Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst (from Red Oak) will make stops in Adams and Shelby Counties this week, as part of her “99 County Tour.”  Her first event is a 10:30-a.m. Town Hall meeting in Adams County, at the Corning Community Center (601 6th St., Corning). Ernst will hear from and discuss with her constituents, matters of importance to them. The event is open to the public.

Her stop in Shelby County, at the Exira-EHK High School, is NOT open to the public. The Senator will visit “Kids in the Village,” a child care center, to tour the facility and meet with their leadership team.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Iowa 3rd District Democrat Representative Cindy Axne will hold a “Connect with your Congresswoman” town hall event in Atlantic, Wednesday (Feb. 23rd). The event takes place at the Atlantic Public Library, beginning at 5:15-p.m.

Axne will be available to answer questions about her work in Washington and discuss issues or concerns facing constituents. Attendees are asked to wear a face mask to slow the spread of COVID-19 variants.

At least two area school district boards of education will hold their regular monthly meetings, Monday evening (Feb. 21st). In Griswold, the School Board meeting gets underway at 5:30-p.m. in the Conference Room at the High School. New Business on their agenda includes (but is not limited to…), considering and possible approval of:

• Auditor bids for Fiscal Years 2023,2024, & 2025 (Decision Required [D.R.])
• E-Rate Application [D.R.]
• Chemical Application, Middle School Gym, and Baseball Field Maintenance bids. [D.R.]
• Mowing Specifications [D.R.]
• An adjustment to Substitute Pay (Information only, or [D.R.])

The Griswold School Board will then consider/act on entering into a Closed Session for strategy negotiations with the Certified Bargaining Unit.

In Audubon, the District School Board meets at 7-p.m., Monday, in the High School Board Room. Action items on their agenda include:

• Naming the Audubon Education Association as the Official Bargaining Unit for Teachers.
• Setting the time and dates for: Public Bargaining Meeting (Board opening proposal), & a hearing on the School Calendar.
• The Board will also act on approving an agreement with Advantage Administrators, re: Early Retirement HRA.
• Act on approving the second reading of policies (105, 200.1, 210.8, 212, 212.1, 401.4, 502.4 & 606.6)
• Rescinding Policy 307,
• and they will act on any Personnel matters to come before the Board (Resignations, Contracts, etc.)

The Audubon School Board is expected to receive an Open Bargaining Proposal from the Audubon Education Association, prior to hearing regular monthly reports from the Superintendent, Principals and with regard to Transportation.

(Shenandoah, Iowa) — Police responding to an altercation early Saturday morning, in Shenandoah, arrested a woman on a assault charge. Shenandoah Police Department were called to the 1100 block of West Lowell at around 6-a.m., and upon further investigation, officers arrested 26-year old Taylor Dawn Fleming, of Shenandoah, for Domestic Assault/1st offense.

Fleming was transported to the Page County Jail and was being held without bond.