Jim Field speaks with 2005 Atlantic graduate Bethany Wilcoxon about the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Woman of the Year Campaign. It is a 10-week competition to raise funds to help find cures for blood cancers.
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Atlantic broke two consecutive days of record low temperatures today and Sunday. For the 24-hour reporting period that ended today at 7-a.m., the low in Atlantic for March 2nd was -12. That broke the old record of -11 set on that date in 1913. The record low for today, March 3rd, was also broken at 7-a.m., when we recorded a temperature of -11. That broke the record set on this date in 2002.
For the month of February, the average High was 25.1 degrees, which was 10-degrees below normal. The average Low was -1, which was 16 degrees below normal. Precipitation for the month amounted to just under an inch, at 0.93, which is near normal.
The normal, average High for the month of February is 35.4, with the normal average Low 15.2. Precipitation is normally .96. KJAN is the OFFICIAL National Weather Service reporting site for Atlantic.
Girls State Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines
Class 1-A Quarter-Finals:
Class 2-A Quarter-Finals:
Boys Sub-State Finals
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Police in Red Oak report the arrest early this (Monday) morning of a Cass County man on drug charges. 45-year old Kenneth Dale Schooling, of Griswold, was taken into custody at around 2:30 a.m. in the 200 block of east Nuckols Street, on a Possession of Methamphetamine charge. Schooling was being held in the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on $1,000 bond.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A monthly economic index for nine Midwestern and Plains states has dropped slightly but still suggests growth over the next three to six months. The overall Mid-America Business Conditions Index fell to 57.4 in February from 57.7 in January.
Looking six months ahead, the business confidence portion of the overall index also dropped last month. It hit a still strong 59.7 from January’s 62.2. The survey results from supply managers are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth, while a score below that suggests decline.
The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
KENNETH C. HINSON, 88, of Atlantic, died Sat., March 1st, at the Josie Harper Hospice House in Omaha, NE. Memorial services for KENNETH HINSON will be held 4-p.m. Sun., March 9th, at the 1st Assembly of God Church in Atlantic. Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic has the arrangements.
Visitation with the family will be held from 3-to 4-pm Sunday, at the church. Memorials may be directed to the family.
KENNETH HINSON is survived by:
His children – Ann Butler, Nancy (Robert) Kelly, & Kenny Mack Hinson, all of Atlantic; Susan Rugaard, of Audubon, and Sherri (Darrell) Bigelow, of Collinsville, OK.
13 grandchildren and 41 great-grandchildren.
MARGUERITE “MARGE” EBLEN, 89, of Greenfield, died Friday, February 28, 2014, at the Community Care Center in Stuart. Funeral services for MARGE EBLEN will be held on Thursday, March 6th at 10:30 a.m. at the Fontanelle United Methodist Church. Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield has the arrangements.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 5th, at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with family visitation held 6:00 to 8:00pm at the Steen Funeral Home in Greenfield. Online condolences may be left to the family at www.steenfunerals.com.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or to the Fontanelle United Methodist Church.
Burial will be in the Fontanelle Cemetery with a luncheon held at the church following the committal services at the cemetery.
MARGUERITE “MARGE” EBLEN is survived by:
Daughter: Margene McDermott of Omaha, Nebraska
Son: David (Jacqueline) Eblen of Greenfield
5 Grandchildren and 14 Great Grandchildren, other relatives and many friends.
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Mike Moustakas homered twice, Eric Hosmer added three hits and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3 on Sunday. Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro left after the first inning with a slight strain of his right hamstring. He hurt himself trying to steal a base. Moustakas hit a drive off Cubs starter Edwin Jackson to lead off the second inning. He hit a two-run shot off Carlos Villanueva in the third.
Hosmer doubled twice, and all of his hits went to the opposite field. Lorenzo Cain had two hits for the Royals. Kansas City starter Wade Davis gave up one hit in two scoreless innings.
The game at Cubs Park drew a crowd of 14,680.
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Matt Holliday doubled in both at-bats and drove in two runs Sunday for the St. Louis Cardinals in a 7-1 win over the New York Mets. Holiday didn’t play in the Cardinals’ spring training opener on Friday. He singled and walked in two plate appearances as the designated hitter Saturday.
Holliday’s first double came off starter Daisuke Matsuzaka, whose competing for the fifth spot in the Mets’ rotation. A 30-pitch first inning that included two walks kept Cardinals starter Michael Wacha from getting out of the second. He reached his pitch cap after retiring the first two batters of the second without allowing a run.
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