(Red Oak, Iowa) – Two men were arrested in Red Oak, Sunday, following a fight. Authorities say officers responded to the incident in the 400 block of East Nuckols Street. Following an investigation, 38-year-old Miguel Angel Lopez, of Red Oak, and 42-year-old Corey Michael Erickson, of Shenandoah, were taken into custody for Disorderly Conduct and Interference with Official Acts.

Both men were being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $300 bond, each.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman, late last week, said those voters wishing to complete an absentee ballot request form for the November 2nd City and School elections, may now file request forms with the Cass County Auditor’s Office.

Sunderman says “Due to recent legislation, the period to request absentee ballots has gone from 120 days to 70 days. The new legislation also has shortened the number of days that the Auditor’s Office may have ballots available for absentee voting. Voters now have 20 days to vote absentee either by mail or in-person rather than 29 days.

Voters wishing to receive a ballot by mail for the City/School Election will need to complete an absentee ballot request form and return it to the Cass County Auditor’s Office, 5 W 7th St., Atlantic, IA, before 5 p.m. October 18. In-person early voting in the Auditor’s Office will start October 13.

Absentee ballot request forms are on the Cass County website – Auditor’s page or call the Cass County Auditor’s Office at 712-243-4570.”

Anyone with  questions concerning this upcoming, or other elections, can contact the office of Cass County Auditor/Election Commissioner Dale Sunderman (Phone: 712-243-4570; Email: auditor@casscoia.us)

The address for the Cass County Auditor / Election Commissioner is:

CASS COUNTY AUDITOR, COURTHOUSE, 5 W 7TH ST, ATLANTIC, IOWA 50022 (Phone:712-243-4570;   Email: auditor@casscoia.us)

NOTE: This is a COUNTY-WIDE election.  Every eligible voter in Cass County is eligible to vote in this election.  City residents will vote for both city and school candidates, and rural residents will vote for school candidates only.

 THE VOTING CENTERS BEING USED FOR THIS ELECTION WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:

Atlantic 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Wards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Cass County Community Center (805 W 10th-main entrance)

Atlantic 4th and 5th Wards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cass County Community Center (805 W 10th-south entrance)

City of Anita/ Grant, Lincoln Twp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Anita Community Center (805 Main St)

City of Cumberland/ Edna and Union Twp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cumberland Community Bldg. (200 W 2nd)

City of Griswold/ Noble and Pleasant Twp  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Griswold Community Bldg. (601 2nd St)

City of Lewis/ Bear Grove, Cass Twp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   Lewis Public Library (412 W. Main St, Lewis)

City of Marne/ Brighton, Grove, Pymosa, Washington Twp. .     Cass County Community Center (805 W 10th-main entrance)

(Radio Iowa) – This is the week Iowans will find out if the first plan for redrawing the boundaries for congressional and legislative districts will become law for the next decade. The legislature is scheduled to meet Tuesday to vote on Plan 1.
Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver says Republican senators first will meet privately to review the maps.

“We’re going to talk through what we want to do as a team and then we’ll go from there,” Whitver says. “A number of our members have expressed concerns with the map. Other members have seen positive aspects of the map, but until we get together Tuesday, we won’t have a final decision.”

House Speaker Pat Grassley has said House Republicans have been reviewing the maps, but he’s also giving no indication of how Republicans view the new district boundaries. The 40 Democrats in the House are led by House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst. She announced before the new maps were released that she’d vote for the redistricting plan.

“A map that’s drawn using Iowa ‘gold standard’ redistricting process is a fair map and that’s one that’s good for Iowa,” Konfrst says. “It’s the most important thing — not to consider politics, but to consider fairness when we’re making this really important, once-a-decade decision.”

Konfrst made her comments this weekend on the “Iowa Press” program on Iowa P-B-S. If the legislature approved the new boundaries for all 150 legislative districts and the four congressional districts, those maps will be in effect for the 2022 election. If the legislature rejects those maps this week, the non-partisan Legislative Services Agency has 35 days to deliver a second redistricting plan to legislators.