The Creston Police Department released details Monday on three weekend arrests.

On Friday, May 14th at 12:30 p.m. Creston Police served a warrant on current Union County Jail inmate 28-year-old Kegan Kirscher of Lorimor. The Clarke County Warrant was for the charge of Violation of a No Contact Order. Bond on the new charge was set at $300.

Also on Friday at 7:17 p.m. Officers arrested 43-year-old Toby Simpson of Creston on a Union County Warrant for Violation of Probation on the original charge of OWI 1st Offense. He was later released from the Union Count Jail on $1,000 bond.

On Saturday, May 15th at 2:38 a.m. Officers arrested 36-year-old Amanda A Hensley of Bedford in the 100 block of West Taylor Street. She was arrested on a Nodaway County, Missouri Warrant for Failure to Appear on the original charge of Possession of a Controlled Substance. She was held in the Adams County Jail awaiting extradition to Missouri.

A public hearing will take place during Wednesday evening’s meeting of the City Council, in Atlantic. The hearing at 5:30-p.m. in the Atlantic City Hall Council Chambers, is with regard to an annual budget amendment. City Administrator John Lund says “If the City overspends on any of the nine state-defined budget activities (i.e: Public Safety; Public Works; Health & Social Services; Culture & Recreation; Community and Economic Development; General Government; Debt service; Capital Projects and Business Type/Enterprise) during the fiscal year,” it is “Required to pass a budget amendment,” which the City, he says, chooses to do in a single amendment towards the end of the fiscal year, to reconcile the budget with final expenditures. Lund calls it “A routine matter.” The amended budget includes $541,700 in revenue, and $364,700 in expenditures.

In other business, the Council will act on approving a Resolution awarding a contract for the West 22nd Street sidewalk project, for which Snyder and Associates have solicited bids. The bids will be opened prior to the start of the Council’s meeting, and the recommended project award recipient along with final amount for construction will be explained during the Council’s meeting. The project came about after a petition signed by 94 citizens was presented to the City Council, requesting the construction of a walking path on the south side of W. 22nd Street.

The Council will also act on setting (2021) wages for pool personnel, with regard to the Sunnyside Pool. The YMCA’s Aquatic Program Director & Sunnyside Pool Manager, Chelsie Huddleson, recently announced her acceptance of a new job. The City is working with her and the YMCA on how to manage the pool this season.  The Council’s final order of business, is a closed session to discuss a real estate issue/dangerous building, as allowed under the Code of Iowa.

A heads up to KJAN listeners that our FM frequency 101.1 is offline on Monday due to technical issues. You can still listen on AM 1220 or online at kjan.com. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to get the FM signal back on-air as soon as possible.

The Audubon, Exira-EHK and Griswold School Boards will hold their regular, separate meetings, Monday. In Audubon, the Board will hold a work session at 6:30-p.m., followed by their regular meeting at 7-p.m., in the High School Board Room. The latter starts with a Public Hearing on proposed budget amendments due to COVID-19 expenditures. Action items include approval of: budget amendments; late open enrollment requests, Iowa School Finance Information Services (IFIS) membership; and, surplus properties.

The Exira-EHK School Board will meet in the Conference Room at the Elk Horn Building, beginning at 6-p.m., Monday. Their Discussion/Action items include approval of:

• 2021-22 Fees
• the appointment of Mallory Meyer as Treasurer
• approval of a School Based Interventionist, Auditor, Chromebook bid, Daycare proposal, 800 Series policies, and
• Approval of Personnel Hires, Transfers and Resignations, to include: Ann Belen Munoz Martin – Spanish Teacher; Vandy Mosier – HS Social Studies; Taylor West – First Grade; Amelia Teegerstrom – Prom Sponsor, and Ryan Gaumer – Fourth Grade.

The Exira-EHK Board is then expected to move into a closed session to conduct the annual Superintendent Evaluation. And, in Griswold, the School Board meeting gets underway at 5:30-p.m. in the Conference Room. The meeting begins with a Public Budget Hearing, followed by the regular meeting, during which they will act on Personnel matters.

The Griswold School Board will also receive information with regard to updates on COVID-19, and consider approval of, and act on the following:

• A Budget Amendment
• Open enrollment requests
• Approval of a fundraiser
• Establishing Nutition Prices, Registration and Activity Pass fees, for 2021-22
• The possible approval of a bus purchase
• Approval of a City Agreement
• Approval of the 2021-22 Parent/Student Handbook,
• and the first readings of three 408-Series Board Policies.

The City of Atlantic’s Parks and Recreation Department Board of Directors is set to meet 5:15-p.m. Monday, at City Hall. Discussion/Action items and/or New Business on their agenda include:

• Sunnyside Bathrooms
• Summer Programs
• Street Dept. take over of the campground
• Summer Help
• Sunnyside Pool
• Plastic Bags to Benches
• and, Walkability Maps.

Parks Director Bryant Rasmussen will update the Board on the following:

• Nesting Boxes
• Groundskeeper applications
• Trees/Flowers planted
• and public parking areas mulched.

The Board’s next regular meeting will be at 5:15-p.m. June 21st, at Cedar Park.

A traffic stop at around 1:50-p.m. Sunday, in Montgomery County, resulted in the arrest of a man from Oakland. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 35-year-old Corey Andrew Stephens was taken into custody at Highway 148 & 130th Street, for Driving While Barred. His bond was set at $2,000.

Corey Andrew Stephens

Police in Jefferson, Saturday, have confirmed there was a second explosion at the Landus grain elevator Saturday night, in Jefferson. The first explosion occurred Friday morning at the Landus Cooperative, in Jefferson. Landus officials said smoldering grain in a self-contained bin located next to the grain elevator led to the second, smaller dust explosion, which happened at around 7:15-p.m., Saturday. Authorities said there were no injuries in either explosion.

A man on a motorcycle died from his injuries, Saturday, after his 2005 Harley Davidson collided with a van in Spencer. The Iowa State Patrol reports 31-year-old Alex Michael Leewright, of Spencer, died at the Spencer Municipal Hospital. He had been traveling south on Highway 71 at around 3:57-p.m., when a van pulled out in front of him, from 13th Street Southwest onto Highway 71.

The cycle struck the 2044 Chrysler Town & Country van on the front, and came to rest in the southeast ditch of intersection. The van, driven by 28-year old Michelle Schuck, of Sheldon, came to rest in the southbound lanes of traffic. Schuck was not injured in the crash.

A traffic stop late Saturday morning in Montgomery County resulted in the arrest of 62-year-old Jon Marvin King, of Red Oak. He was taken into custody for OWI/1st offense at around 11:42-a.m., following a traffic stop on Highway 71 and 185th Street. King was released after posting a $1,000 bond.