LaVon Eblen visits with Dottie Krogh, Hannah Shady and Lora McClean about the Atlantic LC Clinic.
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LaVon Eblen visits with Dottie Krogh, Hannah Shady and Lora McClean about the Atlantic LC Clinic.
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Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Bailey Smith reports the Chamber has a new Program Director. Kelsey Beschorner, of Wiota, recently accepted the position previously held by Ashley Hayes, who left the Chamber in November 2019. Smith said she’s “Really excited to have Kelsey join the team.
Smith said also, Kelsey “Moved to the Atlantic Area seven years ago and has a great grasp of what the Chamber does. I think her ideas and knowledge will be a great asset to the organization.” Beschorner joins Smith, who is celebrating her third year as Executive Director. Beschorner began her job Monday, March 2nd.
(Radio Iowa/KJAN records) — Rain and snow were much more scarce than usual in Iowa over the past month. State climatologist Justin Glisan says it was a far cry from what we usually see during February. “Typically, we expect about an inch of precipitation across the state. What we had on statewide average was about four-tenths of an inch, so six-tenths of an inch below average,” Glisan says. “The driest part of the state is across the southern part, anywhere from an inch to an inch-and-a-half below normal.”
Here in Atlantic, we received just under two-tenths of an inch of precipitation (rain/melted snow). When it comes to snowfall, this February was way off base with less than four inches statewide. That’s especially paltry when compared to all the snow a year ago. “Typically, we, across the state, have about seven inches of snow for February, we had about half that,” Glisan says. “Last February, the statewide average was about 26-inches of snow. That was the snowiest February in 133 years of records.”
Snowfall in Atlantic amounted to one-half inch for the month. Snowfall so far this winter in Atlantic, amounts to 13.2 inches. Temperatures across Iowa were very near normal for February. The average temp is 24-degrees and the statewide average came in at 24-point-three. Early indications are the winter overall will produce warmer-than-average temperatures and below-normal precipitation in Iowa. “We are seeing a higher probability of being warmer than average,” Glisan says. “If we look at the month of March, in general, the outlooks do also show us with higher probabilities of being warmer than average and not a really clear signal precipitation-wise.”
In Atlantic, our Average High for Feb. 2020 was 39.5-degrees (the norm is 35.4). The Average Low was 15 (right on par for the average of 15.2 degrees). Spring arrives March 19th.
A Judge has sentenced a retired Council Bluffs Police Officer to two-years of probation, in connection with the 2019 hit-and-run death of a bicyclist. According to KETV in Omaha, 56-year old Bob Christensen received his sentence Monday, after pleading guilty in the death of 55-year old William Shepard, who died at a hospital after being struck by a vehicle at around 2:10-a.m. on Old Lincoln Highway, near Northline Drive. The accident happened May 11, 2019.
Prosecutors said Christensen left the scene then drove back in a different vehicle. His trial was scheduled to start today (Tuesday).
More State and area news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.
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Class 4A Substate Finals
Substate 1 @ Fort Dodge: Ankeny vs. Sioux City East 7:00 p.m.
Substate 2 @ Clinton: Dubuque Senior vs. Davenport North 7:00 p.m.
Substate 3 @ Cedar Rapids, USCC: Waterloo West vs. North Scott 6:30 p.m.
Substate 4 @ Cedar Rapids, USCC: Cedar Falls vs. Dubuque Hempstead 8:00 p.m.
Substate 5 @ Iowa City Liberty: Iowa City West vs. Pleasant Valley 7:00 p.m.
Substate 6 @ Southeast Polk: Ankeny Centennial vs. Johnston 7:00 p.m.
Substate 7 @ Dallas Center-Grimes: Waukee vs. WDM Valley 7:00 p.m.
Substate 8 @ IWCC: CB Abraham Lincoln vs. Dowling Catholic 7:00 p.m.
Jim Field visits with Cass County Youth Coordinator Shelby Van Horn about the 4-H Pancake Supper this Thursday and the Mardi Gras on Sunday at the Cass County Community Center.
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Class 3A Quarterfinal
#3 Bishop Heelan (19-4) vs. #6 Des Moines Christian (22-2) 10:00 a.m.
Class 4A Quarterfinals
#1 North Scott (23-0) vs. #8 Clear Creek-Amana (19-4) 11:45 a.m.
#4 Center Point-Urbana (21-2) vs. #5 Waverly-Shell Rock (20-2) 1:30 p.m.
#2 Glenwood (24-0) vs. #7 Gilbert (19-3) 3:15 p.m.
#3 Ballard (22-1) vs. #6 Lewis Central (19-5) 5:00 p.m.
Class 2A Quarterfinals
#1 Cascade (25-0) vs. #8 Denver (17-8) 6:45 p.m.
#4 Osage (22-2) vs. #5 West Branch (21-3) 8:30 p.m.
SPRINGVILLE, Iowa (The Gazette) — A deteriorating Revolutionary War monument will be restored this summer in eastern Iowa if the Daughters of the American Revolution can raise enough money. The 16.5-foot marble and granite monument honors a Revolutionary War soldier buried in Linn County. Beverly Franks with the Marion-Linn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution told The Gazette the monument is something to be proud of and should be saved.
The monument was built in honor of Nathan Brown. The former soldier settled in Springville in the 1800s. Brown lived in Iowa for only 2 1/2 years before he died Nov. 25, 1842, at 81.
The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.
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