(Griswold, Iowa) – The Griswold Community School District’s Board of Education is slated to hold a Work Session on Monday (Jan. 15), beginning at 4:30-p.m. in the Conference Room at the School. Board members will proceed throughout the District’s facility,with the purpose of conducting a facilities assessment. The Board will conduct its regular session in the Conference Room, beginning at 5:30-p.m.  The agenda for that session is as follows:

• Call Meeting to Order

• Reading of Mission Statement

• Approval of Agenda (D.R.)

• Public Input

• Superintendent’s Report:

1. Thank You Card(s) (I)
2. The Month in Review – Administration (I)
3. Board Learning Opportunities (I)

– Honor December Recipients

– Select January Recipient(s)

– Day On The Hill

– FFA Week

• Consent Agenda (D.R.)

Approval of Minutes

Approval of Financial Statements

Approval of Bills

4. Personnel

5. Gifts, Memorials, Bequests

Old Business

6. Board Policies – Second Reading (D.R.) – 708, 709, 710.1, 710.1E1, 710.1E2, 710.2, 710.3, 710.4

New Business

7. Accept FY23 Audit Report (D.R.)

8. Consider Approval Of Modified Supplement Amount (MSA) And Plan

For Dropout Prevention And At-Risk Programs (D.R.)

9. Consider Approval Of 2024-2025 Corner Conference Agreement (D.R.)

10. Approval Of Chemical Application Specifications (D.R.)

11. Board Policies – First Reading (I) – 502.7, 605.6, 605.6R1, 605.8, 605.8R1,

701.1, 701.2, 701.3, 701.4, 711.1, 711.2, 711.2R1. 711.3. Rescind 703.2. Renumber 401.13 to 713, 401.13R1 to 713R1, and 401.13E1 to 713.E1.

12. Discussion On 2024-2025 School Calendar (I)

• Adjourn

(D.R.) = Decision Required

(I.) = Informational

Final agenda will be posted in the Central Office no less than 24 hours before the meeting.

(Audubon, Iowa) – Members of the Audubon Community School District’s Board of Education will meet 7-p.m. Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, in the Audubon High School Board Room. Their agenda follows:

1.0 Call to Order

2.0 Approve Agenda

3.0 Approve Consent Agenda

3.01 Minutes – December 18, 2023, Regular Meeting

3.02 Warrants and Financial Reports

4.0 Public Comments – Please contact the Supt. or Board President (Board Policy #213)

5.0 Action Items

5.01 Approve Fundraiser for Free Student Admission

5.02 Approve Auditor Contract

5.03 Approve Change Orders

5.04 Approve Reimbursement of Athletic Fund from General Fund for Safety Equipment – $1681.07

5.05 Personnel

Hires – Kris Obermeier – Head Softball

Resignations – Jaime Christensen

6.0 Communication & Updates

6.01 Superintendent Report

6.01.1 – Building Project Update

6.01.2 – Safety Grant Update

6.01.3 – Bus Garage Update

6.01.4 – Legislative Update

6.02 Principal’s Reports

6.03 Adjournment

Next Regular Meeting: Monday, February 19, 2024, 7:00 PM

(Anita, Iowa) – Firefighters in Anita along with three-other communities were battling a house fire at 305 Michigan Street on the south side of Anita, this morning. Crews responded at around 8:20-a.m.. to the scene where smoke was observed coming from the attic area/roof.   Anita Fire called for mutual aid from the Wiota, Atlantic and Adair Fire Departments.

The loan occupant in the home got out safely. The house sustained substantial damage. The Red Cross has been called to assist the resident.

Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon said Highway 148 was closed at the scene of the fire. Additional details are currently not available.

Photo courtesy Kennon, Cass County EMA.

(Creston, Iowa) – Police in Creston say no injuries were reported following an accident Friday afternoon on Irving Street, near the intersection with North Vine Street. Authorities say 39-year-old Chadd Money, of Creston, was backing his 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 pickup through a snow drift at the end of his driveway, when he backed into a 2017 Cadillac that was stuck on the south side of Irving Street, across an alley.

When the pickup hit the car, it caused a total of $2,000 damage and moved the car a little ways. The owner of the Cadillac said his car had become struck earlier in the day, and he was waiting for the weather to clear before digging it out.

No citations were issued.

Des Moines, Iowa — Weather continues to impact the schedule of presidential candidates heading into the Iowa caucuses as former President Donald Trump has now canceled three out of his four in-person commit to caucus rallies, including one scheduled for this (Saturday) afternoon, in Atlantic.

Instead, Trump will hold a series of telerallies and is still expected to go forward with his in-person appearance at his commit to caucus rally in Indianola. Trump canceled both rallies he was scheduled to hold today in Sioux City and Atlantic and is now holding a tele-rally featuring Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird this evening at 7-p.m.

Trump was in Iowa on Wednesday for a Fox News town hall, but his last campaign event was on Jan. 6, where he delivered remarks in Newton and Clinton. The four-stop Iowa swing this weekend would have served as the final boost for Trump in the final days of Iowa caucuses, during an election cycle when the former president has had a lighter campaign schedule compared to some of his GOP rivals.