Griswold Superintendent Dave Henrichs has announced a Special Meeting of the Griswold School Board will be held 5:30-p.m. Wed., April 25th, at the Central Office. During the meeting, the Board will consider entering into a closed session, for the purpose of conducting a hearing to suspend or expel a student. Afterward, the Board will return to an open session and act on the status of the student.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports 40-year old Corey Matthew Brown, of Lorimor, was arrested Saturday afternoon at the Whistle Stop in Lorimor, for violation of a protection order. Brown was released from the Union County Jail on $300 bond. And, 21-year old Trey Vincent Mills, of Afton, was arrested Saturday afternoon at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, for driving while suspended. Mills was released from the Union County Jail on $300.00 bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The office of Gov. Kim Reynolds says it has no evidence or records showing why she fired a longtime ally immediately after learning of workplace sexual harassment allegations against him. Responding to open records requests, Reynolds’ office said Friday it never received documentary evidence of the alleged harassment by Iowa Finance Authority director David Jamison and created no other records detailing why he was fired.

The office says a Reynolds’ aide received verbal “reports of sexual harassment” on March 23 against Jamison, who was terminated the next day without an investigation. Reynolds and Jamison have known each other 20 years, dating to when they were county treasurers. Reynolds last year supported a law change requiring agencies to release the “documented reasons and rationale” when public workers are fired or demoted. But the governor’s office says the requirement doesn’t apply to Jamison since he was an at-will appointee.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office today (Monday), released a report on recent arrests. Friday afternoon,  32-year old Megan Marie Wendte, of Macedonia, was arrested following a traffic stop, for Driving While License Revoked. 64-year old Don Kerry Galli, of Neola, was arrested Friday night in Neola, after a Deputy noticed he was driving a vehicle without the headlights on. Galli was arrested for OWI/2nd offense.

25-year old Mishelle Marie Shaffer, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at around 10:15-a.m. Saturday, after Pott. County authorities received a call about a suspicious truck in the area of 19414 Mynster Springs. The vehicle was parked on the roadway. A man and woman were later located, and during the investigation, the female (Shaffer) was found to have in her possession a substance identified as marijuana, several glass pipes and other drug paraphernalia. Shaffer was transported to the Pott County Jail. The man was later released and the truck was towed.

Just before 1-a.m. Sunday, A Pott. County Deputy arrested 21-year old Kenneth Charles Kline, of Council Bluffs, for OWI/1st offense. And, at around 3:25-p.m. Sunday, 54-year old Lorri Lea Brown, of Council Bluffs, was arrested after a Deputy ran her license plate and learned Brown had an outstanding arrest warrant, for Violation of Compulsory Education Mediation Agreement 2nd Offense.

This Saturday, April 28th, is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day organized by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The event runs from 10-a.m. until 2-p.m. at multiple locations, and offers you a great chance to safely dispose of your old and/or unwanted prescriptions. Medications that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse. Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U-S are alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings and overdoes on easily obtainable drugs. According to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 6.4 million Americans abused controlled prescription drugs. The study shows that a majority of abused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often from the home medicine cabinet.

Authorities say you shouldn’t flush unused medications down the toilet, or throw them in the trash, as both pose potential safety and health hazards. Instead, bring them to a proper disposal site this Saturday, no questions asked. Sharps, such as needles, and inhalers, are not accepted. And, some sites are drive-up and drop off, while others may be located inside a police station, drug store or other approved site. Locally, that includes: in the lobby of the Atlantic Police Department in the City Hall building; The Shenandoah Police Dept.’s west side garage door entrance (400 W. Sheridan Ave.), and the Walgreens store in Council Bluffs (535 E. Broadway), where Bluffs Police will have a drive-through lane for you to hand over your meds.

To find the closet location near you, click here https://apps.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/NTBI/ntbi.do?_flowId=public-lite-flow . Last year, 11, 526 pounds of unwanted medications were disposed of during Drug Take Back Day.

BELLE PLAINE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a pedestrian has been killed by a train in eastern Iowa. Cedar Rapids station KCRG reports that the incident was reported in Belle Plaine early Monday morning.
Police have not released the person’s name and other details.

The Creston Police Department reports numerous recent arrests. Late Sunday night, 30-year old Christopher Woolums, of West Des Moines, was arrested on a Union County warrant for two counts of a Controlled Substance Violation and an additional charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine – 3^rd offense. Woolums was being held without bond in the Union County Jail.

At around 12-a.m. Sunday, 36-year old David Estell, of Creston, was arrested for Simple Assault. He was cited and released on a Promise to Appear in court. Friday night, 29-year old Seth Thompson, of Creston, was arrested for Public Intoxication. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.

At around 5-p.m., Friday, Creston Police arrested 26-year old Dalton Cormeny, of Creston, for Driving While Barred, Possession of a Controlled Substance/1^st offense, Possession of a Controlled Substance/2^nd offense, and Possession of drug paraphernalia. He was later released on a $5,300 bond. And, earlier that same afternoon, 52-year old Richard Beam, of Lorimor, was arrested at the Union County Law Enforcement Center in Creston, on a Union County warrant for Failure to comply with his Pretrial Release on an original charge of Domestic Abuse Assault by impeding air/or blood flow. Beam was later released on a promise to appear in court.

Creston Police said also, a resident of the 500 block of W. Mills Street reported Friday, that sometime between the hours of 12-a.m., and 6-a.m. Friday, someone slashed the tires on her vehicle parked outside her home. The damage was estimated at $150. A resident of the 800 block of N. Sycamore Street, in Creston, reported to police that same morning, that someone had keyed her vehicle. The damage also happened between 12-a.m., and 6-a.m., Friday, and resulted in a loss of about $300.

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