At least four area school district Boards of Education will hold their regularly scheduled, monthly meetings Monday evening. The Griswold School Board meets at 5:45-p.m. in the Central Office Board Room, the CAM School Board will meet in the High School Media Center at 6:30-p.m., while the Audubon and Elk Horn Kimballton School Boards will meet at 7-p.m. at the High Schools in Audubon and Elk Horn, respectively.

The Griswold School Board will receive an update on various projects and take action on: Fuel and Tech Support bids; Snow removal, Bakery, Dairy, Vehicle, and Trash Specifications; on designating Level 1 & 2 Child Abuse Investigators, and on City Partnership Agreements. Their meeting will end with a closed session for an evaluation of Superintendent Dana Kunze.

The CAM School Board will discuss and/or act on: Open enrollment applications; an Administrative Assistant contract; The early retirement of Superintendent Steve Pelzer; Any resignations or other contracts to come before the Board; Counselor and Superintendent sharing agreements; Curriculum changes; a revision in a Board policy pertaining to graduation requirements, and legislative priorities. Their meeting will conclude after a closed session to evaluate the Superintendent.

In Audubon, the school Board will discuss and/or act on: an Elementary Project; upgrading the Elementary Camera System; a Notice of Surplus Property, and Personnel matters. They’re also expected to receive an update on various summer projects.

And in Elk Horn, the school Board will act on the resignations of: Business Teacher/Coach Kelly Juhl (who has accepted a position in the Atlantic School District); Junior High Volleyball Coach Heather Eischeid, and High School Band instructor Crystal Fischer.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa gambling regulators plan to consider whether it’s time to stop building more casinos in Iowa at a meeting next month after narrowly voting to approve one for Jefferson. The five-member Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved Thursday on a 3-2 vote the $40 million casino in Jefferson. It will be the 19th state-licensed casino. Iowa also has three American Indian casinos.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Presidential hopefuls Senator Rand Paul, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and former Senator Rick Santorum are in Iowa to deliver their prescriptions for how to unite the Republican Party. The three were the most notable figures to speak Saturday at the Iowa Republican State Convention in Des Moines.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa farm where the baseball film “Field of Dreams” was filmed is hosting a 25th anniversary celebration this weekend. Stars such as Kevin Costner and Timothy Busfield joined thousands of people from all over the Midwest at the remote locale Friday and Saturday. Costner, who played Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella in the film, says the movie remains a “high mark” in his acting career.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The Salvation Army in Cedar Rapids is again participating in the Summer Food Service Program, offering free meals to children. Breakfast and lunch will be provided Monday through Friday at The Salvation Army in Cedar Rapids from Monday through August 22nd. Breakfast will be served from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., and lunch will be served from noon to 1 p.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal authorities have arrested two Chinese nationals — one of them a former Iowa State student — accused of smuggling technology with military uses. The Des Moines Register reports it obtained federal documents Friday showing that the former student, 29-year-old Wentong Cai, and an associate, 28-year-old Bo Cai, were arrested in February.

The Red Oak Police Department reports the arrest of two individuals on theft charges Saturday (6/14).  At 1:06pm Officers arrested 48-year-old Bradley Dean Gary of Red Oak and 47-year-0ld Barbara Darlene Wilson of Red Oak at a residence in the 600 block of East Sunset Avenue in Red Oak.  Gary was charged with 4 counts of Theft in the 5th Degree and Wilson was charged with one count of Theft in the 5th Degree.  Both individuals were taken to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held on $300 bond each.

The Council Bluffs Police Department report a shooting took place on Saturday, June 14th in the parking lot of 37 Bluff Street in Council Bluffs.  At 3:11pm a vehicle driven by 16-year-old Justice Alstadt of Council Bluffs with two passengers aboard were leaving the parking lot when an unidentified male fired four shots with a hand gun at the vehicle.  One of the bullets struck Alstadt in the right abdomen and she was taken to Mercy Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries and is in stable condition.

The investigation into the attempted murder is ongoing.

The National Weather Service in its mid-morning weather briefing, Saturday, said severe weather is still in the forecast for tonight across portions of Iowa. The primary threat in western Iowa appears to be from damaging winds in excess of 58-miles per hour. However, large hail and isolated tornadoes are also possible.The area is under a “Moderate risk” for severe weather.

Areas in red are under a “Moderate” risk of severe weather tonight, areas in yellow will experience a “Slight” risk for severe weather. (NWS graphic)

Keep in mind, that winds of 60-to 80-miles per hour can have the same effect as an EF-1 tornado, and tree debris may be difficult to see on the road at night.

If you are camping or have plans to do so, make sure you have a way to receive weather information and a safe place for emergency shelter, and if at home, keep your weather radio ready to go with fresh batteries.

w/ Chris Parks

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (6.9MB)

Subscribe: RSS

Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resource reports the residents of Soldier in western Iowa’s Monona County can drink their tap water again, as the boil advisory that was issued earlier in the week was lifted Friday afternoon. The DNR and the city lifted the boil advisory after two sets of water samples tested clean of bacteria. The boil advisory was issued Wednesday after a hole in a well pipe drained the water tower. Loss of water pressure has the potential to allow bacteria to enter the water system.

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) — In Iowa for a “Field of Dreams” 25th anniversary celebration, actor Kevin Costner did the obvious. He played a little baseball Friday, this time with his two young sons. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports  hundreds of onlookers watched as Costner played catch with his boys, 7-year-old Cayden and 5-year-old Hayes. The movie fans clapped when the boys made a play, prompting Costner to note, “We don’t usually have this many people when we do this.”

Costner and other actors traveled to the field near Dyersville in northeast Iowa to celebrate the 1989 movie about an Iowa farmer who carved a baseball field out of his corn crop. About 11,000 people were expected to join in events at the site Friday and Saturday.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Council Bluffs residents dropped off tons of tree and wet basement debris after the city offered to accept the items at no charge for a week following an intense storm. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports the city offered to take the items for free after a June 3 storm pounded parts of western Iowa with hail, rain and high winds.

Public health director Donn Dierks says people dropped off more than 100 tons of tree debris and 14 tons of wet basement items, such as carpeting and drywall. Dierks says he expected people to bring in more soaked basement items and thinks the relatively small amount reflects that the city’s storm sewers worked well.

The special offer ended Wednesday.