The Audubon School Board will hold a Special Session 5:30-p.m. today in their Board Room, at the High School. Their session begins with a Public Hearing on the FY 2020 Budget, followed by approval of: a Budget Guarantee Resolution; the Budget Plan for Certification, and approval of the FY2020 Bargaining Agreement with the Audubon Education Association.

Prior to adjourning, the Audubon School Board will hold an exempt (closed) session for discussion with regard to negotiations with those employees not represented by a collective bargaining unit. Their next regular meeting is 7-p.m. Monday, April 15th.

(Radio Iowa) — Iowa has joined 40 other states in passing a law that lets hospital patients designate a family caregiver to receive information about their care once they return home. “Caregivers are unsung heroes who generously give their time to selflessly care for their loves ones.” Governor Kim Reynolds was surrounded by dozens of A-A-R-P members yesterday (Tuesday) as she signed the “Iowa Care Act” into law. “It passed with bipartisan support, with a vote of 49-0 in the Senate and 94-3 in the House,” Reynolds said, as the crowd applauded. “That’s good stuff.”

An estimates 317-thousand Iowans are caregivers. The Iowa Care Act calls on hospitals to notify a designated family caregiver when a patient is to be released from the hospital and discuss the patient’s home care needs as well as whether the family caregiver is able to perform all those tasks. A-A-R-P State Director Brad Anderson says the bill was five years in the making and the result of accommodations to address concerns raised by hospitals and nurses. “It required a lot of conversation with a lot of stakeholders,” Anderson says, “but the great thing is it had broad, bipartisan support, so that’s why we’re so excited about the passage here today.”

Several A-A-R-P members held huge red hearts printed with a “Thank You” message as they stood around the governor’s desk and watched her sign the bill into law.

MONTICELLO, Iowa (AP) — Federal investigators still aren’t certain what caused a small plane to crash near an eastern Iowa airport, killing the pilot. Station KCRG reports that the final National Transportation Safety Board report says the plane was in good working order before crashing in June 2017. The single-engine aircraft came down in a cornfield near Monticello Regional Airport.

The report says 90-year-old Jerry Naylor died in the crash. He lived in Scotch Grove. He was the only person on board.

(Radio Iowa) — Sioux City police say a man who was shot in what appears to be a home invasion Tuesday morning has died. Detective John Sanders says they were first called on the report of a disturbance at the home and shots were fired 10 minutes later. “A subject at this location had broken out a window on the second floor of the residence and jumped off the porch of this residence. He had left the residence prior to officers arrival,” according to Sanders.

Sanders says the person who went through the window was apparently fleeing from the person living in the home. “A resident of this address stated that he came into the residence and was breaking things in the kitchen area, and then started to assault the homeowner,” Sanders says. “The resident retrieved a weapon during the struggle with the supect, and a shot was fired during the struggle. The suspect was shot and was transported to Mercy Medical Center, where he subsequently died.”

Sanders says they are still trying to learn more about what happened. “At this time there is no evidence that these individuals knew each other or had any association. We do not know the motive for the burglary or the assault at this time,” Sanders says. He says the person who lived in the home called 9-1-1 after firing the shot and that person was also treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The names of the two people have not been released, and no charges have been filed as the investigation continues.

Police in Red Oak report the arrest at around 5:30-p.m. Tuesday, of 38-year old Rose Amber Lopez. The Red Oak woman was arrested in the 2300 block of Eastern Avenue, for Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree. She was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 bond.

Voters in a section of Adams County went to the polls Tuesday, to decide who will fill the Supervisor District 5 seat vacated by Karl McCarty. According to the Adams County Auditor’s Office, after 195 votes were cast in the single precinct election, the winner, with 94 votes (48.21%), was Republican Bobbi J. Baker-Maynes.

Votes for the other candidates are as follows:

• Current appointee, Democrat Corey B. Moore: 53 votes (27.18%)
• Karen A. Carlson 1 vote and Tim Peterson 45 votes. Both were Nominated by Petition.
• There were also 2 Write-In votes.

Firefighters from Massena were called out early this (Wed.) morning, to a machine shed fire. The incident at a site just east of 77224 Newport Road was reported at around 2:50-a.m. Massena Fire Chief Drew Williams…

Firefighters were on the scene for a little more than 90-minutes. The approximately 30–by 40-foot open front shed was a complete loss, with a value, contents included, estimated at $10,000 to $15,000. Chief Williams said the cause of the fire was not immediately known, but they have their suspicions.

There were no injuries reported.