A man from California was injured during a collision on Interstate 80 westbound near Avoca, Sunday morning. The Iowa State Patrol reports 60-year old James Dolan, of Bakersfield, CA.., was driving a 2016 Freightliner semi and attempted to pass a 2015 Volvo semi that was traveling slowly in the right lane, when for reasons unknown, the Freightliner struck the Volvo semi. The accident happened at around 8:30-a.m. near mile marker 38.

Dolan’s semi came to rest up right upright in the westbound ditch. The other semi driver, 29-year old Deanthony Bradley, of Phoenix, AZ, was not injured. His semi stopped on the westbound shoulder.

Dolan was transported by Lifenet helicopter to Nebraska Medicine in Omaha, for Treatment. The accident caused severe damage to the passenger side of the Freightliner and the rear, driver’s side of the Volvo.

The Griswold School Board will hold a Public Hearing 5:30-p.m Monday, with regard to a proposal to sell the former Lewis School Building. The hearing will include a presentation on the sale agreement. Once the hearing concludes, the Board will open their regular monthly meeting, which, according to the agenda includes:

• Action on approval of Change Orders.
• Possible action on approving “Ready-to-Play” and “Return to Learn” protocols.
• Discussion on a possible bus purchase.
• Possible approval of a Resolution authorizing the execution of a Quit Claim Deed for the Lewis facility.
• Approval of a Resolution of Intent to sell the Elliott Facility.
• Approval of a Contract Amendment
• Establishing Nutrition prices, setting Registration and activity pass fees.
• Approval of Fuel bid specifications.
• and Discussion on Hiring Practices, among other matters.

The meeting takes place in the Griswold Middle School/High School Library.

MOUNT PLEASANT, Iowa (AP) — One eastern Iowa sheriff is looking forward to moving into a new jail this fall because it is a significant upgrade over the current eight-bed facility. The Burlington Hawkeye reports the new Henry County jail will be able to hold 108 inmates, and it will be much more secure than the current jail.

Sheriff Rich McNamee says the new jail will allow staff to better monitor prisoners and it includes cells for medium and maximum security prisoners. Before McNamee was appointed sheriff in 2013, voters had twice rejected jail referendums in 2005 and 2006. In August 2017, 85 percent of the voters supported the $9.1 million bond issue needed for the new jail.

McNamee says he expects to move into the new facility by October.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Police have released the identities of two people killed in a weekend shooting in Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids Police said two 18-year-olds, Matrell Eugene Johnson and Royal Ceiz Abram died as a result of the shooting early Saturday morning. A 19-year-old woman was also wounded in the shooting and she remained hospitalized Sunday.

The shooting happened around 1:20 a.m. Saturday in the parking lot of the Iowa Smoke Shop on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids. Investigators believe the victims were in a vehicle in the parking lot at the store when someone approached them firing a gun.

Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers Sunday afternoon, said one of the three students who absconded from the Clarinda Academy early Sunday morning, a 14- year old white male from Council Bluffs, was taken into custody in the 1000 block of N. 16th Street, in Clarinda.

Two other students, a 17-yr old Hispanic male from Shenandoah, who is 5’5” tall, weighs 150 lbs., and has black hair, brown eyes, and a 14-year old Black male from Council Bluffs, 5’7” tall, 190 lbs. , with black hair and brown eyes, were still missing as of mid-afternoon, Sunday.

If you see the teens, DO NOT APPROACH them. Call 9-1-1 or your local law enforcement agency.