(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisor’s weekly meeting takes place beginning at 9-a.m. Tuesday (May 30), in their courthouse Board Room. During their session, the Board will act on approving Iowa Retail Permit Applications for Cigarette/Tobacco/Nicotine/Vapor products for: Dollar General, in Griswold, and 21st Century Co-Op, in Massena.

The Board will also discuss, and possibly act on approving, funding for the Cass County Wellness Plan, effective July 1, 2023 through Dec. 31st, 2023, due to changing health insurance plans on July 1st.

They’re expected to then receive a regular weekly report, from Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken.

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(Red Oak, Iowa) – A public hearing will be held during Tuesday’s (May 30th) regular meeting of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, with regard to a proposed (FY22-23 Budget Amendment). The Board meeting starts at 8:30-a.m., with the hearing at 8:45-a.m.   The hearing will be followed by action on approving an Appropriations Resolution for the Budget Amendment, and an Interfund Transfer for Capital Projects to the Debt Service Fund.

Following closure of the Public Hearing, and under New Business on the Board’s Agenda, the Supervisors in Montgomery County will act on approving:

• An Iowa Dept. of Transportation (IDOT) Budget Amendment for FY2023
• SWIPCO – Rural Transit System Joint Participation Agreement.
• An EBS transfer in the amount of $9,000 from the PSF Claims Account balance, to create a cushion in the IGHCP Trust bank account.
• and, they will act to approve a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) from the Dept. of Management (DOM) OCIO (Iowa Offices of the Chief Information Officer), to implement Endpoint Detection and Response Software (Crowdstrike) on county computers, servers, and other devices, which will replace Webroot, provided by Solutions.

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(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Goldstar Military Museum at Camp Dodge is open today (Monday) and providing a free breakfast to continues what has become a tradition on Memorial Day. Museum curator Mike Vogt says several other things are planned. “Throughout the day, we’ll have re-enactors in period uniforms representing different periods. We’ll have veteran volunteers in the galleries and helping with the with the event. We will have ice cream available, we’ll have a wreath laying,” he says. He says there will also be representatives of various veteran organizations there as well. Vogt says the Goldstar Museum highlights Iowan who served and the conflicts.

“We have a gallery containing a timeline of exhibits from the military on the frontier, the Dragoons, the forts of Iowa, as you walk through the into the gallery progress forward through time,” Vogt says. “A couple of years ago, we finished up an exhibit on Desert Shield, Desert Storm. 30 year old conflict already 31. And the war on terror.” Some of the exhibits are interactive. “One of our most popular exhibits is an F-16 cockpit simulator. We have it set up where you’re on the runway at the Des Moines airport and you can sit in and roar down the runway and fly over Saylorville Lake and see the Ruan Building,” he says. Vogt says it’s especially important to remember those who served on this day.

“Memorial Day is a is an observance that has its origins at the conclusion of the U-S Civil War — used to call it Decoration Day — and cemeteries north and south are decorated with flowers and wreaths honoring those dead from the Civil War. And over time that has evolved into what we know today is Memorial Day,” Vogt says. The Goldstar Military Museum is open today (Monday) until 1 p-m. Admission is free.

MASON CITY, Iowa – Mason City’s last bowling alley was engulfed in flames following a reported explosion that occurred at around 9:15-p.m., Sunday. Mystic Lanes, on the city’s east side just off Highway 122, was a total loss. There is no word on what caused the fire, and no reports of injuries. Fire departments from Clear Lake and Nora Springs responded with mutual aid to the Mason City Fire Department.

It was the second major fire in Mason City in a matter of weeks. The Kirk Apartments were destroyed by fire and displaced dozens earlier this month. Mason City previously had two bowling alleys before the Rose Bowl burned down in 2014. According to Mystic Lanes Facebook page, the bowling alley posted an update around 2 a.m. Saturday morning saying that they were closed for business and not re-opening until June 14th.

(Radio Iowa) – The population of the eastern Iowa community of Tiffin jumped 11 percent last year — making it Iowa’s fastest growing town. Tiffin is about a 15 minute drive from Iowa City. The latest estimates from the U-S Census Bureau indicate Tiffin’s population topped 58-hundred last July.

The population of the Des Moines suburb of Waukee grew 10 percent from mid-2021 to July of last year. Population growth in Des Moines was one-point-two percent. Sioux Falls, South Dakota was the only other Midwest metro that saw higher growth.

The U-S Census Bureau estimates Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Davenport, Council Bluffs and Sioux City have all lost population since the 2020 Census — while Iowa City and Ankeny saw population growth. In general, the U.S. Census found population decline in small towns in the Midwest and the overall population of the Midwest dropped one percent.