Authorities in Cass County are asking for your help in identifying the person or persons responsible for dispersing nails on a county road. The Sheriff’s Department says numerous one-inch roofing nails were thrown on Galveston Road west of Atlantic, some time after October 27^th.  The nails appeared on the road for a two-mile stretch, west of Highland Road/County Road G-30. The result was dozens of tires were rendered flat or ruined.

The Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone with information about the crime to call Cass County Crime Stoppers at 800-233-3336 or the Sheriff’s Office at 712-243-2204 with the information. Callers can remain anonymous. A $1000 reward is being offered to anyone that provides a tip leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors Wednesday, are expected to act on a handful of matters to come before them. One is approval of a flow-through application for a Multi-Family New Construction Project in Woodbine, whereby Cass County is the Local Government Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery Recipient.

Other action items include approval of an office equipment item for the County Recorder’s Office, and revisions to the County’s burial and cell phone policies. During their meeting last week, the Board opted to take under consideration, proposals for changing the County’s Indigent Burial Policy. The proposals included: adding a cremation alternative with a maximum contribution by the County of $1,500; Changing the maximum payable amount for a burial to $2,000; and, setting the maximum costs for a grave opening, at $550.

The Supervisor’s meeting begins at 9-a.m., in their board room at the Cass County Courthouse in Atlantic.

The Adair County Board of Supervisors are expected to set the date for a public hearing on a Fiscal Year 2012 Budget amendment during their meeting Wednesday morning, in Greenfield. Other business during the session, which begins at 9-a.m., includes: discussion with regard to the County’s roads and jail/public safety center; appointments to the County’s Veteran’s Affairs Commission; the 2011 Annual Weed Report; and, talks with Auditor Mindy Schaefer, with regard to a 12-month wage increase, and HAVA Election Equipment Annual Certification.

The meeting takes place in the Adair County Board Room, at the courthouse in Greenfield.

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