School Board elections in Cass County are set to take place on September 13 this fall.

Nomination papers for offices up for election must be filed with the appropriate school board’s secretary by August 4. All offices up for election this year are for four-year terms.

The following offices are up for election:

Atlantic Community School District

Three At Large local directors

Incumbents:

Jon Martens Atlantic IA

Phil Hascall Atlantic IA

Dennis Davis Atlantic IA

One At Large local directors (vacancy term ending 2013)

Incumbents:

Glen Smith (appointed) Atlantic IA

CAM Community School District

One North District local director

Incumbent: Randall Rabe Massena IA

One South Distric local director

Incumbent: Todd McKee Massena IA

CAM Community School District

One North District local director

Incumbent: Randall Rabe Massena IA

One South Distric local director

Incumbent: Todd McKee Massena IA

Hot temperatures were the cause of an early wake up call for residents of Clarinda early Tuesday morning.

Emergency sirens in Clarinda accidently sounded for about five minutes at about 3:00 AM Tuesday morning.

Officials in Clarinda say the sirens went off due to atmospheric conditions and their effects on wireless technology. The heat caused radio frequencies to skip hundreds of miles across the atmosphere. Those skips usually occur during prolonged periods of warm temperatures.

A Clarinda man has been sentenced to over 15 years in prison on child pornography charges.

Robert Eugene Glassgow of Clarinda was sentenced to 188 months of prison Monday for receipt of child pornography. United States District Judge James Gritzner also ordered Glassgow to serve a ten year term of supervised release following incarceration.

Glassgow was found guilty of the charges by a jury in January. During the trial prosecutors claimed Glassgow had built his own computer and used it to share child pornography files.

The investigation was conducted by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation-Cyber Crimes Unit, Clarinda Police Department, Page County Attorney’s Office and Department of Homeland Security. The case was prosecuted by the United State Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors are set to hold their regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday morning.

On the agenda for is a tourism report that features a proclamation of Cass County tourism week from July 31 – August 5.

Following reports from the Cass County attorney and Cass County Engineer about secondary roads updates, the board will discuss going into a closed session to discuss litigation matters. The board will go into a closed session on the matter if they deem it appropriate.

The board will then take action on a resolution to conduct a hearing on loan and bonds for the northwest Sewer and Water line extension project.

Following that discussion they’ll take action to approve changes to risk management programs. They include employee incident review and employee return to work programs.

A discussion and possibly action will then take place on the extension of tax credits for the fiscal year 2011-2012.

The meeting begins at 9:00 Wednesday morning.

The Adair County Board of Supervisors will have their regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday morning.

On the agenda is the Success 4 Kids Fiscal Agent Contract.

County Auditor Mindy Schaefer will make a presentation, and Custodian Rich Wallace will discuss construction contracts and longevity increases.

Assistant to Engineer Tom McGovern will discuss longevity raises for　Bruce Brown & Mick Sherer. McGovern will also review delivery of freightliner per truck bids.

The meeting begins at 9:00 AM at the Adair County Courthouse.

A DNR open house is coming to Atlantic in a couple weeks to help answer landowner’s questions about dams.

To assist local residents that own property with a dam and also owners of larger dams, the DNR is hosting seven open houses across the state this summer in cooperation with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. The session in Atlantic will primarily focus on maintaining dams and constructing ponds on an owners property.

Attendees will be able to ask DNR and NRCS staff questions about maintaining dams, constructing new ponds, fish management and stocking, regulations regarding dams, available technical and financial assistance, and water quality.

Those considering building a new pond or lake, as well as professionals who assist landowners with pond construction and maintenance, may also want to attend.

The Atlantic meeting is August 2nd at the Rock Island Depot from 3:00 to 7:00.

Homecoming ceremonies for two Iowa National Guard Units in the middle east will take place in Denison and Red Oak Wednesday.

Ceremonies for Company D, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry will be held at 3:00 Wednesday at the Crawford County Fairgrounds. Approximately 130 soldiers are part of that unit.

Ceremonies for Company F, 334th Brigade Support Battalion, both with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division will be held at 5:00 Wednesday at the Red Oak football field. Approximately 80 soldiers are part of the unit.

These units are part of the approximately 2,900 members of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division deployed to Afghanistan. The units arrived in Afghanistan in November 2010.

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A Denison couple has been arrested after an investigation into dependent adult abuse.

In December of 2010, police began investigating questionable financial expenditures of 40 year old Wendy Mosier and her husband, 48 year old Van Mosier, both of Denison.

Wendy Mosier had been employed by WESCO Industries in Denison from 2005 until January of this year. WESCO is a facility that assists and cares for mentally disabled individuals. As part of Mosier’s job, she was in charge of purchasing items for clients of WESCO, and using the clients’ money held in financial accounts controlled by WESCO.

Felony arrest warrants were issued Friday for Wendy Mosier. She was charged with Dependent Adult Abuse and Ongoing Criminal Conduct. Both are felonies.

Wendy’s husband Van Mosier was also charged with Felon in Possession of Firearm and Possession of Controlled Substance.

The investigation into the incidents is ongoing.

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