Authorities in Council Bluffs say a man working on an ambulance’s air suspension system died this (Friday) morning, when the wheel well of the vehicle collapsed, trapping the victim beneath the vehicle. Police told the Daily NonPareil the accident happened at 275 Trucking Service at 805 32nd Avenue, at around 9:15-a.m.

The victim was trying to figure out the cause of an air leak in the suspension system, when the accident occurred. His Coworkers called 9-1-1 after finding the man and pulling him from beneath the vehicle.

The mans’ name was being withheld pending notification of family. The accident remains under investigation.

Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman reports Frank Waters, the chair of the Cass County Conference Board (Office of County Assessor), has called for a meeting to be held Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 5:30-p.m.

In a statement, Cass County Attorney David Wiederstein said “I asked the Conference Board Chair, Frank Waters, to reconvene the Board and to rescind the vote of non-appointment because of how the vote was conducted. There may or may not have been a violation of Open Meetings laws when the three voting units caucused at the same time.

“Members of the public in attendance, therefore, had to simultaneously divide their attention three different ways. At the next meeting Frank will ask the voting units to caucus one at a time so the public can have unimpeded attention to the deliberations of each voting unit. I have already brought this to the attention of the IPIB (Iowa Public Information Board) Director, Margaret Johnson, and it is my belief that IPIB needs no further involvement in this matter due to corrective measures being followed by the Board Chair.”

This past Wednesday, several members of the public spoke up at the Board of Supervisor’s meeting, and asked him to reconvene for a re-vote on the Conference Board’s Sept. 3rd decision not to re-appoint County Assessor Brenda Nelson.

An accident Thursday afternoon in Page County caused $1,000 damage, but there were no injuries. The Page County Sheriff’s Office says 65-year old Larry Hamm, of Clarinda, was driving a 2004 Chevy pickup southbound on Highway 71 at around 3:45-p.m., about a mile and a-half north of Clarinda, when his pickup was scraped on the side by a passing trailer hauling an oversize load.

The accident happened as Hamm was behind a semi tractor-trailer and was trying to see oncoming traffic in an attempt to pass, after an escort vehicle in front of the semi hauling the oversize load in the opposite lane, had gone by. The trailer hauling the big load was not damaged. No charges were filed.