(Update: The Board of Supervisors will meet in the basement meeting room at the Courthouse, as their Board Room on the Main floor will not be available, Wednesday)

The Cass County Board of Supervisors are set to act on a few resolutions and other matters to come before them, during their meeting Wednesday morning, in Atlantic. First up, the Board is expected to hear a request for the “Fulfilling Iowa’s Need for Dentists (FIND)” project, where up to $100,000 will be dedicated to dental education debt over a five-year period (25% from the community, 25% from the State of Iowa and 50% from Delta Dental.

The Supervisors will also act on a resolution abating taxes for a 1981 and 1974 mobile home (where it is impractical to collect the tax) and related Disabled Veteran Exemption. They’ll also act on a Resolution abating the tax for a parcel of land now owned by the City of Lewis, and an Order to Terminate Audubon County’s Plan of Reimbursement to Cass County, for Administrative Assistant Service rendered to the Audubon County Attorney’s Office, and then set the rate of compensation for an Administrative Assistant.

In other business, the Cass County Supervisors are expected to act on amending or rescinding the Cass County Information Technology Policy that was adopted July 29th, and act on approving the promotion of an employee to fill a Secondary Roads vacancy. Their meeting begins at 8:30-p.m. in the basement meeting room at the Courthouse, in Atlantic.

The Iowa Transportation Commission today (Tuesday), approved approximately $6.3 million for the fiscal year 2017 State Aviation Program, which includes several subprograms. Airport Development Projects funds approved include $133,650 for the resurfacing and overlay of Runway 17/35 at the Mount Ayr Municipal Airport, $174,675 for the removal of obstructions/Runway-Safety Area Grading at the Winterset Municipal Airport, and $7,000 for Hangar updates at the Denison Municipal Airport.

The Airport Improvement Program (AIP) will fund $4 million for aviation safety, planning, and airport development projects at 24 airports throughout Iowa. AIP programs are funded with revenue from aircraft registration fees and aviation fuel taxes. Aviation vertical infrastructure programs will provide $2.25 million for projects at nine general aviation airports and eight commercial service airports throughout Iowa.

Those programs provide funding for the maintenance and development of airport facilities, such as terminal buildings, maintenance facilities, and aviation hangars. Vertical infrastructure programs are funded from aircraft registration fees, aviation fuel taxes, and the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund (RIIF).

A collision Sunday afternoon in Mills County resulted in one person being transported to the hospital. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office says 73-year old Marvin Powles, of Glenwood, was taken by Silver City Rescue to UNMC in Omaha, after the 2013 Buick he was driving was hit on the passenger side by a 2012 Honda. The driver of the Honda, 43-year old John Pakiz, of Omaha, was not hurt. Deputies cited him for Failure to Yield upon entering a through highway. The accident happened at around 2-p.m. Sunday, at the intersection of 221st Street and Barrus Road.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports two recent arrests. Late Sunday evening, 43-year old Julia Dianne Crouse, of Hastings, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Driving Under Suspension. Crouse was taken into custody following a traffic stop on Highway 34, in Mills County. Her bond was set at $1,600.

The Sheriff’s Office said also, 41-year old Randy Leon Hopkin, of Clarinda, was arrested Friday evening for Criminal Mischief. Hopkins was arrested in Emerson and held in the Mills County Jail on a $300 bond.

(8-a.m. News)

Police in Creston arrested a man Monday night on drug and alcohol charges. 34-year old Joseph Christman, of Creston, was taken into custody for OWI/1st offense, and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Christman was brought to the Union County Jail and held on a $1,000 bond. And, Monday afternoon, Creston Police arrests 34-year old Raymond Davis, of Creston, on a warrant charging him with Failure to Serve his Jail Sentence. Davis was being held in the Union County Jail until the balance of his sentence is served.

(8-a.m. News)

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The Iowa Department of Transportation and Iowa Transportation Commission have been working on the long-range transportation plan for Iowa. The plan provides a framework for how future investments should be made to Iowa’s multimodal transportation system.

A key part of the plan update is collecting public input. In February 2016, public feedback was sought on potential investment categories and strategies, which helped form the overall system vision and the types of investments and strategies to consider. Now, in tandem with Iowa DOT’s State Fair booth theme “Future of Transportation,” a survey has been developed to gather more specific public opinion on what the future of transportation should look like in the state.

This survey will build on the results of the input received in February and initial internal analysis of the highway system. Survey questions focus on how people want to live and travel in the future and what they think of particular highway investment strategies.

The survey and information concerning the plan is available online at: www.iowadot.gov/iowainmotion/index.html. Please revisit this website regularly to stay informed throughout the planning process. Input from the survey will be used to help shape the investment strategies included in the plan.

For questions, please contact the Office of Systems Planning, Iowa Department of Transportation, 800 Lincoln Way, Ames, Iowa 50010, telephone 515-239-1520, email Iowa.Motion@dot.iowa.gov.

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A passenger in a semi was injured during a rollover accident Monday evening, in Pottawattamie County. The Iowa State Patrol reports 32-year old Daniel Therrier, of Montreal, Quebec, who was not wearing a seat belt, was transported by Underwood Rescue to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs. The accident happened at around 8:25-p.m. on Interstate 80, near mile marker 14.

The Patrol says a 2015 Volvo semi driven by a 37-year old man from St. Laurent, Quebec, was westbound on I-80 when the rig drifted to the right and left the road. The driver tried to maneuver the semi back onto the road, but the vehicle rolled onto its passenger side.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Des Moines mayor says full-time workers for the city deserve a minimum wage of $15 an hour. The Des Moines Register reports Mayor Frank Cownie and the City Council told city staffers Monday to evaluate city job descriptions and functions in developing an ordinance that would guarantee a livable wage. City officials will be reviewing labor contracts as part of the process.

City personnel director James Wells says only a few full-time city positions offer a starting salary range below $15 an hour. Iowa’s state minimum wage is $7.25. Johnson County has been raising its minimum wage for all employers and will top out at $10.10 an hour on Jan. 1. Polk County and Linn County supervisors are expected to consider local wage hikes this fall.