The Cass County Auditor’s Office updated the latest list of candidates that have filed nomination papers to run in the city/school board elections in November.

The latest to file on Friday, September 8th are Mark Harris for Anita City Council and Amanda Hansen for Griswold City Council.

The entire list of candidates who have filed includes:

Atlantic City Council

• Ward 2:  Jim Behrens
• Ward 3:  Pat McCurdy
• Ward 4:  Linda Hartkopf
• At-Large:  Elaine Otte

Atlantic Park & Recreation

• Mary Strong
• Frank Saddlemire
• Brad Rasmussen
• Lorrie Rasmussen

Anita City Council

• Cheryl Sokol
• Mark Harris

Cumberland Mayor 

• Nancy Virginia Coughlin

Griswold City Council

• Brenda Tietz
• Amanda Hansen

Lewis Mayor

• Rick Sanny

South Dakota’s Public Utilities Commission appears to be on the verge of denying a pipeline construction permit to Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions.

The IOWA Utilities Board hearing on Summit’s request to build its carbon pipeline through Iowa started in August. A similar hearing before South Dakota regulators is scheduled to start Monday. However, the Sioux Falls Argus Leader is reporting a motion filed by staff for South Dakota’s Public Utilities Commission states Summit’s proposed route in South Dakota does not follow ordinances in four South Dakota counties. Those counties require buffer zones between the pipelines and city limits as well as around homes. The document filed in South Dakota says that mans the company’s permit application violates South Dakota law.

Summit could resubmit its construction permit application in South Dakota if it gets waivers from counties or changes the pipeline route in South Dakota. Summit Carbon Solutions has proposed a two-thousand mile pipeline through Iowa and four other states to ship liquid carbon from Midwest ethanol plants to underground storage in North Dakota.

Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies were called Friday night at 7:35 pm to a two-vehicle property damage accident at 112 West 4th Street in Villisca.  During the investigation, it was determined that a blue Chevrolet Impala owned and operated by 17 year old Jazmin L. Weston of Villisca had backed from the driveway at that address onto 4th Street. Weston did not see a Buick Regal driven by 39 year old Rebecca Peterson of Villisca.  Weston’s Impala was struck in the rear, causing approximately $2,200 in damage to the Chevrolet and $1,000 to the Buick.  No one was injured in the collision and there were no citations issued.

Red Oak Police report 26 year old Robert Michael Daugherty of Red Oak was arrested just after 2:00 am Saturday in the 900 block of Highland Avenue and charged with Harassment 1st Degree.  Daugherty wastaken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $2,000 bond.

The Atlantic Chamber Ambassador’s were hosted by Roland Funeral Service on Thursday, September 7th. Roland Funeral Service is celebrating 104 years of business and

Ambassadors Left to Right: Lana Westphalen, Jim Kickland, Sarah Wood, Alisha Wagner, Mike Conley, Pat Magill Claussen, Elaine Otte, Dr. Keith Leonard, Bob Boots, Heidi Roland-Hinman, Jen McEntaffer, Sue Liston, Dolly Bergmann, Larry Hinman, John Bricker, Julie Waters, Jeff Christensen, Tori Gibson, Jeremy Butler, Kennedy Freund, Kelsey Beschorner, Anne Quist, Chris Cullen.

debuting a few improvements.

Heidi Roland-Hinman, co-owner, shared with the Ambassadors the rich history of Roland Funeral Service in Atlantic. In 1919 Burdett Roland became employed as the Funeral Director and Embalmer for Peacock & Baxter Furniture and Undertaking Company that was located at 315 Chestnut Street in Downtown Atlantic. In 1922, when Burdette bought into the business, the business name changed to Roland-Peacock and Baxter. The business remained on main street until 1926 when Burdette purchased property at Fifth and Elm streets and moved a house to make room for what is now the Roland Funeral Home. Since that move, the Rolands Family and staff have continued the tradition of serving Cass County and the surrounding communities with a personal and meaningful approach to creating a loved one’s final tribute.

Many aspects of the Roland Funeral Service building have stayed the same, but recently the family has added a few physical improvements to the property including a new sign out front and surfacing the North parking lot.

Roland Funeral Service is located at 204 E 5th Street in Atlantic.

For more information about the business, call 712-243-5492 or visit their website at www.rolandfuneralservice.com