The Cass County Communications Center said power has been restored to at least a section of the downtown area, and the street light signals are functioning. Still, you are advised to drive with caution, as there is tree limb and other debris on the roads that may be difficult to see at night.

Atlantic Municipal Utilities had reported earlier, power was out to an estimated 300-400 households and/or businesses in town, and for a time, the Cass County Communications Center and courthouse radio building were running on an emergency generator.

AMU crews are still working to restore power to those areas affected by an outage due to the storm that struck at around 8-p.m. Winds gusted up to 60-miles per hour in Atlantic as the front pushed through, taking down large tree limbs and power lines, including two AMU feeder lines.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest Wednesday of a Red Oak man on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault, a simple misdemeanor.  At 5:45pm officers arrested 21-year-old Shae Daniel Lewis of Red Oak in the 1200 block of East Summit Street.  He was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on no bond until seen by a magistrate.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
830 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016
..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON…
..DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …SOURCE….
..REMARKS..
0808 PM TSTM WND GST 2 WNW ATLANTIC 08/11/2016 M59 MPH CASS IA AWOS REPORTED AT the Atlantic Airport.

Huge tree down south of the intersection of 7th & Olive just before 8-p.m. Thursday, blocked the southbound lane. (Ric Hanson photo)

I-80 westbound east of exit 60 (62 mile marker) one lane is blocked due to a electronic message sign on the interstate! (Update 9-p.m.: the sign has been pushed out of the traveled portion of the road)

0805 PM TSTM WND DMG BAYARD 08/11/2016 GUTHRIE IA EMERGENCY MNGR POWER LINES DOWN IN TOWN. 4 TO 6 IN LIMBS DOWN IN TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0846 PM TSTM WND DMG ADEL
08/11/2016 DALLAS IA EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
THROUGHOUT DALLAS COUNTY. CITIES AFFECTED
INCLUDE ADEL, DALLAS CENTER, REDFIELD, AND
DEXTER. TREE LIMB ON EM’S ROOF. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM WHEN STORM HIT ADEL.

Cass County Deputy Auditor Sheri Karns said Thursday, one person had filed papers to run in the November 8th Cass County General Election. Jody Lorence filed her papers for a single seat on the Cass County Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees, in the NorthWest District. The seat is currently held by John Molgaard.