Members of the Griswold School Board, Monday evening, decided the future of next year’s second grade class. Superintendent Dave Henrichs told KJAN News the Board has been discussing the matter for the past couple of months. Henrichs says there are currently a total of 23 students in that class, and they’re split up into two buildings, one in Lewis and one in Elliott. Splitting it up makes for a section of 16 students and a section of 7. The question was, for next year, do they keep it two sections or make it one?

Henrichs said if it was another year down the road, when all the students are in one building, it would have been a really easy decision to make, but that’s not the case next year (2018-19). Monday night, the Griswold School Board voted to make 2^nd Grade one section. The plan now is to decide which building will house both sections, and iron out any transportation issues. Henrichs said the Griswold Board approved some new hires for next year and one resignation.

Jake Speer was hired as Middle School/High School PE/Health Teacher, as well as assistant high school boys basketball, Haley Schmidt was hired as Elementary Vocal & TAG Teacher, and Larissa Potter was hired as an Elementary Teacher. The Board approved the resignation of Peggy Casey, Middle School/High School English Teacher, and they accepted a one-year leave of absence from Sara Johnson, Elementary Teacher.

Henrichs said action on the Technology Plan was tabled until the meeting next month, and the Technology charge is unchanged from last year, at $40.

ORANGE CITY, Iowa (AP) — Northwestern College says it’s received a $6 million gift for its new science building, the largest single gift in school history. The $24.5 million building will be named for benefactors Jack and Mary DeWitt, who live in Holland, Michigan. The building will have classrooms, laboratories and faculty offices for the college’s biology, chemistry and nursing department, as well as space for student-faculty research. It is scheduled to open in August. Jack DeWitt served on the college board of trustees for 13 years.

(Updated) — The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest at around 12:56-a.m. today (Tuesday), of 19-year old Dalton Scott Jipsen, of Elliott. Jipsen was driving a vehicle that was pulled over at around 12-a.m. on Brothers Avenue, near the intersection with Highway 59. Mills County Deputies, with assistance from the Mills County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit, searched the vehicle, and discovered 61 grams of marijuana and THC wax. Jipsen was taken into custody for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp, and Speeding. His bond was set at $6,000.

And, 33-year old Toby Lee McCunn, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 1:50-a.m. today (Tuesday), for Driving While Revoked. His bond was set at $1,000.