CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – A 37-year-old man has been arrested, accused of kidnapping his daughter in eastern Iowa and causing an Amber Alert to be issued.

Sean Shannon

Officials say Sean Shannon was arrested just before 11:30 a.m. Sunday in Cedar Rapids. Online records say Shannon remains in Benton County Jail, awaiting court action on a kidnapping charge.
He’s accused of abducting his 11-year-old daughter, Kiley, from her Shellsburg home on Thursday night. Authorities say he punched Kiley’s 15-year-old half brother at the home as he took the girl.

Kiley Seane Shannon

Authorities say Kiley was released without injury in Cedar Rapids less than an hour after the Amber Alert was issued on Friday evening. Authorities say Shannon doesn’t have parental rights to his daughter.

Members of the Elk Horn-Kimballton Board of Education will meet this evening in the Family and Consumer Science Room, at the High School in Elk Horn. During the 7-p.m. session, under the Consent Agenda, the Board will act on approving contracts with: Tony Santiseban, Junior High Boys Basketball/Assistant High School Basketball Coach, and Kelly Juhl, Assistant High School Girls Basketball Coach. They will also act on appointing a School Board lawyer, and Secretary/Treasurer as well as Business Manager.

Under “New Business,” the EHK Board will discuss and likely act on approving: contracts with HTS, Midwest Lock and Security, and Southwestern Community College; a bid for an I-T Room heat pump; and the high school and teacher handbooks.

Prior to adjourning for the evening, the Board will enter into a closed session per Iowa Code, to “Evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose hiring is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation.”

Afterward, they will return from the closed session to discuss and act on Superintendent Dean Schnoes’ contract.

The Griswold School Board has a full slate of decisions to make this evening, during a regular meeting in the Central Office Board Room at the Middle School/High School building. During the “New Business” portion of  the 5:30-p.m. session, the board will act on approving: A high school boiler system, locker room, and bathroom remodel; A proposal from Massena Telephone Company; 2013-2014 Senior Meals; Bakery, Dairy, Snow Removal and Trash bids. The Board will also make a decision with regard to a School Resource Officer (SRO).

In addition, they are scheduled to appoint a Board Secretary, Business Manager, and School Attorney, as well as designate the Bank Depository and limits. Following other business, the Griswold School Board will enter into the closed session, to evaluate the performance of Superintendent Dana Kunze, and talk with him about his goals for the upcoming school year.

The CAM School District’s Board of Education is scheduled to meet at 7-p.m.  During their regular session in the CAM High School Media Center, the Board will discuss and possibly take action on matters pertaining to: The Multi-Purpose building; On-line Academy open enrollment applications; the Superintendent’s and other contracts; any resignations; Milk and Lunch bids, and SIAC recommendations. They are also expected to set the 2013-2014 school lunch price, and fees.

OTO, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say a 23-year-old Ida County man has drowned in an accident on the Little Sioux River near Oto in western Iowa. Woodbury County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Bauerly says the man was with three friends when he fell into the swift-flowing river about 10:30 a.m. Sunday.   One of the friends jumped in to help but was unable to get him out of the river.
The man’s body was recovered a little before 2 p.m., about 30 yards from where he’d fallen in. His name hasn’t been released yet.