A pursuit that began near Lewis went through Lewis and ended near 7th and Birch in Atlantic, with the driver surrendering to authorities at around 9:40-p.m., Tuesday. Toward the end of the chase, which involved several County Sheriff’s Deputies, the Iowa State Patrol and Atlantic Police, stop sticks were deployed on Atlantic’s southwest side. The vehicle being pursued, a white, full-size Dodge Ram pickup, ran over the stop sticks which deflated the tires. As the vehicle continued into Atlantic, the two front tires shredded, and were down to the rims by the time the vehicle with Missouri license plates stopped and the driver puts his hands up to surrender.

According to the dispatch report, the driver and registered owner, was 34-year old Thomas Bradbury, who was wanted for a parole violation. Authorities were checking the area around Highway 6 and State Radio for an object or objects that may have been tossed from the vehicle. Speeds during the chase averaged about 80 miles per hour, and varied from 40-to 50- miles per hours as it entered Atlantic.

No other details were immediately available.

The Atlantic School District’s Board of Education will meet in a regular session Wednesday evening in the High School Media Center. On the agenda for their 5:30-p.m. meeting, is a Technology Update from Technology Director Roger Warne, and updates on the Building Project as well as Bus Inspections.

The Board will also act on approving contracts and/or Letters of Assignment for the following:

• Andrea Really and Minden Jones, Co-Cheerleading Sponsors.
• Paul Ruhr, Custodian Transfer from Washington Elementary to the High School.
• Bryce Casey, Middle School FCS Teacher.
• Marie Thompson and Monica Carlson, HS Level 3 Para’s.
• Jessica Mendez, FS from 15 hrs/wk to 20 hrs/wk
• Tonna Hoover, FS from 20 hrs/wk to 13.75 hrs/wk
• Melanie McDermott, FS from 35 hrs/wk to 40 hrs/wk
• Taylor Ransom, WA Para from Class 1 Para to Level 3 Para pay.
• Angela Johnson and Sheryl Iekel, Link Center Para’s
• Vanessa Proehl, transfer from FS to MS Para.
• Joanie Grubbs, PS Para.

They will also act on approving the resignation of MS Para Cori Metheny. In other business, the Atlantic School Board will act on approving: the Iowa Drug and Alcohol Testing Program (IDATP) 2018 enrollment form and fees for Bus Drivers (a State requirement); a Letter of Understanding with regard to the Cass County Educational Opportunity Center (CCEOC) and the Exira/EHK, CAM  & Griswold School Districts and related fees ($668.80 per student); and, a Fiscal Year 2017 Audit Engagement Letter with Nolte, Cornman and Johnson, PC’s, of Newton, in the amount of $8,700.

Prior to adjournment, the Board will discuss information with regard to the Labor Management Committee.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest Tuesday of a Red Oak man on a sexual abuse charge. At 3:45pm Officers arrested 46-year-old Richard Bryan Jenkins of Red Oak for Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree. Jenkins was arrested in the 200 block of North Broadway in Red Oak and taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $10,000 cash bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds says the head of the Iowa Department of Human Services will respond to allegations of limited mental health care options at a school for juvenile offenders. Reynolds was asked Tuesday about the Boys State Training School in Eldora following a report from Disability Rights Iowa that highlights the use of restraints and seclusion at the facility.

Reynolds says Jerry Foxhoven, the new DHS director, will work with the school’s superintendent and others to “make sure that we’re doing the right thing.” She says it’s Foxhoven’s responsibility to assess the situation and she expects to circle back with him.

Disability Rights Iowa threatened to file a federal lawsuit against Reynolds and others if recommended changes aren’t implemented. The school’s superintendent defended the school following the report’s release.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say a man who tried to deposit what he presented as a $1 million bill has been charged with drug possession in Iowa. A criminal complaint says Sioux City police officers were called to a Northwest Bank branch Thursday to talk to a man who tried to deposit the bill into his account. The officers asked 33-year-old Dennis Strickland whether he had any more of the bills and that a baggie fell out when he emptied a pocket. The complaint says the baggie contained methamphetamine.

The U.S. Treasury Department says it has never produced a $1 million bill. Iowa court records say Strickland is scheduled to be back in court Monday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – U.S. health officials say more people have contracted salmonella by eating papayas from a farm in southern Mexico. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 109 people in 16 states have caught the illness from eating papayas traced to the Carica de Campeche farm in Campeche, Mexico.

Nearly half of the cases have been in New York and New Jersey, which had 36 and 26, respectively. Virginia has had 11 cases, Pennsylvania has had seven and Maryland has had six. Connecticut and Minnesota have each reported four cases, and Massachusetts has had three.

Iowa, Kentucky, North Carolina and Oklahoma have each reported two cases, while Delaware, Louisiana, Michigan and Wisconsin have had one each. One death, in New York City, has been blamed on the outbreak. Those sickened can experience diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain and fever. The illness can be more severe when contracted by young children, older adults and people with weakened immune systems.

An investigation into the burglary of an auto parts store in Sac City has resulted in the arrest of two central Iowa men. The Sac City Police Department reports 33-year old Eric Coon and 37-year old Rocco Viola, both of Des Moines, face felony Burglary in the 3rd degree charges.

Authorities say the men were delivering supplies to the Carquest Auto Parts Store Sac City. After they dropped off the supplies they allegedly went to the front of the store and stole several items. The incident, which happened on July 10th at around 3:20-a.m., and was discovered the following morning.