A trio of area school district Boards of Education are slated to hold separate meetings Monday evening. The Griswold School Board will gather at 5:30-p.m. in the Central Office Board Room. On their agenda under Old Business, is an update on district facility improvement projects, and action on various board policies. Additional action will be taken with regard to specifications for a Lift Bus and an Early Retirement Policy.

In Anita, the CAM School Board will meet in the High School Media Center, beginning at 7-p.m., Monday. Discussion and/or action items on their agenda include: A report from Snyder and Associates; A School Budget Review Committee (SBRC) application; Open enrollment applications; a Resignation and Superintendent Goals.

And, in Elk Horn, the E-H-K School Board will meet at 7-p.m. Monday in the Family and Consumer Science Room at the High School. New business on their agenda consists of: Suggested changes to the Early Retirement Package; Matters pertaining to the phone system; Bus cameras on all buses; Approval of an agreement with the Atlantic Community School District for Special Education; Approval of the Iowa Association of Drug and Alcohol Testing Program (IADATP) for Bus Driver’s Drug testing; and, approval of the Certified Annual Report (CAR).

A complaint about a reported trespasser led to the arrest of a Red Oak man late Saturday night. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department says 21-year old Jesus Garcia-Rodriguez, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 11:40-p.m., on a charge of OWI/1st Offense.

Officials say his arrest was the result of a trespass complaint filed by a resident on Ginko Avenue in Red Oak. Garcia-Rodriguez was located in the driveway of 2360 Highway 48. During their investigation, deputies determined the man had been drinking. After Garcia-Rodriguez was given and failed a Field Sobriety Test, he was placed under arrest and transported to the Montgomery County Jail, where he was being held on $1.000 bond.

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Local and Federal authorities are investigating a bank robbery which occurred Saturday morning in Fremont County. According to reports, the incident happened at around 9:30-a.m., in Riverton, after a white male subject entered the Great Western Bank and later fled on foot with an undetermined amount of cash. The suspect was described as being about six-feet tall. He had a small goatee, wore a black hooded sweatshirt and sunglasses.  Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call the Fremont County Sheriff’s office at 712-374-2424.

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) – The estate of the late Johnny Carson has given the go-ahead for a movie about his life. The Norfolk (NE) Daily News reports that the project is being written by John McLaughlin, who adapted the biopic “Hitchcock,” starring Anthony Hopkins. Carson was the longtime host of television’s “The Tonight Show.” He was born in Corning, Iowa, grew up in Norfolk, Neb., and attended the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. He died in California in 2005.

The movie will be based on the upcoming book, “Carson the Magnificent: An Intimate Portrait,” written by Bill Zehme.  Zehme was a consultant and appeared in the “American Masters” documentary, “Johnny Carson: King of Late Night,” that aired on PBS last May.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – An 8-year-old Sioux City boy is being credited with saving members of his family from carbon monoxide poisoning.  Jacob Mace was sleeping at his grandmother’s house Tuesday night when he woke up feeling ill.  He then woke up his grandmother, Debbie Beardsley, who also was ill. She thought they might have the flu, until other family members in the house reported feeling ill, too.

Beardsley and her 29-year-old son took Jacob and Beardsley’s 16-year-old granddaughter to a Sioux City hospital, where it was discovered they were all suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide is a colorless and odorless deadly gas. The poison was traced to a malfunctioning furnace.

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The Cass County Board of Supervisors have approved a plat for the Walnut Grove Subdivision southwest of Atlantic. The action came during the Board’s meeting earlier this week, in Atlantic. Zoning Administrator Rich Hanson reported during Wednesday’s meeting that the Zoning Commission met October 31^st and approved the final plat filed by Jason Wright and others for the property.

In other business, the Supervisors discussed, but took no action on a Resolution for the Division of Land Process as required under Chapter 354 of the Code of Iowa. Earlier in the morning, the Board Wednesday met to canvass the results of the November 8^th General Election. The canvass resulted in no changes to those elected to the various County Offices, Commissions, Councils and Township Trustee and/or Clerk positions.

When the Supervisors meet again on Wed., Nov. 21^st, they are expected to act on allowing or disallowing Military exemptions and Homestead Credit applications for taxes collectible for Fiscal Year 2013-2014. And, if the paperwork is ready, act on an Ordinance removing parcels from the Amaizing Energy TIF District, as it pertains to the Division of Taxes Levied on Taxable Property in the Amaizing Energy Urban Renewal Area (URA), pursuant to the Code of Iowa. The Board will also act on a contract for Private Development with Fagen Farms, if the contract is ready.

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The Iowa Department of Public Safety is reminding motorists planning on traveling during this upcoming week that most of the state’s police officers, deputy sheriffs, state troopers and Department of Transportation (DOT) officers will participate in a Thanksgiving holiday enforcement effort aimed at encouraging everyone to buckle up.

This one-week enhanced enforcement period, spanning November 19–25, 2012, is another wave of Iowa’s special Traffic Enforcement Program (sTEP). The goal is to convince all motorists of the importance of buckling up.  In addition to safety belt violations, officers will also be watching for impaired drivers and other moving violations.

Although 92 percent of Iowa motorists are using safety belts during daytime hours, there are plenty of other drivers and passengers who aren’t, especially in rural communities.  As of November 1st, 2012, over 37 percent of the year’s 299 fatalities were not wearing seat belts at the time of the crash which claimed their life.

Among the many law enforcement agencies participating in this years Governor’s Special Traffic Enforcement Program , is the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department, which has applied for and received a grant to provide extra traffic enforcement in five phases starting the week of Thanksgiving 2012.