Cass County Naturalist Lora Kanning reports the Cass County Conservation Board is looking for people, groups, or organizations to sign-up for a site in the Cold Springs State Park campground, to decorate (non-Scary) with Halloween decorations in preparation for the 4th Biennial “Lighted Halloween Campground.” The event takes place from 7-to 9-p.m. Oct. 29th.

Prizes will be for the top 3 voted sites, and for some special categories. The deadline for decorating a site sign-up is October 26th. The groups involved will have Saturday Oct. 29th, from Noon-on, to decorate.

The Lighted Halloween Campground will offer a great non-scary, Family Friendly, FREE drive into the night! Your help is needed to make the event a success Call the Cass County Conservation Office to get involved @712-769-2372! The event will be cancelled if there is inclement weather.

A verbal altercation in Council Bluffs this (Friday) morning resulted in a stand-off between a man and police. Authorities say the incident ended when Ronald Sully, of Council Bluffs, turned himself-in peacefully.

Police were called to the 3000 block of 13th Avenue at around 8:10-am., in reference to a verbal disturbance between neighbors over a vehicle parked in the driveway. Upon arrival, an officer made contact with Ronald Sully, who was unhappy about a neighbor’s friend parking in his driveway and wanted it moved. The officer attempted to locate the owner of the vehicle but was unsuccessful. He then advised Sully he could have it towed. However, since it was on private property, the police would not be responsible for removing it.

Once the officer left the area, Sully called 911, advised he had a gun and threatened to harm himself, the neighbor and police when they responded. Sully remained on the phone while officers positioned themselves outside. Police Negotiators established communications with Sully and the Council Bluffs Emergency Services Team was called in. At approximately 10:34 am, Sully agreed to exit the residence and turn himself into police.

No one was injured and Sully was taken into custody without further incident. No weapons were located and the vehicle was removed from the property for safe
keeping. Sully was transported to the hospital for evaluation. Charges are pending.

The Cass County Memorial Hospital’s Board of Trustees met this (Friday) afternoon, but no decision was made on offering a contract of employment to a Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Instead, the Board held a closed session to hold a CEO Employment Contract Review and Negotiations. A decision on the hiring is expected during a special meeting next week.

30 people applied for the position left vacant by the termination on June 7th of Todd Hudspeth. Former CEO Pat Markham (whom Hudspeth had succeeded following her retirement) is serving as the interim top officer for the Cass County Health System until the new CEO is in place. The field of 30 applicants was narrowed down to six finalists who went through four sets of interviews with 25 people in four individual groups representing Board Members, the Administrative Team, medical providers and Health Department directors.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines authorities have released the name of a woman whose body was found in a parked minivan. Police identified the woman as 49-year-old Angela Eubanks, who lived in Waukee.

The body was reported about 8 a.m. Thursday in the vehicle parked at Broadlawns Hospital in northern Des Moines. The van apparently had been parked there for several days. Police considered the circumstances suspicious.

Police say an autopsy found no evidence of traumatic injury and that toxicology tests are being run. Their investigation is continuing.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors met this (Friday) morning, in Atlantic. Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman reports, having received two applications for membership on the Cass County Food Policy Council, motions were made and seconded to approve the appointments of Nancy Jensen and Jake Theis, both of Atlantic, as a members to the Cass County Food Policy Council. Their terms will expires Dec. 31st, 2020.

After County Engineer Charles Bechtold reviewed current road projects, the Board approved Federal-aid Agreements for bridge projects located along Lansing, Newport and Tucson Roads, the combined costs of which amount to a little more than $1.4-million.

The Board’s next meeting isn’t until Oct. 14th.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says beginning Saturday (October 1st), letters to and from inmates held in the Cass County Jail, can no longer be dropped off or picked up at the Cass County Sheriff’s Office. All inmate correspondence will need to be sent through the U.S. Mail.

Creston Police report an arrest of an Osceola woman on Thursday. At 2:42pm officers arrested 45-year-old Carole Lynette Cooper of Osceola on the charge of shoplifting.  She was arrested at 806 Laurel Street in Creston, cited, and released.

The traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall is making a stop in Urbandale this weekend at Living History Farms.
Joy Wehmas, a member of the group “Team Welcome Home Iowa” that helped to coordinate the visit, said it was an awesome sight with so many motorcycles leading the display into the area Wednesday.  Iowans are encouraged to stop by through Sunday to see the half-scale replica wall and the educational display. There are programs held each day at 11:00 am and a military tribute concert at 3:00 pm on Saturday.  The closing ceremony will be held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon with the display closing at 3:00 pm.  It will be taken down and loaded onto trucks and taken to it’s next location.  Wehmas says it all goes by quickly but is an amazing experience.  To find out more about the exhibit and events at Living History Farm, go online to TeamWelcomeHomeIowa.com.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Opening statements are expected to be delivered Friday in the trial of a man accused of shooting a Sioux City police officer. Isaiah Mothershed has pleaded not guilty two counts of attempted murder and five counts of robbery. Authorities say Mothershed pulled a gun from a couch while his hands were handcuffed behind his back and then shot Officer Ryan Moritz in a leg while being arrested Feb. 7.

Police say that as officers struggled with Mothershed, the gun fired again, wounding Mothershed in a leg. Mothershed also is accused of several robberies and break-ins and of firing a shot at a homeowner who interrupted a break-in.

Members of the Facilities Committee of the Griswold Community School District will hold a work session on Monday, October 3 at 5:00 p.m. at the Griswold Community School District’s Middle School / High School Library for the purpose of assessing current educational facilities.