It took awhile to get the Fremont Nebraska Festival over with, and a bit more for a Friday night show at the Oak Tree, but all went well, especially Fremont, at the Christensen Field House, where the 44th National Old Time Music Festival will be held next year October 3-4-5-6. Mark your cal…
An IPERS presentation by Mike Fitzgerald, Iowa’s State Treasurer, was given on Oct. 9 at the Atlantic High School Auditorium. Approximately 90 people attended the event, from all areas of Cass County and from all areas of public service. IPERS (Iowa Public Employee Retirement System) is a de…
Darlene McConnell of Atlantic will celebrate her 85th Birthday on Oct. 25. Friends and family suggest a card shower, and cards may be sent to her at: Darlene McConnell, 62222 Dunbar Road, Atlantic, Iowa 50022.
Third ranked Iowa Western won a sunny but chippy homecoming game against Independence 44-21.
LOGAN -- Two area girls placed in the top 10 at the Missouri Valley Invitational Saturday at the Logan-Missouri Valley Country Club.
CORNING -- On a night where sloppy field conditions could have played a huge factor in a high school football game, AHSTW, Iowa Class A’s second-ranked team, came away relatively clean.
COON RAPIDS- CAM made a statement win on the road by defeating Coon Rapids-Bayard 60-26 on the road.
SHENANDOAH -- During the opening minutes of its game Friday against Shenandoah, Atlantic found its greatest spark in its defense.
ATLANTIC - With enrollment expected to continue to fall, the Atlantic school district will be facing an ongoing loss of revenue over the next couple years and is an issue school board members said Wednesday needed be addressed sooner, rather than later.
ADAIR – Owner Revolution Inc. (ORI), announced this week the signing of a definitive agreement to sell their two subsidiaries located in Atlantic, Plastic Professionals Inc. and Connect-A-Dock Inc., to Elkhart Plastics, Inc., headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana. Upon completion of the transact…
The Atlantic Chamber Ambassador’s were hosted by Brown’s Shoe Fit on Thursday, August 16th. Brian Ruge, general manager, shared the new additions to the store, as well as introduced his two new employees. Brown’s Shoe Fit took over tuxedo rentals from Howard’s Clothing and they look forward …
Cowboy Mounted Shooting demonstration at the Audubon County Fair on Saturday evening - with participants running a course on horse back shooting a series of balloons.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Construction has begun on a world-class skate park in downtown Des Moines after years of fundraising.
Lottery players will have a chance at winning an estimated $654 million jackpot in the Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night, which would be the fourth-largest prize in U.S. history.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a licensed practical nurse has admitted diverting pain medications from residents of two northeast Iowa nursing homes.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The winning numbers in Monday evening's drawing of the Iowa Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
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For all of the individual praise and criticism that gets heaped on college football players, winning and losing comes down to the cohesion and teamwork of the entire squad.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Red Star Belgrade coach Vladan Milojevic says his players are not bothered by match-fixing allegations surrounding the Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain.
LYON, France (AP) — Alexandre Lacazette says Premier League crowds have nothing on the French.
Instead of putting together a long-awaited complete game on Monday night against the woeful 49ers, it was more of the same for the Packers, who seem to be doing everything half right this season.
After missing four field goals and an extra point in last week’s loss at Detroit, Crosby made every kick he took on Monday night, including the walk-off 27-yarder to give the Packers a much-needed 33-20 win over the San Francisco 49ers.
Pictured presenting and accepting a $100 donation from the Atlantic BPO Does to the Atlantic Rock Island Society Enterprise (ARISE) are (from left) Marcene Arn, Shirley Jensen, Vicki Brown and ARISE representative Steve Livengood.
(Bottom left) Pictured presenting and accepting a $100 donation from the Atlantic BPO Does to the Washington Elementary Lunch Program are (from left) Shirley Jensen, Marcene Arn, Vicki Brown and Food Service Director Natalie Ritter. The group also donated $100 to the Schuler Elementary Lunch…
The Atlantic Public Library will be offering a series of classes to introduce the library’s digital resources to the community. The next class is Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 2:30 p.m. and continue at the same time each Wednesday for the rest of the month. Each class will have 15-20 minutes of pres…
It’s right around the corner. That’s right — flu season. And like clockwork, the familiar muscle aches, coughs, chills, headaches, runny noses, sneezes and sore throats return, too. With the kids back in school, there’s also a much greater chance that they could catch a bug and bring it home to share with the rest of the family.
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It’s autumn, and the markets are filled with a harvest of carrots, parsnips beets and turnips, loaded with fiber and vitamin C. But how do you eat these rich root vegetables? Chef Jeffory McLean, of the New York Wine and Culinary Institute, offers some tips on buying and preparing seasonal root vegetables, just in time for comfort food.
It’s said that a positive attitude is essential to health and wellness. Keeping a positive attitude in the face of great obstacles — tragedy, anger, violence, illness or hardship — is life’s toughest challenge. Hank Commodore has a simple, unfailing solution: Humble yourself with wisdom, and practice love and kindness to humankind.
There’s just something so comforting about food that’s made from scratch. As moms across generations have said, homemade food has a little something extra in it called love.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An official says China wants to further boost cooperation with Central and Eastern Europe where it is already financing infrastructure and other projects as part of a wider bid to increase global influence.
BARRON, Wis. (AP) — Police say a girl resembling a missing, endangered Wisconsin teen has been spotted at a gas station in Florida.
PRINCETON, Ind. (AP) — Officials say a buckled stretch of track is believed to have caused a fiery freight train derailment in southwestern Indiana that belched black smoke into the sky and forced the evacuation of nearby homes.
Lottery players will have a chance at winning an estimated $654 million jackpot in the Mega Millions drawing Tuesday night, which would be the fourth-largest prize in U.S. history.
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese maker of rabies vaccine was fined 9.1 billion yuan ($1.3 billion) on Tuesday for falsifying production records in a scandal that prompted a nationwide crackdown on the industry.
PARIS (AP) — France's president has announced the release of a French citizen held in hostage in Yemen for more than four months.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on Britain's departure from the European Union (all times local):
PARIS (AP) — France's president says French citizen held hostage in Yemen for over 4 months has been released.
Before 1941, Iowa raised a lot of non-commodity crops. For example the Atlantic Canning Company processed sweet corn that was grown locally with the final product shipped all over the world. The following two paragraphs, taken from the Atlantic News Telegraph 1913 Industrial Section describe…
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“...if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.” -Matthew 17:20
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