The AC/GC Community School District will hold their regular board meeting on Wednesday, August 16th at 7:00 p.m. in the high school media center.

On their agenda is a review of financial reports, consideration of three incoming open enrollment requests, and discussion of a revenue purpose statement. The board is also set to consider a contract recommendation for Julie Tallman in Food Service. They will also talk about important upcoming dates including the first day of school on August 23rd. They will also have a number of action items including the first reading of Iowa Association of School Boards policies on board member social media engagement and 2023 legislative updates.

Full agenda here: 8/16/2023, 7:00 PM-Guthrie Center CSD August 2023 Regular Board Meeting

The Creston Police Department reports an arrest on Monday afternoon. At 3:29 p.m. Officers arrested 36-year-old Brandon Hurshel Whitfield of Creston at a bar in Creston. Whitfield was charged with Possession of Cannibidoil 2nd Offense, Contempt-Violation of No Contact/Protective Order, and Interference with Official Acts.

Whitfield was booked in to the Union County Jail and held on no bond.

(Radio Iowa-Sheila Brummer) The U-S-S Sioux City was decommissioned by the Navy during a ceremony Monday at a naval base in Florida. Sioux City Mayor Bob Scott recalls one of his most memorable days in office was the commissioning ceremony of the littoral combat ship in November of 2018. Scott estimates around one-and-a-half million dollars was spent on the celebration and scholarship program for the crew, with a large portion coming from Sioux City and surrounding areas. He says he thinks it’s a joke.

Scott says not only did the Navy waste 350 million dollars on a ship quickly pulled out of service, they won’t disclose why his community was allowed to invest monetarily and emotionally in the U-S-S Sioux City.

Scott says the Navy fleeced not only his community but all taxpayers.

Scott says the Navy has yet to respond to his concerns. A Navy spokesperson says no one was available for comment. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst , a Republican from Red Oak, serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee and said last month that the Navy knew this was going to happen as they did not want to build the ships. Ernst said the ships cost 50 million dollars a year to maintain, and some of the 13 ships in the class have develop cracks in their hulls, so no one wants them.

(Radio Iowa) Many Iowans are caught up in enjoying the last weeks of summer with vacations and yard projects, and giving blood isn’t exactly top of mind. Sue Thesenga, spokeswoman for the American Red Cross, says this summertime lull is causing a critical shortfall in blood supplies and she’s putting out an appeal for donors.

There are multiple locations in Iowa where you can donate blood and Thesenga says it’s easy to find one.

Thesenga says the need is constant, as every two seconds in the United States someone needs blood.