(Audubon, Iowa) – The Audubon School Board will gather in the High School Board Room Monday (Dec. 20), beginning at 6:40-p.m. for a Work Session. Their regular meeting will follow, beginning at 7-p.m.  Among the action items on their agenda, is:

• A review, along with the first and final reading of Polices 506.1 & 502.8.
• Approval of Early Retirement applications.
• Approving an increase in Teacher Substitute pay.
• Possible action on approving a Full-Time Elementary School Counselor
• and, other Personnel matters.

In his report to the Audubon School Board, Superintendent Eric Trager will discuss a Head Start Mask Mandate, and the Federal Vaccine Mandate, among other matters.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The City of Atlantic’s Parks and Recreation Department Board of Directors will meet 5:15-p.m. Monday, Dec. 20th, at the Parks & Rec Office in Sunnyside Park. Among the action items and/or new business on their agenda, is:

• Discussion with regard to a new Assistant Parks & Rec Director
• An upcoming Aquatics Steering Committee meeting
• A job description for the Sunnyside Pool Manager’s position
• A possible wage increase for Summer help
• and the Lions Club Pancake Supper

In his report to the Board, Parks and Rec Director Bryant Rasmussen is expected to discuss:

• The status of the Ice Rink
• Winter Recreation Fun
• Trails that are marked
• The Candy Cane HUnt
• Rip-rap at East Ridge
• The Lighted Parade
• The more than 20 Rec Programs that were held in 2021, and,
• The Sunnyside Pool Umbrella’s have arrived for use next Summer.

(Corning, Iowa) — The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports three arrests from over the past two weeks. Friday evening (Dec. 10), 36-year-old Ryan Pullen was arrested on a valid Adams County warrant for Failure to Appear (in court). His bond was set at $1,000.  Also arrested on Friday, was 66-year-old Steven Mullen, for OWI/2nd offense. His arrest was the result of an investigation into a rollover accident near the intersection of Highway 148 & 200th Street. Mullen’s bond was set at $2,000.

And on Dec. 5th, Adams County Deputies arrested 23-year old Kimberly Granados, of Osceola, for OWI 1^st Offense. Her arrest followed a traffic stop at 230^th and Sycamore Avenue. Granados was being held without bond in the Adams County Jail.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A traffic stop at around 11:15-p.m. Saturday, north of Red Oak, resulted in the arrest of a man from Council Bluffs. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 54-year-old David Michael Benkis was arrested on a Felony warrant out of Omaha, for Possession of a Dangerous Drug. Benkis was transported to the Montgomery County Jail. While at the jail, Deputies discovered Benkis was hiding a controlled substance (Methamphetamine) in his pants.

He was booked into the jail for bringing contraband into a correctional facility – A Class D Felony. Benkis remained in the jail while awaiting extradition to Omaha on his warrant.