The annual meeting of the Cass County Tourism Committee is set to take place 5:30-p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11th, in Atlantic. The event (originally set to be held in the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce’ meeting room), will instead be held at the American Legion Memorial Building, in Atlantic (The Armory at 2nd & Poplar).

The Cass County Tourism Council’s purpose is to promote area attractions, and to continually develop and market the culture, history and economic well-being of Cass County, Iowa. The 2018 Economic Impact Assessment of Travel in Iowa reports that domestic travelers generated a total of $517,500,000 in tax receipts in Iowa. Cass County’s piece of the pie came to $1.9 million in state tax receipts and $210,000 in local tax receipts. Domestic travel directly supports the payroll of food service, entertainment and recreation and lodging sectors.

Sheriff’s deputies in Page County, Saturday, investigated a complaint of Juveniles gathering at 1905 P Avenue in rural Page County using illegal substances. During the investigation six  male juveniles – ranging in age from 13 to 17 – were charged with drug offenses.

All were charged with Gatherings where controlled substances unlawfully used – Marijuana (serious misdemeanors), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia (simple misdemeanor), and Possession of a controlled substance – Marijuana (serious misdemeanor). All were referred to Juvenile court and released to parents, guardians, or designated adults by parents consent.

The incident is still under investigation with charges possible on other individuals.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Bernie Sanders’ and Pete Buttigieg’s presidential campaigns have filed requests for a partial recanvass of the results of Iowa’s Democratic caucuses. In its Monday filing, the Sanders campaign cited “mathematical errors and inconsistencies” in more than two dozen caucus locations that it says would change the results if amended. The Iowa Democratic Party says the Buttigieg campaign requested a check on results in 66 precincts.

Current results show Buttigieg with a razor-thin lead over Sanders in state delegate equivalents, and the party has awarded Buttigieg 14 delegates to Sanders’ 12. But the Sanders campaign believes correcting faulty math could swing the delegate allocation in Sanders’ favor.

(By The Associated Press) – On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, there is still no winner of last week’s Iowa caucuses. Final results of the Democratic caucus were released late Sunday, after the Iowa Democratic Party made a series of corrections to its tally. But Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign exercised its right Monday to ask the state party to take another look at its math. Amid the delays in getting the data and after observing irregularities in the results once they did arrive, The Associated Press says it cannot declare a winner in the first event to decide the Democratic Party’s nominee to challenge President Donald Trump.

CLIVE, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa governor and U.S. agriculture secretary has claimed a $150,000 Powerball prize. Tom Vilsack picked up winnings Monday at the Iowa Lottery’s headquarters in Clive. His ticket matched the Jan. 22nd Powerball number, and four of the remaining five numbers. He just missed out on the estimated $347 million jackpot.

He bought the ticket at a grocery store in Waukee, where he and his wife live. Vilsack is currently the president and CEO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council. He told lottery officials his church and his children will share in his winnings.