(Arispe, Iowa) – A single-vehicle accident southeast of Arispe, Sunday evening, resulted in possible/unknown injuries to the driver of a 2018 Dodge Charger. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, 20-year-old Levi Joshua Henry, of Ellston, was traveling east on 270th Street at around 7:16-p.m., when a deer came out of the north ditch and entered the roadway.

Henry attempted to swerve for the deer, causing the car to enter the north ditch. While in the ditch, Henry said his foot apparently got stuck on the gas pedal. The car exited the ditch and went across Redwood Avenue and into the east ditch, where it hit a utility pole and a barbed wire fence. The pole sustained no significant damage, but damage to the fence – owned by David Cheers, of Afton, was estimated at $250.

When it struck the pole and fence, the Charger’s airbags deployed. Henry complained of pain in his ankle/foot. He was checked out by medics but not transported to the hospital. Damage to the car was estimated at $12,000. It was a total loss.

The Griswold, Exira-EHK and Audubon School Boards are set to hold separate, regular meetings, Monday evening.

The Griswold School Board meeting gets underway at 5:30-p.m. Here’s what’s on their agenda under New Business:

8. SBRC Application For Increasing Enrollment, Open Enrollment, Out And LEP Instruction Beyond Five Year (D.R.)

9. Approval Of Budget Guarantee Resolution (D.R.)

10. Consider Approval Of 2023-2024 Corner Conference Agreement (D.R.)

11. Consider Establishing A Joint Board Meeting With The Lenox CSD (D.R.)

12. Consider Approval Of Noble Initiative Easement (D.R.)

13. Board Policies – First Reading (I) – 507.9, 507.9R1, 508.1, 508.2

14. Consider Resolution To Maintain Current Director Districts (D.R.)

15. Discussion On Facilities Walk Through (I)

In Elk Horn the Exira-EHK School Board meeting begins in the Exira-EHK Conference Room, at 6-p.m. Their session begins with a Public Hearing on Transferring funds from the Home School to Flex Fund. “This hearing is on a resolution to expend funds from district’s Flexibility Account for any general fund purpose. These funds, in the amount of $80,000.00, were unexpended and unobligated from Home School Assistance Program.”

Action items include but are not limited to: The election of a Board President and Vice President; Establishing meeting date, time and location; the purchase of a school bus; the resignation of long-time Football Coach Tom Petersen, and Human Resources/Administration Assistant, Dara Svendsen, and action on hiring Paige Gaskill as Asst. Girls Basketball Coach, and Jennie Irlbeck as Shared District Administrative Asst.

And, in Audubon, the School Board will Elect new officers (President & V.P.), and act on the following:

5.0 ACTION ITEMS

5.01 Appoint Ahlers-Cooney as Legal Counsel for the Board

5.02 Appoint the Audubon County Advocate Journal as Paper of General Circulation

5.03 Appoint Carla Christensen as Board Secretary/Treasurer

5.04 Appointment of Committee Members

5.05 Approve Policy Review – 800 Series

5.06 SBRC MSA Request – Open Enroll Out Students

5.07 SBRC MSA Request – Support for Limited English Proficient Students Beyond 5 Years

5.08 Approve Local Government Risk Pool Renewal for FY24

5.09 Approve Resolution to Continue Participation in the Instructional Support Program

5.10 Approve Change Orders for Building Project

5.11 Approve Auditorium Ceiling Replacement Project

5.12 Personnel

6.0 Communication & Updates

6.01 School Board Convention Review

6.02 Building Project Update

6.03 Financial Trend Data

6.04 Principal’s Reports

(Bedford, Iowa) – An arrest was made Sunday in connection with a house fire that seriously injured a woman from Bedford. According to the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, the fire occurred at 1871 Orange Avenue, in Bedford. The incident was discovered at around 2:46-a.m.  A woman living in the residence was able to escape, but suffered serious injuries. She was treated by Taylor County EMS before being flown to a burn center for treatment.

Sheriff’s Deputies began an investigation into the origin of the fire, which led to the belief that it was caused by an act or arson.  As a result of their investigation, 68-year-old Ellis Houk, of Kellerton, was arrested on a charge of Arson in the 1st Degree. Additional charges are pending. Houk was located and is being held in Texas, awaiting extradition to Taylor County on a no bond warrant.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office thanks the following agencies for their assistance: Sharpsburg, Gravity, Bedford and New Market Fire Departments; Taylor County EMS (Bedford and Lenox); Air Evac; and the Adams and Ringgold County Sheriff’s Offices.

*All persons charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.