(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Meyer & Gross Real Estate & Roland Funeral Home, is hosting a Drive-In Movie experience, on Saturday, October 1st. Kelsey Beschorner, Programs Director at the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce says “Drive-In Movie Night has become an annual tradition that I look forward to every year. We are excited to bring a football themed movie to the big screen this fall. “The Drive-In is a fun, nostalgic experience for community members and those in the surrounding area to enjoy. This also gives us the opportunity to show off our town and encourage people to shop and eat before coming to the movie.”

The Drive-In Movie will be at the Atlantic High School parking lot beginning around 8:30 PM with a showing of “Remember the Titans”. Cars may begin parking at 7 PM. The screen is 60 feet long with a high definition projector. Speakers will be available next to the screen for people to utilize. A transmitter will be provided for those enjoying the movie from their car. Attendees will turn their radio to a certain station and the transmitter will play the audio through their car speakers. 

Entry is $20 per vehicle and tickets can be purchased at www.atlanticiowa.com or day-of at the gate. People are welcome to bring lawn chairs and blankets to sit on. Concessions will be available for purchase by Atlas Atlantic Cinema.

For more information, visit www.atlanticiowa.com, call the Chamber at 712.243.3017 or email chamber@atlanticiowa.com. The Drive-In is sponsored by Meyer & Gross Real Estate, Roland Funeral Home, and the Atlantic Community Promotions Commission.

(Cass Co.) The Cass County Board of Supervisors, during their meeting Tuesday morning tabled action on two matters related to the County Auditor’s Office. First, they declined to accept the resignation of County Auditor Sara Harris. They then moved to tabled making an appointment to fill the vacant position. In April, the supervisor’s appointed Harris to fill the vacancy up to the November 8 general election. On August 31, Harris submitted her resignation.

There was talk of possibly bringing back long-time Auditor Dale Sundermen on an interim basis, but Board Chairman Steve Bair said given the current situation, it would be best not to fill the position in the interim, at this time. Supervisor Steve Green said he spoke with Kathy Somers about stepping-in part-time to handle paperwork if needed, but there are legal details that would need to be worked out before that can be given full consideration. Somers was nominated during the County Republican Convention, as their choice for Auditor. Her name will appear on the November 8^th ballot.

The Cass County Supervisors, Tuesday, approved the second half payment of ARPA funds in the amount of $25,000 each, for the Wiota, Massena, Marne, Lewis, Griswold, Cumberland, and Atlantic Fire Departments. Funds had earlier been approved for the Anita Fire Department.

(Anita, Iowa) – The CAM School Board, Monday evening, acted on approving a resignation and several contracts. Superintendent Paul Croghan told KJAN, the Board approved the resignation of CAM Head Baseball Coach, Dan Daugherty.

Croghan said contracts were approved for several paraeducators.

A few of the other contracts include Derrick Nicely as Boys Wrestling Coach, Matt Lundquist as Assistant Girls Wrestling Coach, and Alan Beaty as Junior High Girls Wrestling Coach, 10 volunteer wrestling coaches were also approved, and a volunteer Cheer Coach. Croghan said they wanted to get all those coaches and volunteers in-place before the start of the Wrestling season, especially girls wrestling.

He said also the CAM School Board approved a request for movement on the pay scale for two employees.

And, they approved a technology purchase, but tabled action on adding cameras, at this time.

ESSR (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) Funds were used to pay for the new technology. The Board also approved two out-of-state field trips, and the Homecoming Highway Relay.

In other business, the CAM School Board approved an Education Service Contract with Southwestern Community College (SWCC). Mr. Croghan reminds residents it’s harvest time, so be safe while harvesting and bringing in the crop. Watch out slow-moving vehicles, and be extra cautious when dealing with clogged combine or bin augers.

(Radio Iowa) – A whistleblower and the former senior data security official at Twitter is testifying today (Tuesday) before the U-S Senate Judiciary Committee. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, who sits on the panel, says the whistleblower has revealed that the social media platform isn’t doing an adequate job of protecting users’ personal information, which Grassley says raises serious privacy concerns as well as national security issues. “According to the whistleblower, Twitter employees are able to easily access user information collected by the platform,” Grassley says. “The company has hired foreign employees who allegedly also worked on behalf of foreign governments.”

For years, members of Congress have been holding hearings about security issues as they relate to social media giants, stretching back to alleged Russian tampering with the U-S elections in 2016, but no specific bills have been passed to bring about change. “Maybe the solution to this isn’t passing some legislation,” Grassley says. “The solution to this may be to wake up the leadership of Twitter to take care of this problem themselves. They’ve got the capability of doing it.”

Grassley, a Republican, says he uses Twitter frequently to keep his constituents in Iowa informed on everything from public policy to his run-ins with deer. The 88-year-old was asked if he’s concerned about the security of his Twitter account. “No, I’m not going to stop using it,” Grassley says. “I’m going to continue to use it. Whatever personal information they get about me, I’m not going to succumb to all these things that they sell the data so you’ll buy certain products and all that. I don’t think I’ve been guilty of that at all.”

Grassley says the whistleblower says Twitter officials were aware of the security vulnerabilities but did nothing, choosing to put profits ahead of user privacy.

(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston, late Monday morning, arrested 20-year-old Myles James Koontz, of Creston. Koontz was arrested following a traffic stop, on a charge of Driving While Barred. He was later released from the Union County Jail, after posting bond.

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(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Workforce Development launched a new Business Engagement Division Monday. I-W-D director, Beth Townsend, says they’re hoping it will make it easier for employers to access state resources. “The idea is that we want to provide a one stop shop for Iowa’s employers to help meet all of their workforce needs,” she says. Townsend says the workforce system can be a little complex, and it is scattered over several different areas.

“We’ve never had anything like this in Iowa….workforce programs are scattered across a number of different agencies, and we’re trying to bring some of those to the workforce, and then the others will just help you navigate the system. But we’ve never had a business engagement team in the agency that was focused entirely upon helping businesses,” she says. She says they have had business marketing specialists in the past who have met with employers and worked with them. Townsend says they hope this is a more strategic and more concentrated effort as they head out across the state to meet with business owners.

“To introduce ourselves, if we don’t already know you, to remind you of the resources we have available to help with employers’ workforce needs, to help them navigate the workforce system in Iowa, because it can be a little complex,” according to Townsend. She says the new division will be led by administrator Tim Goodwin and deputy administrator Kathy Anderson. Both have previous business experience and come from outside the agency.

“If you’re not in the system and you’re looking at it from the outside, sometimes you have a better view of things that we could be doing to improve services,” Townsend says. “And they certainly brought that to the table.” Townsend says they will listen and adapt as they visit more businesses. “We plan to every, you know, two or three weeks in this period of time, where we’re going out meeting with employers getting back together and, and digesting the feedback that we’re getting,” she says. Townsend says they have a new customer service number for employers to call. That number is 1-833-469-2967.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Red Oak Police Department reports a woman from Red Oak was arrested this (Tuesday) morning, following a traffic stop at Highways 34/48, in Red Oak. 25-year-old Destiny Jill Anderson was taken into custody for Driving Under Suspension. Anderson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on bond amounting to $491.25.

(updated) (Clarinda, Iowa) – A hazing incident in the Clarinda School District did not result in criminal charges. KETV says the Clarinda Police Department confirmed the incident occurred Aug. 26 after a physical-education class, when two Clarinda High School students forced another student to do push-ups in a shower before urinating on him.

No staff members witnessed the incident. The student reported it to school leaders on Aug. 29 after allegedly being bullied again at lunch. The school district sent an email to parents saying consequences have been handed out for the violation of bullying and harassment. The district said that they will hand any more statements over to police.

The names of the students were not released. Authorities said any parents who feel a crime has been committed, should their file complaint with the Clarinda Police Department.

(Greenfield, Iowa) – Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater, Monday night, released his weekly report on arrests. The Sheriff says 31-year-old Hailey Elizabeth Hart, of Diagonal, was arrested at around 2:30-a.m. Saturday, for OWI/1st offense, after a Deputy in a marked patrol vehicle parked in the Orient-Macksburg School parking lot, saw an SUV fail to stop at the intersection of Division and School Streets. A subsequent traffic stop on the vehicle determined Hart’s Breath Alcohol Content measured more than .08-percent. A follow-up test for Blood Alcohol Contact (BAC) at the Sheriff’s Office determined her level of intoxication was .153-percent, or nearly twice the legal limit. Hart was cited and later released.

At around 10:44-a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8th, 28-year-old Tray D. Anderson, of Exira, was arrested in Greenfield, on an Adair County warrant for Violation of Probation. His cash or surety (c/s) bond was set at $2,000.

And, there were two separate arrests Sept. 6th, in Adair County. 54-year-old James Mut Nyang, of Omaha, was arrested by the Iowa State Patrol near mile marker 89 on Interstate 80, at around 4-p.m. on the 6th. His arrest came after a Trooper saw someone kneeling down next to the rear, driver’s side door, and reaching inside. When he pulled up behind the car to check on the status of the driver, the Trooper saw two small children standing on the back seat and an adult male searching under the driver’s seat for something.

As he made contact with the driver, the Trooper saw an open bottle of liquor in the center console cup holder, and the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from the driver – subsequently identified as Nyang. His preliminary breath test exceeded .08%. Nyang was transported to the Adair County Jail and a second test registered .209% BAC. Nyang was booked into the jail on charges that include two-counts of Child Endangerment and OWI/2nd offense. His cash or surety bond was set at $2,000.

And, at around 4:13-a.m. on Sept. 6th, 55-year-old Gregory Alan Meierotto, of Keokuk, was arrested by Police in Stuart, for Driving While Barred. His arrest followed a complaint about an SUV that was “all over the road,” westbound on I-80 from mile marker 110. A Stuart Police Officer responded and caught up with the suspect vehicle. He questioned Meierotto, who said he was very tired and falling asleep at the wheel. He also said he did not have a driver’s license, because it had been suspended. He was barred on May 24, 2022.  The man later posted a $2,000 c/s bond.

(Guthrie County, Iowa) – A rollover accident Thursday afternoon in Guthrie County, was discovered after Guthrie County Chief Deputy Jeremy Bennett – who was off-duty – overheard what he thought was a traffic collision. Bennett traveled to the area where he believed the crash to have occurred, and found a 2004 Chevy Impala in its top in the south ditch, off Wagon Road. The accident happened at around 4:50-p.m.

Chief Deputy Bennett saw the driver of the car, 65-year-old Joan L. Anderson, of Menlo, still inside the car. Bennett was able to extricate Anderson from the vehicle. She was checked out by Panora EMS crews, and determined to suffered no significant injuries.

An investigation revealed Anderson was traveling eastbound on Wagon Road, when her car exited the road to the right, entered the south ditch, and flipped onto its top. The car sustained $10,000 damage and was a total loss. No citations were issued.