The Iowa Public Information Board has dismissed a complaint made by Jeff Lundquist, the publisher of the Atlantic News Telegraph, against the Atlantic Community School District, which was subsequently withdrawn. The Daily NonPariel reports the Telegraph had challenged the timeliness of information being released by the Atlantic Community School District. Lundquist said previously the paper was not receiving information until hours before public meetings, and the school district said it would address the complaint’s concerns.

The IPIB said also, it will continue to study a complaint made from Red Oak into what legally constitutes an “advisory body” and whether current guidance is conflicting. Charlie Smithson, executive director of the IPIB, asked to defer a compliant by Margaret Stoldorf against the Red Oak Community School District until the board’s May meeting. He said a bill before the General Assembly could still be acted on that would determine how the law applied to the complaint.