A new emergency notification system that will replace CodeRED was launched today (Tuesday) by the Pottawattamie County Emergency Management Agency. Officials said the Pottawattamie County Emergency Notification System is part of the growing statewide notification system “Alert Iowa.” Currently, 80 of Iowa’s 99 counties have or are in the process of implementing this statewide emergency notification system.

A Nebraska man claims his on-and-off again Iowa girlfriend scammed him out of $125,000 and now she won’t return his phone calls. The Daily NonPareil says the unidentified 59-year old victim filed a report with the Omaha Police Department on March 10th, a year after discovering he had been defrauded. He told police that the suspect, a Council Bluffs woman in her 30s, had promised to pay him back.

The Atlantic Community School District’s Board of Education will meet in a Special Session Thursday evening at the High School. During the 6-p.m. meeting in the High School Media Center, the Board will act on ratifying a 2015-16 tentative agreement with the district’s Non-Certified Employees.

During their meeting on March 15th, the Atlantic School Board vote against ratifying the Non-Certified Employees 2015-16 tentative contract agreement, which called for a 47-cent per hour increase in pay, which would cost the district $87, 584. Board member Phil Hascall said “He struggled with” the increase, and other board members agreed.

Hascall said it’s not that he doesn’t think people don’t deserve a raise, but in his business and elsewhere, it’s hard to justify a nearly three-percent raise. “It’s sends a message to the rest of the employees who haven’t [yet] settled.” Board member Rod Hartwig said the amount was “A little higher than I thought it would be,” and Hascall said he didn’t want to vote for something that might result in the elimination of the para-educators.

An Atlantic man and woman was arrested Monday on Theft charges. The Police Dept. says 25-year old Brittany Sampson was taken into custody on a Cass County warrant for Theft in the 5th degree. Sampson was booked into the Cass County Jail. And, 31-year old Bryan Kirby, of Atlantic, was arrested for Theft in the 4th degree. He was also booked into the Cass County Jail.

One person was injured during a rollover accident Monday evening, in Page County. Sheriff Lyle Palmer says deputies responded at around 5:25-p.m. to a report of an accident on A Avenue, about a mile north of Shenadoah. When they arrived, they discovered a 2004 Pontiac Grand Am in a field. The driver, and sole occupant of the car, 32-year old Carrie LeeAnn Leece, of Essex, was transported to the Shenandoah Memorial Hospital for treatment of unknown injuries.

Palmer says Leece was traveling south on A Avenue when she lost control. The vehicle then went into the ditch, rolling and coming to rest on its wheels.

Sheriff’s officials in Cass County report a Nebraska woman was arrested Monday on a Cass County Theft warrant. 42-year old Amy Louise Springer, of Omaha, was charged with Felony Theft in the second degree.  The charge stems from the theft of cattle from Freund Brothers Farms in January, at which time 57-year old Ervin John Jacob, of Omaha, was also charged. Springer was taken to the Cass County Jail where she is being held on $5,000 bond.

The Cass and Adair County Boards of Supervisors are set to hold their regular, weekly meetings Wednesday, in Atlantic and Greenfield, respectively. In Atlantic, the Cass Supervisors meet at 8:30-a.m., and will act on: A Child Abuse Prevention Council request to proclaim the month of April as “Child Abuse Prevention Month” in Cass County; A contract with Medivac Ambulance for services covering July 1st 2015 through June 30th, 2020; and a 28-E agreement for Juvenile Emergency Services.

The Supervisors will also act on contracts for a bridge replacement and bridge project materials, along with proposals for the replacement of the courthouse telephone system, and approving the securing of a loan for communications equipment requested by the Public Safety Communications Commission. In other business, the Board will meet with representatives of Carlson-West-Povandra Architects, and Morrissey Engineering, with regard to heating in the new Communications Center.

In Greenfield, the Adair County Board of Supervisors will meet at 9-a.m. They’ll discuss and/or act on an Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) Tax Control Program; Township Clerk Wages; a Courtyard Use Permit, and a Transfer Resolution. They’ll also receive updates on the Manure Management Plan (MMP) and the Matura Action County FY 2014 Audit Report.

The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, released details about the Special Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) that took place March 13th to 17th, during the St. Patrick’s Day Holiday period. Officials say there was one citation issued for OWI which resulted in an arrest, and one warning issued, where a person was tested but not arrested, for OWI. Six warnings were given for seat belts violations, plus four warnings and one citation for Child Restraint violations. There was also 154 warnings for Speeders and five citations issued.

Authorities say one arrest warrant was served, one narcotics arrest made, and one canine search or interdiction. In addition, six accidents were investigated, and eight motorists assisted.

Statewide results for the STEP are not yet available. The next Special Traffic Enforcement Program statewide is slated to take place May 18th through the 31st.

w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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The Clarinda Police Department says no injuries were reported following a chain-reaction collision Monday afternoon. Police Chief Keith Brothers says a 1992 Ford Ranger pickup driven by 17-year old Elijah Bix, of Coin, was stopped at the intersection of 16th and Division Streets at around 3:20-p.m., waiting for a vehicle to turn left. A 2002 Buick Rendezvous SUV driven by 16-year old Marcus Middleton, of Nodaway, was behind the pickup. A 2000 Dodge Intrepid driven by 17-year old Madison Nothwehr, of Clarinda, approached the intersection from the north traveling southbound and told police she “Was messing around with her radio,” and didn’t see the vehicles in front of her had stopped.

The teen hit the brakes and skidded for about 15-feet before her vehicle slammed into the SUV, which was shoved into the rear of the pickup. Nothwehr was cited for Following too Closely. Damage from the pile-up amounted to $5,500.