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Average High for the month: 42 degrees (normal avg. high 45)
*Warmest day 67 degrees on March 30th.
Average Low for the month: 20 (normal avg. 25)
*Coldest low 9 degrees on March 12th.
Precipitation (including rain/melted snow): .85″ (normal 2.29″)
Snowfall: 6.3″.
(Information compiled at the KJAN studios – the officials National Weather Service reporting station for Atlantic).
A film that documents the dangers faced by one of the busiest fire fighting units in America will be showing in theaters across Iowa this month (April), including here in Atlantic. “BURN” follows Detroit’s Engine Company 50 as they battle both fires and city hall. John Jensen, a Des Moines firefighter who helped organize screenings of the film in a dozen Iowa cities, says Detroit has one of the highest arson rates in the world. “The economic downturn has left all these houses and buildings (in Detroit) abandoned and there’s people just going around setting them on fire,” Jensen says. “They have 500 structure fires a month.”
The firefighters in Detroit are put at an even greater risk due to a lack of funding and broken down equipment. Jensen film saw “BURN” while attending a conference in Phoenix. “It was very inspiring to me because, in the movie, one of the (firefighters) is injured in a wall collapse and he becomes paralyzed. They follow him through his rehab,” Jensen said. “It hit me right in the heart.”
Tickets to see “BURN” at theatres in Iowa are $15. A portion of the profits from the film will go the Leary Firefighters Foundation, an organization founded by actor Dennis Leary which purchases new equipment for firefighters. The film will be shown in Atlantic on April 24th and 25th, beginning at 7:30-p.m.
(Radio Iowa)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Gov. Terry Branstad will honor the Harlem Globetrotters at the Iowa Capitol. Branstad is scheduled to sign a proclamation Monday declaring April 1 to be Harlem Globetrotters Day. At least one member of the exhibition basketball team will be in attendance.
The Globetrotters are scheduled to appear in Des Moines at the Wells Fargo Arena on April 7. The sporty entertainers are known as the “Clown Princes of Basketball.”
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A monthly economic survey index for nine Midwest and Plains states jumped last month, suggesting improving economic growth for the region over the next three to six months. The Mid-America Business Conditions index hit 58.2 in March, compared with 53.1 in February and 53.2 in January.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he credits the index jump to “the strongest new-orders growth in two years.” The survey of business leaders and supply managers uses a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth while a score below 50 suggests decline for that factor.
The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
Here’s the Freese-Notis (podcast) weather forecast for Atlantic & the KJAN listening area, and weather data for Atlantic from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson…
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WILFRID “WILLIE” W. BINTNER, 88, of Exira, died Sat., March 30th, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital, in Audubon. Funeral services for “WILLIE” BINTNER will be held 10:30-a.m. Wed., April 3rd, at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Exira. Kessler Funeral Home in Exira has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, with the family visitation is from 5:30-until 8-p.m. Tuesday. There will be a Rosary at 5:30-p.m., and a Scripture service at 7-p.m., Tuesday, also at the funeral home.
Burial will be in the Holy Trinity Catholic Cemetery east of Exira.
WILFRID BINTNER is survived by:
His wife of 66 years – Avis Bintner, of Exira.
His children – Denny (Pam) Bintner, of Nebraska City, NE; Carol Bintner, of Des Moines; Kathy (Allan) Hanson, of Ankeny; Jim (Kelly) Bintner, of Urbandale; Mike (Judy) Bintner, of Exira; Trish (Bob) McElderry, of West Des Moines; Linda (Gary) Brooks, and Bill Bintner, all of of St. Charles, and Steve (Steph) Bintner, of Indianola.
His brother – Arnold (Lorraine) Bintner, of Exira.
His sisters – Agnes (Eldon) Riesgaard, of Avoca, and Ramona (Duane) Johnson, of St. Cloud, FL.
19 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, 2 great-great grandchildren, other relatives & friends.
358 AM CDT MON APR 1 2013
TODAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. COLDER. HIGH IN THE LOWER 40S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 20S. NORTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 40S. NORTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 20S. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
WEDNESDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 50S. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 30S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 50S.
FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Governor Terry Branstad and legislators will recognize those who donated land in Iowa for permanent recreation and conservation use. The event, called the Gift to Iowa’s Future, will be at the state Capitol this morning. The first Monday in April is designated as the Gift to Iowa’s Future Recognition Day, an effort which started in 2008.
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — An 18-year-old Iowa man is facing an arson charge in connection with the fire that destroyed a downtown Knoxville building. Nicholas Carter of Knoxville was arrested Saturday on suspicion of second-degree arson. Carter was released Saturday after posting bond, but authorities say additional charges linked to the March 25th fire are possible.
LANSING, Iowa (AP) — Northwest Iowa authorities are investigating a shooting where a 27-year-old man injured himself. The Allamakee County Sheriff’s office says the incident happened around 4:30 a.m. yesterday at a home near Lansing. Authorities say Logan Bunn fired a gun at a tree outside the home, but the bullet bounced back and hit him. Police were notified after Bunn showed up at a La Crosse, Wisconsin hospital for treatment.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — The father of one of two Iowa cousins found dead following their disappearance last summer is facing new drug charges. Thirty-six-year-old Daniel Morrissey of Waterloo is being charged with trying to make methamphetamine and possessing simulated meth sometime between December 1st and his February 11th arrest for failing to comply with conditions of his pre-trial release.