The Cass County Board of Supervisors, Wednesday morning, will continue discussion they had last week, with regard to an ethanol plant proposal/development agreement. Last week, the Board went over a request from Elite Octane, LLC ethanol plant representatives, for a financial assistance package from the County, but took no action. Instead they wanted lawyers for the County and Company to come together to present some solid numbers on what the County’s obligations would be.

Elite Octane wants to construct an ethanol plant in Cass County, and requests to use property tax revenues generated by the increase in valuation due to construction of the facility (Tax Incremental Finance) for the project. The Board, Wednesday, is also expected to schedule a public hearing on a development agreement with Elite Octane, and an amendment of the Amaizing Energy Urban Renewal Area that would add Elite Octane site parcels, along with acting on a possible Resolution setting public hearing dates.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors meeting begins at 8:30-a.m., Wednesday, at the Cass County Courthouse, in Atlantic.

The Creston Police Department reports a resident living in the 1100 block of S. Lincoln Street told authorities Monday, that sometime between 10-p.m. and Midnight, Sunday, someone entered his home and took several bottles of prescription pills and $380 in cash. The total loss was estimated at $580.

And, Monday morning, a resident of the 300 block of N. Walnut Street, in Creston, told police someone entered her vehicle while it was parked outside her home. Once inside the vehicle, someone took assorted loose change and cash. The loss was estimated at $175.

Both incidents remain under investigation.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Louisiana was arrested just before 11-p.m. Monday, following an investigation into a family dispute in Red Oak.  Red Oak Police arrested 35-year old Michael Kirk Josephson, of New Orleans, LA., on charges that include Simple Assault and Simple Domestic Assault. Josephson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail without bond, pending an appearance before a magistrate.