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May 13th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Saturday’s Games

New Orleans 5, Omaha 0

Round Rock 4, Iowa 2

Sunday’s Games

Omaha at New Orleans, 2 p.m.

Round Rock at Iowa, 2:08 p.m.

DEAN TODD DICKSON, 67, of Anita (Svcs. 5/17/18)

Obituaries

May 13th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

DEAN TODD DICKSON, 67, of Anita, died Saturday, May 12th, at home. Memorial services for DEAN DICKSON will be held 10:30-a.m. Thursday, May 17th, at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home, in Anita.

Visitation with the family is from 9:30-until 10:30-a.m. Thursday, at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to the family’s wishes.

DEAN DICKSON is survived by:

His wife – Jan Dickson, of Anita.

His daughter – Julie (David) Anderson, of Cochranville, PA.

His son – Andy (Leslie) Dickson, of DeLeon, TX.

and 3 grandchildren.

Iowa News Headlines: Sunday, 5/13/18

News

May 13th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:40 a.m. CDT

NEVADA, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Lottery officials say someone has a $1 million prize waiting to be claimed. The winning numbers were purchased at a Casey’s General Store in Nevada for a prize announced April 11. The winner has until April 11, 2019 to claim the prize.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A Davenport man on parole after an earlier conviction for manufacturing methamphetamine at a home with a daycare is facing new meth-related charges. The Quad City Times reports 40-year-old Dale Blumer is charged in Scott County with possession with intent to manufacture methamphetamine, possession with intent to deliver and three charges of possessing ingredients of meth.

LECLAIRE, Iowa (AP) — Housing will replace golfing on scenic land in eastern Iowa as a family sells property they have owned for generations. The Quad-City Times reports that Susan Leander has closed Olathea Golf Course near LeClaire and is putting the nearly 100 acres on the market. A realtor says the goal is to sell the property to someone who’d redevelop it. The Scott County Board recently approved rezoning the area for residential use.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is tweaking its new state-funded family planning program that excludes abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood by restoring some eligibility to a large hospital system. Some of UnityPoint Health’s hospitals and clinics could soon participate again in the program under a budget bill passed this month. A key Republican says some lawmakers thought UnityPoint wouldn’t be excluded. Planned Parenthood says the move shows Republicans targeted its organization.

Midwest Sports Headlines: Sunday, 5/13/18

Sports

May 13th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Eric Hosmer hit an RBI double with no outs in the 13th inning to give the San Diego Padres a 2-1 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night. Hosmer, San Diego’s $144 million man, drove the first pitch from Mike Mayers down the right field line and after a few strides, toss his batting helmet aside in celebration.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Kevin Harvick surged past Martin Truex Jr. with one lap to go to win at Kansas Speedway, his fifth win in what has turned out to be a dominant start to the season. Truex wound up second and Joey Logano finished third.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Francisco Lindor homered twice and doubled twice to help the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2. Lindor hit solo home runs in the third and seventh, and scored four runs. His third career four-hit game extended the All-Star shortstop’s hitting streak to 13 games. Michael Brantley had three hits, drove in two runs and broke a 2-all tie with an RBI double in the sixth. Mike Clevinger allowed two runs in 7 2/3 innings as the Indians won for just the second time in seven games.

Skyscan Forecast for Atlantic & the area, 5/13/18

Weather

May 13th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Today: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then isolated showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Areas of dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 74. NE wind 5-10mph becoming southeast this afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. E/NE wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. NE wind 5-10mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. North northeast wind 5-10mph.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 59. We received .05″ rain Saturday into early this morning. Our Low was 49. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 80 and the Low was 47. The All-time Record High on this date in Atlantic, was 95 in 1915, and the Record Low was 23 in 1997.

Special Weather Statement: Dense Fog (5/13/18)

Weather

May 13th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Cass-Adair-MadisonAdams-Union-Taylor- Ringgold Counties… 349 AM CDT Sun May 13 2018

Areas of dense fog will continue to plague portions of southern Iowa this morning with one half mile visibility or less at times. The is likely to persist through just after sunrise this morning before dissipating. Areas along Interstate 35 near Winterset south to the Missouri border as well as the Highway 2 and Highway 34 corridors west of Interstate 35 can expect significant visibility restrictions. If traveling early this morning, please use low beam headlights and allow extra space between you and the vehicle ahead of you.

$1 million Powerball prize unclaimed in Iowa one month after drawing

News

May 12th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

A valuable Powerball ticket purchased at a convenience store in central Iowa on April 11 remains unclaimed. Iowa Lottery spokesperson Mary Neubauer traveled to the Casey’s store in Nevada (Nuh’VAY-duh) on Friday — exactly one month after the drawing. The ticket sold at the store is good for a one-million dollar prize.

“That’s a little unusual for a prize of this size to be unclaimed for that long,” Neubauer said. “So, we’re here at the store just issuing reminders and telling people ‘hey, double-check your ticket.'” The ticket came within one number of winning a jackpot of $89.7 million. Kim Cochran, manager of the Casey’s in Nevada, is fielding questions about the ticket every day.

“All of the customers are coming in and they’re always asking ‘who’s the winner?’ We don’t know…we’d really like to know who it is,” Cochran said. Neubauer says “yes,” they DO have video of the person who purchased the ticket in Nevada. The Nevada ticket was the only one in the country to win a $1 million prize in the April 11 drawing.

The holder of the ticket has until April 11, 2019 to claim the prize at lottery headquarters in Clive. According to lottery officials, in fiscal year 2017, nearly $1.8 million in lotto prizes went unclaimed in Iowa. Money from unclaimed prizes is placed in the lottery’s prize pools for future games and promotions, so it’s still used to pay prizes.

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May 12th, 2018 by admin

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Boys Preliminary Substate Tennis on tap today 05/12/2018

Sports

May 12th, 2018 by admin

Class 1A

Clarinda @ Creston 10:00am
St. Albert @ Denison-Schleswig 4:00pm

Winners will advance to Substate final play at Kuemper Catholic on May 19th and join Atlantic and Kuemper Catholic who already advanced with District Championships.

Girls Regional Team Tennis set for today 05/12/2018

Sports

May 12th, 2018 by Jim Field

Class 1A

Region 1

@ Atlantic
Atlantic vs Glenwood
Creston vs St. Albert

@ Denison-Schleswig
Harlan vs Denison-Schleswig
Audubon vs Kuemper Catholic

Region 2

@ Shenandoah
Red Oak vs SW Valley
Shenandoah vs Clarinda