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Voters in the Audubon Community School District, Tuesday, approved the renewal of a Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL), for another 10-years. Unofficial results from the Audubon County Auditor’s Office show there were 159 Yes and 4 No votes. 163 registered voters out of a possible 2,523 cast their ballots, Tuesday (a turnout of 6.46-percent).
The levy will fall into-place beginning with the 2019-20 budget year, and will not to exceed Sixty seven cents ($.67) per One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the school district, commencing with the levy for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.
The levy, which was unchanged from the past years, will be used for any number of purposes, including, but not limited to: the purchase and improvement of grounds; the construction of schoolhouses or buildings and opening roads to schoolhouses or buildings; the purchase, lease or lease-purchase of equipment or technology exceeding $500 in value per purchase, lease or lease purchase transaction; repairing, remodeling, reconstructing, improving, or expanding schoolhouses or buildings and additions to existing schoolhouses; and the purchase of transportation equipment for transporting students and the repair of such transportation equipment if the cost of repair exceeds $2,500.
Listen to excerpts from last night’s dedication of the Franklin H. Whitney statue in downtown Atlantic.
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Audubon Police Chief Matt Starmer today (Wednesday), released a report on arrests taking place since August 8th. Most recently, on Tuesday, 32-year old Jessy Richard Card, of Audubon, was arrested on an active felony parole warrant out of Wisconsin. Card was transported to the Audubon County Jail where he is waiting for extradition to Wisconsin. The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the arrest. On Sept. 4th, 30-year old Jessica Lynn Pedrin, of Audubon, turned herself in on an Audubon Police Department warrant for Theft – 4th degree and Theft – 5th degree. Pedrin was later released on promise to appear by the magistrate and is awaiting trial.
Two arrests occurred on August 24th. 43-year old Jeremy Charles Snyder, of Audubon, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Causing Injury. Snyder was transported to the Audubon County Jail where he was held until sentencing on Aug. 27th on another charge. The Audubon County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the arrest. And, 46-year old Verlyn Duane Richardson, of Audubon, was arrested for Assault Causing Injury and transported to the Audubon County Jail. Richardson was later released on promise to appear by the magistrate and is awaiting trial.
On Aug. 16th, 27-year old Scott Nathaniel Belew, of Audubon, was arrested for Driving Under Suspension and Interference with Official Acts. Belew was transported to the Audubon County Jail where he later pled guilty to both charges. And, on Aug. 8th, 32-year old Skielynn Stephens, of Audubon, was arrested on an active Carroll County Warrant. Stephens was then released to the custody of Carroll County Law Enforcement.
The 7:20-a.m. Sportscast with Jim Field.
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Officials with the Creston Police Department report 40-year old Brandie Whitney, of Creston, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center Tuesday morning, on a Union County Warrant for 5 counts of Compulsory Education Violation/3rd or subsequent offense. Whitney was being held in the Adams County jail on a $5000 bond.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A former University of Nebraska football player is scheduled to go on trial next week on charges that he cashed fraudulent checks at casinos in western Iowa. Pottawattamie County court records say 45-year-old Reggie Baul has pleaded not guilty to one count of theft, 15 counts of forgery and one of ongoing criminal conduct. He’s accused of cashing the checks from April into July at the Ameristar and Horseshoe casinos in Council Bluffs. His trial is set to start Tuesday.
Baul joined the Husker football team as a receiver in 1993 and played through two national championship seasons. Baul has served jail time in Nebraska for drug and other crimes since.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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FOR SALE: Vintage Broyhill Buffet 52Wx69Hx19D – good condition. protective cushion inside the glass cabinets for protection only during transport. Vintage Dining Room Table – 40″ x 8′ with Leaf – Has extra legs for support. 4 Chairs. Call 402 306 6787 Avoca.
FOR SALE: old farm house interior wood doors, 4 of them $20.00 a piece, nice condition, phone 712-249-3442.
FOR SALE: walking plow, similar to the one that Mr. Whitney used to mark the boundaries for Chestnut Street, plow is 102 years old and in good condition except for the wooden handle, to the highest bidder except i will not sell under $800. 712-249-3978.
AHSTW hosted a cross country meet on Tuesday with a number of area teams involved.