Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater, today (Tuesday) issued a report on arrests that took place over the past week.  Saturday afternoon, 50-year old Duane Allen Funke, of Bridgewater, was arrested on an Adair County warrant for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Funke was later released on $300 bond.

Last Friday morning, an Iowa State Patrol Trooper arrested 30-year old Rhyan Joseph Hearshman, of Des Moines, following a traffic stop for speeding on Interstate 80 in Adair County. Hearshman was taken into custody for Driving While License Denied or revoked and two counts of Driving While Suspended. He was later released on $2,000 cash bond or surety.

Thursday morning, 34-year old Gilberto Alejandro Rivera-Rodriguez, of Marshalltown, was arrested by an Iowa State Patrol Trooper on I-80 in Adair County, after Rivera was stopped for speeding. He was taken into custody for Driving While License Denied or revoked, and two counts of Driving While License Suspended. Rivera-Rodriguez was later released on a $2,000 bond.

And, on Oct. 26^th, 34-year old Justin Patrick Beaman, of Stuart, was arrested by Stuart Police on an Adair County warrant for Possession of a Controlled Substance/ 3^rd or subsequent offense. Beaman was later released on a $5,000 bond.

The wife of Iowa Senator Charles Grassley will be in Atlantic Wednesday morning, on a campaign swing for her husband, who is seeking six-more years in Congress.  The senior U-S Senator has served Iowans in Washington since 1981. His wife, Barbara Grassley, is scheduled to visit with Cass County Republicans and focus her talks on voter turnout and the importance of voting.

Mrs. Grassley will be at the Sweet Joy Shoppe (315 Chestnut St.) in Atlantic, at around 8:30-a.m., Wednesday.

Cass County is being overlooked with regard to economic development. That was the gist of what Kimberlee Spillers told the Board of Supervisors during their meeting Monday morning, in Atlantic. Spillers and her husband Frank, run Global Horizons, LLC, which strives to engage employers and the community in methods of building business and interpersonal relationships for the future.

Spillers told the Board of Supervisors she’s disappointed Cass County wasn’t nominated to participate in this month’s Iowa Rural Development Summit, in Jefferson on Nov. 18th. (click on the left side of the audio bar to listen)

All communities were chosen by members of the Iowa Rural Development Council Summit planning committee as communities that are either poised for growth or who demonstrate the interest and enthusiasm for implementing strategic change.

Spillers said “Since no one from Cass County was asked to participate, I assume that Cass County is not on Iowa’s radar for [economic] development.”

189 people from around the State are attending the event, including persons from Elk Horn, Stanton, Corning, the City of Manning; Adams, Crawford, Fremont, and Sac Counties, and more.

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Spillers said she’s not sure what needs to be done to get invited to the summit in the future, except she perceives there isn’t enough action taking place in Cass County to warrant an invitation.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A monthly survey of business leaders suggests the economy will continue slowing in nine Midwest and Plains states, in part because of manufacturing weakness. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index report released Tuesday says the overall economic index for the region dropped to 43.8 in October from September’s 45.5.

Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says “weakness among manufacturers linked to agriculture and energy continue to weigh on regional economic conditions.” The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth in that factor. A score below that suggests decline.

The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

Red Oak Police report two arrests took place late Monday night into early this (Tuesday) morning. At around 11:58-p.m., 29-year old Myles Dustin Longcor, of Carbondale, KS, was arrested at the intersection of Highways 34 and 48, for OWI/Drugged. Longcor was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 cash bond. And, at around 1:19-a.m. today (Tuesday), 21-year old Cassandra Jane Rohner, of Red Oak, was arrested at the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, for Public Intoxication. Her cash bond was set at $300.