Stories from Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Nancy Adkins, 68, of Marshall, died Monday, Jan. 15, 2007, at Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall. Arrangements are pending at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

It seemed that whenever a big play was needed, somebody made it Monday for the Missouri Valley College men's basketball team. The Vikings rallied from a double-digit first-half deficit to defeat 13th-ranked Benedictine, 78-73, in a Heart of America Conference home game postponed from Saturday due to wintry weather. It was the third win by Valley this season over a NAIA top-25 foe...

For most of the season, senior Mandy Wurm has been a valuable player off the bench for the Missouri Valley College women's basketball team. On Monday, the 5-foot-10 forward from Maple Lake, Minn., was given a rare start -- and rewarded head coach Keith Lindahl with a season-high 11 points during the Lady Vikings' 68-61 Heart of America Conference home victory over 25th-ranked Benedictine. It was Wurm's third straight double-digit scoring performance...

County budget hearing scheduled Wednesday Saline County Presiding Commissioner Becky Plattner announced Tuesday, Jan. 16, that a budget hearing will be held at 9:05 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at the Saline County Commission chambers at the courthouse...

Marshall and the surrounding areas continue to battle the aftereffects of the winter storms that dumped ice and snow in the area and over much of the Midwest this weekend. On Tuesday morning, Jan. 16, the precipitation had ended but bitterly cold temperatures remained. An overnight low of one degree Fahrenheit was reported in Marshall and at mid-morning on Tuesday temperatures remained in the single digits...

When Bob Kueck introduced Marshall Mayor Connie Latimer at the Rotary Club meeting Thursday, Jan. 10, he said she had been invited to deliver a "state of the city" address. And the state of the city, according to Latimer: Busy. "We've seen quite a few strides forward in the last four years," she said...