The Cass County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing during their meeting Wednesday morning in Atlantic, on a proposed Illegal Dumping Ordinance. The ordinance, if adopted after the second reading, calls for a $100 fine on the 1st offense if the items illegally dumped weighed less than 10-pounds, or up to 15-cubic feet in volume, and up to $250 for the second and subsequent offenses. The fines increase from $250 to $500 respectively, for trash that exceeds 10-pounds, or 15-cubic feet in volume. A vote on approving the 1st reading will follow the hearing. A second public hearing on the matter will take place June 20th.

ONAWA, Iowa (AP) – An Onawa man charged with shooting his boss as part of a faked burglary has been given two years of probation.  Twenty-four-year-old Bradley Chapman pleaded guilty on Monday to a firearms charge. In return, prosecutors dropped two other charges. Chapman also received a deferred judgment, which means that the crime will be removed from his record if he successfully completes the probation. Chapman was charged in the Feb. 5 shooting of 32-year old Darren Hieber, of Mapleton. Hieber is accused of having Chapman shoot him in a leg as part of their story that they’d interrupted a burglary at Hieber’s business.  Hieber has pleaded not guilty to eight charges in the case and is scheduled for trial on July 31st.