Atlantic, IA—Cass Health will begin administering flu shots on Monday, October 2nd and continue throughout the flu season. Walk-ins are welcome during normal Immunization Room hours; all patients should check-in at Registration first. The Immunization Room is open Monday through Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm and Saturday 8 am to 11:30 am.

In Atlantic, drive-thru appointments are available on Monday and Friday mornings from 8 am to noon and on Wednesday afternoons from 2 to 6 pm. The annual Ayzlee’s Family Flu Clinic will be held on October 11th. The drive-thru will once again be in the curved driveway on 10th street, at the top of the staff parking lot (Lot D). Appointments are required — please call 712-243-2850.

Cass Health will also be administering flu vaccines, via injection or FluMist, at local schools. A clinic will be held at the Griswold school on October 18 and Atlantic schools on October 19. For more information, please contact your school nurse for details and required paperwork or visit casshealth.org/vaccines.

At Cass Health clinics in Anita, Griswold, and Massena, patients can receive their annual flu vaccine on a walk-in basis during normal business hours. Calling ahead is recommended, but not required.

The Adams County Auditor’s Office has issued a report on the candidates and measures that will appear on the ballot for the respective County jurisdictions for the City School Election on November 7, 2023.

City of Carbon (All 2-year terms, 5 council members)

Mayor – John Gebbie (I)

City Council – Michael Kempton (I); Donna Rochau (I)

City Council – 3 positions open– no candidates filed

City of Corning (Mayor 2-year term, council 4 year terms)

Mayor – Chris Gilbert

City Council At-Large – Janice Mercer Leonard

City Council Ward 1 – Gary Badgett

City Council Ward 3 – Adam Goodvin (I)

Public Measure – Public Measure AG

Shall the following Public Measure be adopted?

Should the City of Corning, Iowa adopt a public measure to change the current council representation from 2 council members elected at large and one council member from each of 3 wards, to all 5 council members elected at large without any ward residency requirements? Said public measure would be effective at the beginning of the term following the next regular city election.

City of Nodaway (All 2 year terms)

Mayor – Patricia Shipley (I)

City Council – Christine Dunn (I); Gary D. Poen (I); Brenda Dunn (I); Rebecca Poen (I); Fred Graf (I)

City of Prescott (Mayor – 2-year term, Council – 4 year terms, 2 council seats open)

Mayor – Lisa Wilkinson (I)

City Council – Kimberly Reed (I)

City Council – Open – no candidate filed.

Public Measure – AH

Shall the following Public Measure be adopted?

Shall the composition and manner of selection for the Prescott Library Board of Trustees be changed to reduce the number of trustees from 6 to 5, and to change the residency requirement for trustees from city residents to county residents?

Corning Community School District – 2 positions open, 4-year terms

Director – Stephanie Hodapp; Trent M. Roberts.

(REVISED by the Adair County Auditor’s office, as of 1:24-p.m. 9/22/23)…

The Combined City/School Election will be Tuesday, November 7, 2023. Voter pre-registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 23, 2023. Pre-registered voters are required to provide an approved form of identification at the polling place before receiving and casting a regular ballot. Voters who are not pre-registered – such as voters registering to vote on election day – and voters changing precincts must also provide proof of residence. A voter who is unable to provide an approved form of identification (or prove residence if required) 1) may have the voter’s identity/residence attested to by another registered voter in the precinct, 2) prove identity and residence using Election Day Registration documents, or 3) cast a provisional ballot and provide proof of identity/residence at the county auditor’s office by 12:00 p.m. (noon), November 13, 2023. Election Day Registrant attesters must provide an approved form of identification. For additional information about providing proof of identity and/or residence visit: https://sos.iowa.gov/voterid or phone (641) 743-2546. Voters may request an absentee ballot from the Auditor’s Office. Voters may vote in the office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, beginning Wednesday October 13, 2023 or they may request a ballot be mailed to them. The deadline to request an absentee ballot be mailed is 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 23, 2023. The last day to vote absentee in the Auditor’s Office is Monday, November 6, 2023 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Polls will open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day November 7, 2023.

Candidates who have filed papers for the City/School Election are as follows:

CITY OF ADAIR

City Council – elect 3: Jade Irlmeier; Lee Garside; Perry Leeper; John W. Haus Jr.; Shannon Mullen Haus; Renee Jensen; Jaden Forsyth.

Mayor – elect 1: Kim Hodne; Joanne Byars.

CITY OF BRIDGEWATER

City Council – elect 3: Tyler Ford; Kristen Walker; Debra Tindle.

Vacant Council – elect 1: Vicki J Bera; Steve Frese.

Mayor – elect 1: Roberta J. Carpenter

CITY OF FONTANELLE

City Council – elect 3: Bernie Connors II; Jessica Young; Terrin Gettler; Diana Goetz.

Vacant Council – elect 2: Dawn Brown.

Mayor – elect 1: None Filed

CITY OF GREENFIELD

City Council – elect 2: Jonathan Christensen; Rod McMorran

Vacant Council – elect 1: Rita Eble.

Mayor – elect 1: Jimmie Schultz

CITY OF ORIENT

City Council – elect 2: Gary Metzger; Josh J. Madison.

Mayor – elect 1: Matthew Swanson.

CITY OF STUART

City Council – elect 2: Michael Kalbach; Kristina Renslow; Craig Russell

SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES

ADAIR-CASEY

School Board (At-Large) – elect 2: Randy Carney; Justin Crawford; Erica Tunink

Public Measure AA:  Shall the following Public Measure Be Adopted? Summary: To adopt a Revenue Purpose Statement specifying the use of revenues the Adair-Casey Community School District will receive from the State of Iowa Secure an Advanced Vision for Education Fund.

NODAWAY VALLEY

School Board (District 2) – elect 2: Molly Herrick; Susan Stevens

ORIENT-MACKSBURG

School Board (At-Large) – elect 3: Casey Osborne; Jana Scott; Andrew Zellweger.

(Radio Iowa) – Republican Senator Chuck Grassley says he’d support a bill that would essentially outlaw government shutdowns. The law would automatically extend spending if an agreement isn’t reached by midnight on September 30th when the federal fiscal year ends.

A small group of House Republicans are refusing to support a short term spending bill and are ready to force a government shutdown to secure deeper cuts in the federal budget. Grassley says there are practical and political costs to shutting down the federal government.

Grassley has been a member of congress during every government shutdown in U-S history. The very first government shutdown happened in 1976, when Grassley was a member of the U-S House. Grassley was a U-S Senator in 2013 when the federal government shutdown for 16 days as Republicans protested President Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

Grassley made his comments during a recent appearance on the Iowa Press program on Iowa P-B-S.

(Creston, Iowa) – The driver of a car that struck two vehicles in Creston on Sept. 16th, was issued several citations. Creston Police report a 2004 Buick Park Avenue was traveling south on Division Street at around 10:30-p.m., when the car left the road and struck a legally parked 1997 Dodge Ram pickup, registered to Joann England, from Creston. The impact caused the pickup to roll over and strike a 1999 Chevy Blazer, registered to Lance England, also of Creston.

The Buick left the scene but was located several blocks away. The driver of the car, fled the scene on foot. A passenger in the vehicle who was located in the yard by the abandoned car, told Police the driver was as 35-year-old Jesse Dale McDole, of Osceola. Witnesses told Police the driver was allegedly severely intoxicated, and the passenger said they had been at a bar drinking. The passenger was also severely intoxicated.

She told authorities she let McDole borrow the vehicle. McDole was never found, but was mailed copies of citations for: Leaving the scene of an accident; Reckless Driving; Parking where prohibited; Failure to Maintain Control, and Improper Use of a Lane.