One of the heaviest rains in the Omaha/Council Bluffs area in 144 years of record-keeping flooded large parts of Council Bluffs on Wednesday but caused fewer problems in Omaha, where less rain fell. Council Bluffs Public Works Director Greg Reeder told the Omaha World-Herald residences have experience the collapse of basement walls, sewer backups and basement flooding.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have arrested a man in Colorado in connection with a homicide in central Iowa. Des Moines police say the man arrested in Aurora, Colorado, is awaiting extradition to Des Moines, where he will be formally charged with first-degree murder in the death of Matthew Cizek. He was shot and killed near his home on September 11th.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — An auto shop owner in Waterloo has been convicted of first-degree murder in the 2014 shooting death of another man. Forty-four-year-old Anthony Tronca was found guilty on Wednesday. Tronca was accused of shooting 44-year-old Ronald Randall in September 2014. His body was found days later in a rural area.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — A former Iowa State basketball player’s lawsuit against a woman who accused him of sexual abuse has been settled. A Des Moines law firm says Bubu Palo’s lawsuit was “resolved to the mutual satisfaction of both parties.” Palo had sued the woman and her mother in May 2014, saying his reputation had been damaged.

BOONE, Iowa (AP) — The family of a central Iowa car collector is auctioning off dozens of antique vehicles he purchased over at least six decades. Grant Quam had amassed 85 antique cars by the time he died in 2007 at age 91. Quam’s children will auction off 54 cards on Saturday at the Central Iowa Expo Center in Boone.

Members of the Cass County Conference Board met during a special session Wednesday evening at the Courthouse in Atlantic, to act on an order to rescind their Sept. 3rd vote against appointing County Assessor Brenda Nelson for another six years.

Cass County Conference Board meeting, 9-23-15

After 90-minutes of discussion and public input, the Conference Board votes were tabulated and announced. Cass County Attorney Dave Wiederstein said the vote was 3-0 in favor of reappointing Nelson. The announcement was met was thunderous applause and tears from Nelson, as well as her supporters, who hugged her after the decision was announced.

Brenda Nelson gets a hug after the 3-0 decision to reappoint, from Kenner Baxter, who serves on the Cass County Board of Review.

The decision means the board reversed its Sept. 3rd decision not to reappoint her. The action followed the tabulation of a roll call vote of each member of the three entities which comprise the Board (Schools, Mayors and Board of Supervisors), and during which a vast majority were in favor of reappointment. All three school board representatives, and all but two of the Mayors (Reinke, of Massena, and Coughlin, of Cumberland) as well as Supervisors Rieken, Wedemeyer, and Schelling, voted in favor of reappointment for their respective representing entities, with Supervisors McFadden and Frank Waters, voted against.

Even Supervisors Mark Wedemeyer and Chuck Rieken changed their minds. Rieken said it was because Nelson agreed to work with the Conference Board to keep open the lines of communication, which many agreed was sorely lacking among each of the entities involved in the process. Wedemeyer changed his mind after it was made clear Nelson could NOT reapply for her position, according to Iowa Code. She could only be reappointed. Wedemeyer said his original vote on Sept. 3rd was with the understanding she COULD reapply for her job.

Nelson had a cadre of supporters during the meeting, including County Assessors from around southwest Iowa, local realtors and land appraisers, and others. But there were also a handful of people who packed the Courthouse conference room Wednesday evening, who were not in her corner. They included two people whose case against her office’ appraisal is in litigation. Others, including Ardelle McCunn, of Massena, said Nelson’s office staff showed what amounted to a lack respect.

The Board, in its deliberations, agreed part of the problem with its oversight of Nelsons office, whether it be with regard to how the public is treated, budgetary reports and concerns, and other matters, is the how few times each year they actually meet, to receive complaints and ask questions of her. To remedy that, they agreed to begin meeting quarterly. All parties involved seemed to agree there were numerous instances of breakdown in communication, which could have headed-off action taken Sept. 3rd. Nelson said after the meeting, that she was glad the “emotional rollercoaster” of the last three weeks not knowing her future, was finally over. And, she agreed to address the concerns brought up during the meeting.

She said the proposed quarterly Conference Board meetings will help, but also “If there is a problem, it needs to be taken care of immediately. And I think the Conference Board needs to be aware of it immediately, and so if there’s something I can do, that it can be addressed before another quarter goes by.”

The Atlantic Police Department reports the arrest of 57-year-old Douglas Howard of Atlantic on multiple drug charges on Monday.  Howard was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance Marijuana (Second Offense), Controlled Substance Violation, Possession of Controlled Substance Cocaine (Second Offense), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp.  He was taken to the Cass County Jail and booked in.

Police in Glenwood report the arrest on Tuesday on a woman wanted on a warrant out of Mills County, for Forgery. 28-year old Mallori Ferguson, of Glenwood, being held on $5,000 bond, with 10% allowed through the court system.