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CITY OF AUDUBON

Council Member (elect 2):

Andrew Grabill 328**

Jacob Murray 165

Rick Freimuth 78

Brandi Meyer 294 **

Katherine Beckman 101

City of Audubon Public Measure A – SHALL THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC MEASURE BE ADOPTED? Summary: To authorize a change in the use of the one percent (1%) local sales and services tax in the City of Audubon effective July 1, 2024. If the change is approved, revenues from the sales and services tax shall be allocated as follows: 0% for property tax relief; The specific purposes for which the revenues shall otherwise be expended are: 100% for construction, reconstruction, replacement, maintenance, and improvement of city streets, curbs, storm sewers and related infrastructure; and public works related expenses, including administrative expenses. CURRENT USES OF THE TAX:
Revenues from the sales and services tax are currently allocated as follows: 0% for property tax relief; 100% for street construction and repair                     YES    303**                            NO 176

CITY OF BRAYTON

Mayor (elect 1):

Gregory Gust 15

Cally Christensen 18**

Neil C. Poldberg 11

Council member (elect 3):

Steve Fister 30**

Steven L. Sykes 34**

Tanya Marshall 18

Joan B. Meese 23**

CITY OF EXIRA

City of Exira Public Measure B – SHALL THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC MEASURE BE ADOPTED? Shall the City of Exira be authorized to adopt an ordinance reducing the membership of the Library Board of Trustees from seven (7) members to five (5) members, with one member being a resident of the rural area served by the library, and all members to be appointed by the City Council.    YES      69**                 NO 6

CITY OF GRAY
Mayor – Alecia Bluml  13

City Council Member 3 positions open– no one filed  (22 write-in’s)

CITY OF KIMBALLTON

Mayor (elect 1):

Peggy Mortensen 23

Millette L. Shores 59**

City Council Member  (elect 2):

Katie Kunik 56

Tony Petersen 72**

Adam Larsen 63**

AUDUBON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Board Member At-Large (elect 3):

Derek Anthofer 258

Anne Bomstad Miller 481**

Bethany Meese-Sample 102

Mark Nissen 498**

Justin Sprague 590**

EXIRA-ELK HORN-KIMBALLTON CSD

Board Member At-Large (elect 4):

Jodee D. Dixson 168

Terri Harris 162

Matthew Jorgensen 187

46 Write-in’s

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CITY OF ADAIR

Mayor:

Joanne Byars  2**

Kim Hodne      1

City Council (elect 3):

Perry Leeper 1

Shannon Mullen Haus 1

John W. Haus, Jr.  0

Jaden David Forsyth 2**

Jade Irlmeier 2**

Renee Jensen 3**

Lee Garside 0

CITY OF BAGLEY

Mayor (Elect 1):

Glen Foresman 49**

Ruth Ann Riley 15

City Council (Elect 3):

Kyle Carmichael 49**

Emily Chapman-Olesen 35**

John (Scott) Richardson 27

Dahpne Clark 46**

City Council (To Fill a Vacancy) – (Elect 1) :

Lexee Bonus 30**

Amy L. Chapman 29

CITY OF CASEY

City Council (Elect 3)

Leland Acker 39**

Rick Blake43**

Cheinie Case 27

Bret Wedemeyer 40

CITY OF PANORA

Mayor (Elect 1):

Ryan Ketelsen 133

Curt Thornberry 145**

City Council (Elect 2):

Tom Flanery 143**

Shane Gliem 138

Mark Sheeder 167**

City Council (TFV – to fill a vacancy) – (Elect 2):

Shannon Barber 39

Roger L. Dorr 224**

Blake Michaelsen 151**

Justin Rockwell 107

PANORAMA SCHOOL DISTRICT

District 1 (Elect 1):

Heidi Clark  106**

Cale Kastner 51

District 2 (Elect 1):

Clinton  Deardorff 48**

Andrew Harrelson 16

Andrew Knorr 38

District 3 (Elect 1):

Shane Jensen 14

Deborah Westergaard 51**

GUTHRIE CENTER SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSITION

To adopt a Revenue Purpose Statement (RPS) specifying the use of revenue the district receives from the State Of Iowa SAVE (Secure an Advanced Vision for Education) fund and property tax relief.

Yes 162**

No 18

*Results are unofficial until canvassed by the Board of Supervisors  (**Winners)

All the results (including uncontested races) can be seen HERE:

CITY OF ANITA

Mayor (elect 1):

Ben Daughenbaugh                              96**

Kevin Littleton                                       57

City Council At-Large (elect 2):

Mark Harris                                         116

Cheryl Sokol                                         146**

Roger L. Huffman                               146**

CITY OF ATLANTIC

City Council Ward 3 (elect 1):

Pat McCurdy (I)                                    49

Mike McDermott                                  211**

City Council Ward 4 (elect 1):

Linda J. Hartkopf (I)                          89

Shawn Sarsfield                                   158**

CITY OF LEWIS

Mayor (elect 1):

Rick Sanny 37

Russell Hansen 80**

City Council At-Large (elect 3):

Roy O. Wheatley  53**

Betty F. Auten      48

Russell L. Miller  36

Leland M. Baxter  13

Ryan Lockwood    56**

Larry W. Perdue, Jr.   35

Donna Roberts  82**

ATLANTIC COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Director At-Large (elect 3)

Kristen Holoday                       386

Gini Jordan                               765**

Jordan Dailey                           257

Jodi Stowater-Goodrich         510**

Laura McLean (I)                     612**

DES MOINES – Today Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the signing of a disaster proclamation for Kossuth County, Iowa effective immediately through December 6, 2023. The USDA has confirmed a positive case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a game bird breeding flock there.

This proclamation allows state resources from Iowa Homeland Security, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, and other agencies to assist with tracking and monitoring, rapid detection, containment, disposal, and disinfection. The proclamation also waives regulatory provisions related to commercial vehicles responding to affected sites.

The recent HPAI detections in birds do not present an immediate public health concern, and it remains safe to eat poultry products. If producers suspect signs of HPAI in their flocks, they should contact their veterinarian immediately.

(Sac City, Iowa) – Officials with the Sac County Attorney’s Office report a man from Lytton was sentenced Monday to four consecutive 10-year prison sentences, after being convicted on four Class-C felony counts of Lascivious Acts with a Minor. According to the report, the victim of Antonio Pharms was under the age of 14 when the offenses were committed.

Pharms was ordered by District Court Judge Derek Johnson, to immediately begin serving his sentences, the maximum allowed by law. He was also be placed on the Iowa Sex Offender Registry for the remainder of his life.

The crime was investigated by the Sac County Sheriff’s Office and prosecuted by Sac County Attorney Ben Smith.

Publicly accessible court file information on this and other cases, can be found HERE.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Officials with the Red Oak Police Department report the arrest at around 11-a.m. Tuesday, of  a man wanted on a Red Oak P-D warrant for 5th Degree Theft.  32-year-old Cody Robert Cunningham, of Grandview, MO., was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $300 cash bond.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – Police in Glenwood report a man from Glenwood was arrested today (Tuesday), for Possession of Marijuana/3rd offense. 58-year-old Ralph Springs was being held in the Mills County Jail on a $2,000 cash or surety bond.

DES MOINES, IA – The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports that on November 2, 2023, a Des Moines man was sentenced to 32 years in prison after pleading guilty to the crime of transportation of child pornography and two additional years for violating his term of federal supervised release.

In 2022, Adam Christopher Evans, 39, amassed an extensive collection of child sexual abuse material. Over several months, Evans stockpiled over 500 images and 69 videos depicting the sexual exploitation of children, including infants and toddlers.

In 2021, Evans was convicted in federal court of failure to register as a sex offender. He was required to register as a sex offender because of a 2011 conviction for sexual exploitation of a minor under Iowa law. Evan’s supervised release was revoked, and he was sentenced to two years consecutive to his 32-year sentence.

Following his prison term, Evans will be required to serve 10 years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.

Homeland Security Investigations and the United States Probation Office investigated this case. Assistant United States Attorney Laura M. Roan prosecuted the case.

The case was prosecuted as part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s “Project Safe Childhood” initiative, which was started in 2006 as a nationwide effort to combine law enforcement investigations and prosecutions, community action, and public awareness in order to reduce the incidence of sexual exploitation of children. For more information about Internet safety education, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc and click on the resources tab.

The Holocaust Rails exhibit at the Sioux City Railroad Museum has become a busy place for student tours. Lou Ann Linblade help create the exhibit that is a replica of the cattle cars that the Nazis used to transport European Jews to concentration camps.

The exhibit opened in the fall of 2022 and Linblade says they offer a special lesson plan to teachers based on the exhibit displays.

The exhibit was created as part of “Tolerance Week” and includes photos of Holocaust camp prisoners and video displays, along with numerous items donated by concentration camp survivors and their families.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – Sheriff’s officials in Mills County report two men were recently arrested on separate drug charges. 18-year-old Anthony Emmaunel-Dwight Vassar, of Saint Joseph, MO., was arrested at around 11:10-p.m. Monday following  a traffic stop on I-29 at mile marker 43. Vassar was charged with Possession of Controlled Substance. His bond was set at  $1,000. And, at around 3-p.m. Monday, 31-year-old Keith Allen Wise, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at 287th and 3rd Streets in Mills County, for  Possession of Controlled Substance, Domestic Abuse Assault 1st and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Wise was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail.

At around 10:37-p.m. Monday, Mills County Deputies arrested 43-year-old Renne Lynn Adams, of Hastings, for OWI/1st offense. Her bond was set at $1,000.