The Danish Villages Improvement Organization is looking into ways to help residents get easier access to groceries in their communities. The organization will be hosting a meeting on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. at the Kimballton Town Hall to discuss the possibility of adding a grocery locker system in the area. Theo Ramsey of Ramsey’s Market/Fresh out of the Box will be speaking at the meeting about their system. DVIO member Klare Chapman said the system works as a day ahead order grocery drop-off solution.

Shelby and Walnut currently have the Fresh out of the Box systems in place and Chapman said they won’t need a large footprint to make it happen in the Danish Villages.

Theo and Bonnie Ramsey currently operate grocery stores in Manning and Lenox and have used this concept to branch out and serve other communities in the region. Chapman said they are trying to figure out the best way to serve their small communities of Elk Horn and Kimballton.

She said they really need to hear what everyone thinks of this possible solution.

Again that meeting is at 7:00 p.m. tonight at the Kimballton Town Hall. You can listen to a full interview with Chapman that aired on KJAN’s Heartbeat Today show on our podcast page.

The CAM School Board met on Tuesday night at the Superintendent’s Office in Anita to discuss the facility committee’s recommendations to upgrade the district’s buildings. The Board voted 4-1 to accept the committee’s recommendation to upgrade facilities in Anita and Massena to house Pre K – 6th grade students at Massena and 7th-12th grade students at Anita.

A large crowd attended the meeting and shared concerns about the options that have been presented. The recommendation followed a recent straw poll last month that narrowed options to two choices; the one voted on and the other which was to realign elementary facilities at both Anita and Massena and all 7th-12th grade students at Anita.

School Board members Gary Dinkla, Julie Williamson, Nick Kaufman, and Mike Plagman voted for the recommendation. Chuck Kinzie was the lone nay vote.

CAM District patrons will vote on the plan on November 2nd and must receive 60-percent approval to pass.

(Radio Iowa) The faculty union at the University of Northern Iowa has filed a workplace safety complaint against the Regents with the U-S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Faculty union vice president Chris Martin, says the lack of mandates is creating an unsafe workplace.

Martin says voluntary mask-wearing is not enough.

Martin says. Faculty and staff say they’re particularly concerned about COVID risks for those with children under 12 and those with medical vulnerabilities.

(Radio Iowa) Students have started moving back to campus at Iowa State University in Ames. Provost Jonathan Wickert, says the fall semester will see things get back to more normal operation after changes for the pandemic.

Wickert says they will have mostly in-person classes, with some online and hybrid classes as well.

Wickert says they in a way have two incoming first-year classes.

He says those second-year students will be getting a more full look at what is like to be on campus and have in-person classes. The Board of Regents says masks aren’t required this year — but Wickert says they are strongly encouraged indoors. The same goes for vaccinations. Wickert says the faculty have been provided standard statements on masks and vaccination they can cut and paste into their class materials.

Wickert says they have received some petitions from students and faculty asking the school to request that the Board of Regents require masks.

Wickert says. ISU residence hall officials say they’ve had a big demand for people wanting to live on campus and they have opened up another dorm to accommodate them.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office has released details on some arrests in the past week.

On August 15th three arrests were made. 51-year-old Michael Sam Prine was arrested following a traffic stop on an outstanding warrant for Probation Violation. 28-year-old Kathryn Naomi White was arrested following a traffic stop for Driving While License Suspended or Revoked. 41-year-old Anthony Lee Nielsen was arrested following a traffic stop also for Driving While License Suspended or Revoked.

On August 14th Deputies responded to a call in the 34000 block of Highway 92 for a disturbance. 38-year-old Becky June Sulley was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault 1st Offense Causing Bodily Injury and Criminal Mischief 3rd Degree.

On August 13th Deputies clock a man traveling 110mph in a 70mph zone on I-29. A traffic stop was conducted at the 59 mile maker and the driver 23-year-old Eduardo Ordaz was arrested for OWI 1st Offense and Reckless Driving.

On August 11th Deputies were call to a disabled vehicle near 23579 Highway 6. Upon arrival Deputies discovered that the plates on the vehicle were stolen. The driver, 36-year-old Jayme Antoinette Lauridsen was arrested for Theft 2nd Degree-Possession of Stolen Property, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Absence from Custody.