Jim Field visits with Ray Armstrong about being inducted this weekend into the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the music group “Larry Rai & the Red Tops.”
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Jim Field visits with Ray Armstrong about being inducted this weekend into the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the music group “Larry Rai & the Red Tops.”
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LARRY JOHNSON, 78, of the Fontanelle and Greenfield areas, died Thursday, September 1st, at the Westhaven Community, in Boone. Funeral services for LARRY JOHNSON will be held 11-a.m. Wed., Sept. 7th, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fontanelle. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.
The family will greet friends 1-hour prior to the services on Wednesday, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Fontanelle.; Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com
Burial will be in the Greenfield Cemetery, with full military graveside rites conducted by the Fontanelle American Legion Carlson Post No. 247. A luncheon will follow, at Emmanuel Lutheran.
Memorials may be directed to the Larry Johnson Memorial Fund to be established at a later date.
LARRY JOHNSON is survived by:
His son – Raymond (Teresa) Johnson, of Papillion, NE.
His daughter – Belinda (Robert) Lawson, of Jefferson (IA)
His brother – Leland (Roberta) Johnson, of Orient.
His sister – JoAnn Sturdy, of Fontanelle.
3 grandchildren, 3 step-grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, 1 great step-grandchild, other relatives, his in-laws, and friends.
The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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The month of August was nearly normal in Atlantic, with regard to temperatures, but a little wetter, than average. Here at the KJAN Studios, we received 4.39″ of rain last month, which was just over one-half inch more than normal (.51″). The average high was 84, while the average low was 61. The high was only .4″ of a degree warmer than normal, while the low was .6″ of a degree warmer than normal.
Today: Areas of fog this morning; Mo. Sunny. High 78. NE @ 10.
Tonight: Mo. Clear. Low around 53.
Tomorrow: Mo. Sunny. High near 78
Saturday: P/Cldy. High 82.
Sunday: P/Cldy w/isolated shwrs & tstrms. High 82.
Wednesday’s High in Atlantic was 81. Our 24-hour Low was 52. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 87 and the low was 68. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 99 in 1913. The Record Low was 34 in 1967.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Figures from a survey of supply managers in nine Midwest and Plains states have risen slightly but still suggest slow or no economic growth ahead. A report issued Thursday says the Mid-American Business Conditions index inched up to 47.8 in August from 47.6 in July. The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests economic growth. A score below that suggests decline.
Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says he expects the regional economy to underperform the national economy because of the region’s heavy dependence on manufacturers linked to the weak sectors of agriculture and energy.
The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
FOR SALE: 150-200 sq. bales of mixed hay (in a barn that’s being torn down). $1.00 per bale–cash only! You come get it —-I will help load it. Anita location—call 712-254-3265. Need to remove immediately.
WANTED: Twin bed or hospital bed. Teenager coming home from hospital TODAY (9/1) in a wheelchair after car accident and needs a bed to put on main floor. Any help would be appreciated! 815-245-5898 (located Audubon).
FREE: 55 gallon aquarium, has a leak so would need to be fixed if used for fish, also could be used for small animals (gerbils, hamsters, etc.). Call 712-249-3305.
WANTED: a used combination storm door with window and screen, 32″ or 36″. Will use it for a shed in Audubon area. Call 712-304-2819.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Only the most ardent fans of the Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers will likely care much about what transpires in their preseason game at Arrowhead Stadium tonight (Thursday) night. Then again, the guys on the field will care very much about what happens. The Chiefs and Packers are expected to play few, if any, starters in their fourth preseason game, turning the proceedings over to their backups instead.
And in some cases, not even the backups will see game action – the Chiefs are resting quarterbacks Alex Smith and Nick Foles, and Aaron Rodgers and ailing Packers backup Brett Hundley will enjoy the night in a ball cap. Some coaches have said they will play their starters for a series or quarter Thursday night, if only to knock off the last vestiges of rust.
But the Chiefs and Packers are content with the statuses of their veteran cores, so much so that many of players on both teams have skipped the preseason entirely. Pre-game coverage begins at 6-p.m. on KJAN, with the kick-off at 7.
This is the third and final day (Thursday) of the Farm Progress Show near Boone which has drawn big crowds of on-lookers, but far fewer buyers. Iowa U-S Senator Joni Ernst was at the show this week and says she’s concerned about the faltering farm economy and the impact on Iowa’s farm families. “Our corn has been below $3 for about a month now, so that is really tough,” Ernst says. “They don’t want to overextend themselves. So, when they’re out here looking at the wonderful, advanced technology, they have to step back a little bit. We want to know that our future is strong before they’re engaging anymore.”
Due to the downturn in the ag economy over the past few years, some members of Congress are discussing the possibility of rewriting the Farm Bill next year, but Ernst is hesitant. “We know that once we open the Farm Bill, anything goes and I tend to believe that would be more harmful to our farmers than beneficial,” Ernst says. “We’ll have to sort through that. We’ll talk with other members and see what they think but I want to protect where we are right now.”
While many farmers are struggling with lower incomes, falling commodity prices and steady input costs, Ernst does not think it’s wise to seek remedies by changing the Farm Bill. “Production is really hurting, the prices are hurting, so we’ll see where we go but I’d tend to push back against that,” Ernst says. “I don’t think we should be opening the Farm Bill. I’d like to hear specifically where they think it’s not effective.”
Farm Bills typically remain in place for five years. The latest one, the Agricultural Act of 2014, authorizes nutrition and agriculture programs across the U-S for the years of 2014 through 2018.
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