(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Police Departments reports there were eight arrests from June 30th through July 17th.

On Monday (7/17), 18-year-old Tate Conyers, of Atlantic, was arrested on a Cass County warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault.

There were two arrests July 13th, in Atlantic: 25-year-old Fancisco Salazar, of West Point, NE, was arrested for Public Intoxication, and, 47-year-old Amanda Bashor, of Atlantic, was arrested for 2nd Degree Harassment.

43-year-old Jeremy Waltz, of Atlantic, was arrested July 11th, for Criminal Mischief in the 2nd Degree.

Two people were arrested by Atlantic Police on July 7th: 34-year-old Shea Young, and 47-year-old Anthony Hernandez, both of Atlantic, were arrested for Disorderly Conduct.

On July 5th, Officers arrested 27-year-old Billy Tenson, of Atlantic, for Public Intoxication. And, on June 30th, 43-year-old Theodore Hansen, of Brayton, was arrested in Atlantic, for OWI.

All subjects were booked into the Cass County Jail. The jail roster as of July 18th, indicated Bashor, Conyers, Hernandez and Waltz, remained in the Cass County Jail. The others were held until their initial court appearances, and released or held for another agency.

(Radio Iowa) – Former President Donald Trump is due in Cedar Rapids this (Tuesday) afternoon to tape a town hall forum that will air tonight on Fox News. The event will be staged at the arena in downtown Cedar Rapids that was originally known as the Five Seasons Center, now called the Alliant Energy PowerHouse. Trump held a rally there in June of 2017, but today’s taping is not a a public event and tickets are sold out. Sean Hannity is the host and the forum will air during his 8 p.m. time slot on the Fox News Channel.

Trump has not appeared in person at recent multi-candidate forums in Iowa, but Trump has indicated he’ll speak at the Iowa G-O-P’s fundraiser in Des Moines on July 28th.

(Ticket holders were told the taping will start at 3:45 p.m. and they are to be in their seats well before then. No word on how many people will be in the arena.)

(Radio Iowa)  – One person was killed in Forest City at the annual summertime rally hosted by Winnebago Industries. The company’s director of communications Dan Sullivan confirms that on Sunday evening, an attendee of their annual Camp Winnebago Rally, formerly known as the Winnebago Grand National Rally, was fatally injured in an accident.

Sullivan says they are working with local authorities as the investigation into the incident continues. He says the company’s sympathy is with the family who is mourning the loss of a loved one and they are offering their support to them. Sullivan also says they have professional grief counselors available for those attending the rally.

(Griswold, Iowa) – Members of the Griswold School District’s Board of Education met in a regular session, Monday evening. Superintendent Dave Henrichs said the board approved contracts for two new personnel.

He said the Board designated their Level 1 and Level 2 Child Abuse Investigators for the 2023-24 School Year.

Athletic Director Troy Nicklaus, Henrichs said, shared information with the Board in regard to a Athletic Trainer Services for the upcoming school year. The Board elected to continue with the service as presented. The Griswold School Board also had a lengthy discussion with regard to a proposed four-day school week.

No decision has been made on whether or not the District will transition to a four-day calendar, but even if they do, eventually agree to the change, it won’t take effect until the 2024-25 School Year. I other news, the Griswold Board decided to: retain Dan Rold as Business Manager/Treasurer; Hannah Bierbaum as Board Secretary, and Matt Hansen, as the District’s Attorney.

The Board approved bids for Bakery products (Bimbo Bakery), trash removal (Laverty Sanitation), dairy products (Anderson-Erickson), snow removal (Landon Preston) and Warewash (Ross Chemical). Each are current providers of those respective services. They also approved Middle School/High School Principal Stephanie Brady as the Affirmative Action Coordinator. And, the Board acted on passing the first reading of numerous Board Policies that resulted from a large number of Iowa legislative law changes during the past session.

Superintendent Henrichs says “For the most part, we have all the critical [staff] positions filled, which is great…we’re in a lot better shape than we were a few weeks ago,” and that they are getting closer to starting the school year on August 23rd.

(Adair, Iowa) – The Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center (ACGC) School Board will meet 7-p.m. Wednesday (July 19), in the AC/GC Junior High Media Center. Their regular session will be preceded by a Public Hearing with regard to the High School Bleacher Project at Adair-Casey. In other business, the Board will act on the resignation of Denice Crawley/Food Service & Transportation, and act on approving contract recommendations for the following:

• Christina Wilson – HS Building Secretary
• Ron Lower and Bill Messinger – Part-time Industrial Tech Teachers
• Sarah McKibben – Elementary Kitchen and Preschool 1:1 Associate, and,
• Kayla Froehle – Preschool Associate.

The AC/GC School Board will act on approving their IASB Legislative Priorities, a 28-E agreement (as presented and discussed in the June Board meeting), setting their 2023-24 School Year meeting time and location, and acting on the sale of equipment at Adair-Casey. The Board will also consider, and act on FFA Program Activities, as well as a recommendation from Mr. Lensch, to allow the Senior Class of 2024 to travel to Washington, D-C, in the Spring of 2024, for the Senior Class Trip.