Cass County Treasurer Tracey J Marshall is reminding residents that September taxes are due. This is for your first half tax payments of real estate and mobile homes.

The deadline for payments without penalty is Monday, October 1st and payments with a September postmark will be accepted without penalty.

You may also pay taxes online at www.iowatreasurers.org

State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald will be in Atlantic to meet with current and former public employees to discuss IPERS.  The goal of the meeting is to provide information about IPERS in general and answer any questions the group may have. The meeting is open to the public.

Tuesday, October 9th
6:30 – 7:30 PM
Atlantic Community High School Auditorium
1201 E 14th St
Atlantic, IA 50022

Treasurer Fitzgerald has served as an IPERS trustee and custodian for 35 years. In that time, IPERS has remained a secure, strong, and sustainable retirement system.

The Shelby County Emergency Management Commission, Executive Committee, announced Friday morning that Alex Londo will be replacing retiring EMA Coordinator Bob Seivert.

Alex is a current employee of the agency with a Bachelors Degree, in Criminal Justice and 2 years experience as a 911 dispatcher.

Londo is a 4 year volunteer with the Harlan Fire Department.

His duties as the EMA Coordinator will begin October 1.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Hamburg man in Pacific Junction on Thursday night at 7:49pm. Deputies made contact with 23-year-old Trenton Levi Jordan of Hamburg for a valid arrest warrant out of Fremont County for Violation of Probation. During a search of Jordan he was found to be in possession of methamphetamine, Marijuana, prescription pills, several baggies, a digital scale, and brass knuckles.  Jordan was arrested on the Fremont County warrant along with four counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute and Carrying Weapons.

He was taken to the Mills County Jail and booked in without further incident. His total bond was set at $169,000. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit assisted with the investigation.

In a separate incident on Thursday, Deputies arrested 22-year-old Kayla Shae Richardson of Glenwood on a Warrant for Violation of Probation. Richardson was arrested at 5:58pm on Elm Street in Glenwood and taken to the Mills County Jail and held on $5,000 bond.

A Texas man plead guilty to two counts of Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree in Mills County District Court on Monday. The Mills County Attorney’s Office reports that 26-year-old Travis Carl Boyer of Canyon Lake, Texas entered the plea and requested to be sentenced immediately. Boyer was then sentenced by Judge Mark J. Everloff to ten years in prison on each count to be run consecutively. Boyer must also register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

Boyer was first charged with one count on July 23rd in Mills County and was later charged with the second count in Pottawattamie County on September 24th.

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The Creston Police Department reports two arrests on Thursday along with one reported theft.

At 12:01pm Officers arrested 55-year-old Timothy C. Fechter of Creston on a Union County Warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault. He was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on $1,000 bond.

At 5:00pm Creston PD arrested 23-year-old Jameson C. Cox of Creston for OWI 1st Offense. Cox was also charged with Eluding by the Union County Sheriff’s Office. Cox was arrested at 302 North Pine Street in Creston and taken to the Union County Jail and held on $6,000 bond.

Creston Police also received a report from a resident on Walnut Street that he had a Glock pistol stolen from his residence between 10:30am and 10:00pm. The loss was estimated at $550.

The driver of a motorcycle and his passenger were injured in an accident on Thursday evening near Council Bluffs. The Council Bluffs Police Department reports the accident occurred on the I-29 southbound off ramp to Avenue G at 6:09pm.

40-year-old Johnathon Scott Enarson of Council Bluffs was exiting I-29 to Avenue G when he lost control on the off ramp causing the crash. Enarson and his passenger 53-year-old Jackie Lorraine Usher of Council Bluffs were both taken to a local hospital. Enarson suffered serious life-threatening injuries and Usher suffered non-life threatening injuries. Neither rider was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

The Council Bluffs Traffic Unit is investigating the crash and it is believed that both speed and alcohol were factors. The Iowa DOT assisted at the scene with traffic control.

John Whitaker has recently been selected to serve as the Executive Director of the Conservation Districts of Iowa. Mr. Whitaker most recently served as the State Executive Director for USDA Farm Service Agency in Iowa under President Obama.

“I am honored to be working with CDI which is dedicated to conserving our soil, natural resources and improving water quality in Iowa” said Whitaker.

In addition to serving in USDA, Mr. Whitaker served ten years as County Supervisor in Van Buren County and seven years in the Iowa House of Representative. During his legislative service, he served two years as an Assistant Minority Leader and three years as an Assistant Majority Leader. He also served three years as Vice President, and nine years as President of the Iowa Farmers Union.

“We are thrilled to have someone with John’s conservation ethic and public service background join CDI” stated Alex Schmidt, President of CDI.

John continues to be actively engaged in their family farm operations with his brother Bruce and son Gabe. They raise corn, soybeans, wheat, oats, rye, and hay by no till methods. They feed hogs for Niman Ranch in a deep bedding system and have a cow/calf herd.

John and his wife Lorrie are both graduates of ISU along with their three children Gabe, Daniel and Becca. He is active in both the Hillsboro Baptist Church and First Baptist Church in Ames. John is also active in his local Masonic lodge, Order of the Eastern Star, Pheasants Forever, and serves as chair of Veterans in Agriculture (John is a non-veteran member).

The mission of CDI is to inform, educate and lead Iowans through our local soil and water conservation districts to promote conservation of our natural resources. CDI is the nonprofit umbrella organization representing the 100 local soil and water conservation commissions and the 500 locally elected commissioners who make up those local commissions.

DES MOINES – Iowans are invited to provide input on children’s mental health needs at regional listening posts scheduled statewide beginning Oct. 2.

The listening posts will be hosted by Iowa’s area education agencies on behalf of the Children’s System State Board established by Gov. Kim Reynolds through Executive Order 2 in April. The board is co-chaired by Iowa Department of Human Services Director Jerry Foxhoven and Iowa Department of Education Director Ryan Wise.

Board members will review information gathered from the listening posts as part of their charge to develop recommendations to create a children’s mental health system. The recommendations are due to the legislature on Nov. 15.

In our area, Listening post details are as follows:

Oct. 10, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Green Hills AEA
257 Swan St., Creston

Iowa families who are unable to participate in the listening posts may provide input online in the following ways:

An online survey. The survey deadline is Oct. 12.

An online listening post will run from noon to 1 p.m. on Oct. 4. To join from a computer, visit: https://zoom.us/j/290354386. To join by phone, call 1-646-876-9923. When prompted, enter meeting code 290-354-386

For more information about the Children’s System State Board, visit the Iowa Department of Human Services’ website.