and High Winds to Western Iowa
Severe Thunderstorms Bring Hail and High Winds to Western Iowa
(Des Moines) Severe thunderstorms swept across west-central and southwest Iowa l...
Rain Totals
Rain Totals
Anita-Trace of Rain Audubon- .20 on Saturday, trace on Monday Bridgewater-.70 St...
State News: Absentee Ballot Guidance, Safe Child Recovery, National Guard Returns, RAGBRAI Test Run, and Skate Park Vandalism Arrest
State News: Absentee Ballot Guidance, Safe Child Recovery, National Guard Returns, RAGBRAI Test Run, and Skate Park Vandalism Arrest
IA Secretary Of State: Voters Using Absentee Ballots For Primaries Should Plan T...
John Lorenzen Talks about Uptick in Turtle Movement on KSOM DNR Report
John Lorenzen Talks about Uptick in Turtle Movement on KSOM DNR Report
(Lewis) You may see an uptick in the number of turtles crossing the road this ti...
Shelby County Fatality Accident
Shelby County Fatality Accident
(Shelby County) One person died in a two-vehicle crash in Shelby County. The She...


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Updated: Person Arrested in Endangered Person Advisory Case in Shelby County
Updated: Person Arrested in Endangered Person Advisory Case in Shelby County
(Harlan) The Endangered Person Advisory issued earlier this morning has been can...
Rain totals
Rain totals
Adair-.46 Anita-.25 Atlantic-.40 (KSOM-KS95 Studios) Alan Zellmer-West of Atlant...


Agri News

Cash Grain May 29, 2026
Cash Grain May 29, 2026
Landus Coop - Adair, Atlantic and Casey May Corn - 4.07 October Corn - 4.30 May Beans - 11.27 October Beans - 11.25 SIRE - Council Bluffs May Corn - 4.33 October Corn - 4...

Area Sports

Atlantic Softball Program Honors 2016 State Tournament Team
Atlantic Softball Program Honors 2016 State Tournament Team
(Atlantic) On Friday evening, May 29, the 2016 Atlantic softball team was recogn...
Harlan and Atlantic Matchup Tonight in a Baseball Doubleheader: Coverage on KS 95.7 F.M.
Harlan and Atlantic Matchup Tonight in a Baseball Doubleheader: Coverage on KS 95.7 F.M.
(Atlantic) Atlantic and Harlan will meet tonight for a Hawkeye Ten Conference ba...
Atlantic Boy's Golf Team Awarded the KS95.7 Armour Insurance Trojan Athlete's of the Week
Atlantic Boy's Golf Team Awarded the KS95.7 Armour Insurance Trojan Athlete's of the Week
(Atlantic) The Atlantic Boys' Golf Team polished off a solid spring season with ...
8th Grader Smith Making Immediate Impact for Tigers Baseball
8th Grader Smith Making Immediate Impact for Tigers Baseball
(Griswold, IA) -- After two losses to start the season, Griswold baseball has wo...


Gunderson & Tri-Center Ready for Key Conference Test Against Underwood; Coverage on KSOM
Gunderson & Tri-Center Ready for Key Conference Test Against Underwood; Coverage on KSOM
(Neola, IA) -- Tri Center will face rival Underwood in a Western Iowa Conference...
Monday's High School Sports Schedule
Monday's High School Sports Schedule
Monday, June 1 Softball Hawkeye Ten Harlan @ Atlantic DH; Coverage on KS 95 Glen...
Huskers Baseball Season Comes To End In Loss to Sun Devils
Huskers Baseball Season Comes To End In Loss to Sun Devils
(Lincoln, NE) -- Nebraska saw its season end with an 11-8 loss to Arizona State ...
Huskers Softball Season Ends on 3-Run HR in 6th Inning by Longhorns
Huskers Softball Season Ends on 3-Run HR in 6th Inning by Longhorns
(Oklahoma City, OK) -- The Nebraska softball team's incredible 2026 season came ...


Obituaries

Carolyn Schroder Obituary
Carolyn Schroder Obituary
Full obituary pending. Survivors include her children Kathy Grote of Council Bluffs, IA; Sharon (Paul) Maassen of Omaha,...
Robert "Bob" Matthies Obituary
Robert "Bob" Matthies Obituary
Robert "Bob" Matthies, 75 of Anita, IA, died on Friday, May 29, 2026, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des ...
Linda Freund-Ebbinga Obituary
Linda Freund-Ebbinga Obituary
Mrs. Linda L. Freund-Ebbinga, age 83, of Griswold, IA, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2026, at her home surrounded by fa...
Norma Liddell obituary
Norma Liddell obituary
Norma Liddell, 89, of Grant and Noble Township, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2026, at the Montgomery County Memorial Ho...
Rodney Dean Northrup Obituary
Rodney Dean Northrup Obituary
Rodney Dean Northrup, the son of Harlan Leslie and Marilyn Jean (Fraizer) Northrup, was born April 1, 1960, in Atlantic,...
Kirk Douglas Byars Obituary
Kirk Douglas Byars Obituary
Funeral services for 69 year old Kirk Douglas Byars, of Harlan, Iowa, will be held at a later date. Kirk Douglas Byars p...
Lincoln James Steele Obituary
Lincoln James Steele Obituary
Lincoln Steele, age 34 of Des Moines, Iowa, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2026 in Anita, Iowa. Lincoln James 'Buddy' Ste...