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(Greenfield, Iowa) Adair County Elections Deputy Joshua Nelson, Friday, released the information with regard to the Combined City/School Elections that will be Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Voter pre-registration deadline is 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 18, 2021.
Pre-registered voters are required to provide an approved form of identification at the polling place before receiving and casting a regular ballot. Voters who are not pre-registered – such as voters registering to vote on election day – and voters changing precincts must also provide proof of residence. A voter who is unable to provide an approved form of identification (or prove residence if required) may:
1) Have the voter’s identity/residence attested to by another registered voter in the precinct,
2) Prove their identity and residence using Election Day Registration documents, or
3) Cast a provisional ballot and provide proof of identity/residence at the county auditor’s office by 12:00 p.m. (noon), November 8, 2021.
Election Day Registrant attesters must provide an approved form of identification. For additional information about providing proof of identity and/or residence visit: https://sos.iowa.gov/voterid or phone (641) 743-2546. Voters may request an absentee ballot from the Auditor’s Office. Voters may vote in the office between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, beginning October 13, 2021 or they may request a ballot be mailed to them. The deadline to request an absentee ballot be mailed is 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 18, 2021. The last day to vote absentee in the Auditor’s Office is Monday, November 1, 2021 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Polls will open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Election Day November 2, 2021.
City of Adair
City Council (To Fill Vacancy) (elect 1): Jeff Lee; Jim Zimmerline.
City of Bridgewater
City of Fontanelle
City of Greenfield
City of Orient
City of Stuart
Adair Casey School Board
Nodaway Valley School Board
Orient Macksburg School Board
(Atlantic, Iowa) – Officials with the Atlantic Police Department, Friday, issued a lengthy report on arrests dating back to August 22nd. Beginning with the most recent:
On Friday, Sept. 17th, A-PD arrested 30-year-old Samantha Wehrli, of Atlantic, for Simple Assault.*
On the 16th, officers arrested 37-year-old Fernando Villa-Diaz, of Atlantic, for Domestic Abuse Assault Impeding Flow of Air/Blood.*
On Sept. 11th, 36-year-old Samantha Schroeder of Atlantic, was arrested for Public Intoxication and Operating Vehicle without Consent.
On the 8th of September, 26-year-old Edward Burton, of Atlantic, was arrested for Possession of Controlled Substance (3rd or Subseq) and three Cass County Warrants for Possession of Controlled Substance, Unlawful Possession of Prescription Drug, & Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.*
On Sept. 3rd, 39-year-old Jasper Daniel, of Atlantic, was arrested for Driving While Barred.
Atlantic Police arrested 35-year-old Zachary Scheffler, of Atlantic, on Aug. 28th, for Domestic Abuse/Simple Assault.
On the 24th of August, 30-year-old Devin Gardner, of Atlantic, was arrested for Driving While Barred.
And, on the 22nd, 24-year-old Brandan Troyer of Atlantic, was arrested by Atlantic Police, for Possession or Carrying of Dangerous Weapons While Under to Influence.
*As of Friday, Sept. 17th, Samantha Wehrli, Fernando Villa-Diaz, and Edward Burton, remained held in the Cass County Jail. The rest were booked into the jail, and later released.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA – A former federal agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, in Omaha, plead guilty this week in the District Court of Nebraska, to charges related to illegal financial transactions. 52-year-old Paul A. White, a former federal agent with the Nebraska, was charged with a violation of Title 31, United States Code, pertaining to Structuring Financial Transactions to Evade Reporting Requirement. The case is being prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa, based on the recusal of the District of Nebraska United States Attorney’s Office.
According to court documents, from October 29, 2018, to February 26, 2019, White deposited a total of $99,900 in two banks. He structured the deposits to evade the requirement that banks report cash transactions in excess of $10,000. White is scheduled to be sentenced on December 17, 2021. He faces a sentence of up to five years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine the sentence after considering the United States Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
The Office of Inspector General investigated the case.
The stage is set for the November 2nd School Elections with regard to the Griswold Community School District. The Cass County Auditor’s Office reports there are a total of four candidates for the Griswold School Board. All are four are incumbents and unopposed.
Director 3: Scott Peterson
Director 4: Donald K. Smith
At Large:
Robert D. Peterson
Aaron Houser
In addition, patrons of the Griswold School District will act on approving Public Measure DH (as described below):
SUMMARY: To adopt a Revenue Purpose Statement specifying the use of revenues the Griswold Community School District will receive from the State of Iowa Secure an Advanced Vision for Education Fund. “In the Griswold Community School District, the following Revenue Purpose Statement which specifies the use of revenues the Griswold Community School District will receive from the State of Iowa Secure an Advanced Vision for Education Fund shall be adopted….
It being understood that if this proposition should fail to be approved by the voters, such failure shall not be construed to terminate or restrict authority previously granted by the voters to expend receipts from the Secure an Advanced Vision for Education Fund. If approved, this Revenue Purpose Statement shall remain in effect until replaced or amended by the Griswold Community School District.”
“If a majority of eligible electors voting on the question fail to approve this Revenue Purpose Statement, then upon expiration of the current Revenue Purpose Statement, revenues received by the School District from the Secure an Advanced Vision for Education fund shall be expended in the following order:
(Radio Iowa) – The Board of Regents has approved a Master of Midwifery program for the University of Iowa. U-I Associate provost, Amanda Thein, presented the plan. “The development of the M-M program is part of the Iowa Maternal Health Innovation Program. This is a five-year program of the Iowa Department of Public Health to improve obstetric care in the state,” Thein says. She says this has been a program supported by lawmakers. “There’s an unmet need for more maternity care providers in the state of Iowa — especially in rural areas,” Thein says. “Additionally, the maternal mortality rate in the state of Iowa has increased in recent years.”
Thein says this will be the first of its kind in the state. “No other nurse midwifery programs exist in Iowa. The program will attract applicants from Iowa — as well as surrounding states that don’t have programs of their own — such as Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota,” she says. Thein says there will be plenty of jobs for graduates of the program. “Currently, midwifery education programs are not keeping up with retirements in the field. The U-S Bureau of Labor and Statistics estimates a 26 percent increase in employment opportunities for certified nurse midwives between 2018 and 2028,” according to Thein.
The program will be funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration for the first five years, and then be funded through tuition and fees after that. The proposal was approved by the Board of Regents at their meeting in Ames Thursday.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – Residents of Griswold will have a public measure on the ballot in November, in addition to electing their Mayor and City Council representatives. The Cass County Auditor’s Office reports Public Measure DG asks voters to approve a change in the one-percent (1%) local sales and services tax, effective July 1, 2022.
PROPOSED USES OF THE TAX:
If the change is approved, revenues from the sales and services tax shall be allocated as follows:
The specific purpose for which the revenues shall otherwise be expended is:
CURRENT USES OF THE TAX:
Revenues from the sales and services tax are currently allocated as follows:
The specific purposes for which the revenues are otherwise expended are:
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Auditor’s Office reports there is a three-way race for two seats on the Atlantic School Board. Voters in the district will choose November second between from one or both of the two incumbents, and one challenger. Incumbents Josh McLaren and Kristy Pellett hope to hold their seat on the Board, while Amanda Berg, of Atlantic, hopes to unseat one of those two board members. There are no public measures for patrons of the Atlantic School District to vote on.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Auditor’s Office, Friday (today), released the names of persons who have filed nomination papers to run for the CAM School Board during the November 2nd elections (I=Incumbent):
CAM School Board Member – South
CAM School Board Member – North
CAM School Board Member – At Large
And, patrons of the CAM School District will have two Public Measures to vote on, in November:
Public Measure DI:
Shall the Board of Directors of the CAM Community School District in the Counties of Adair, Adams, Audubon, and Cass, State of Iowa, be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $30,500,000 to provide funds to construct, furnish and equip additions to and to remodel, repair, improve, furnish and equip the existing South Elementary/Middle School building and Senior High building and improve the sites, to transition to a single Elementary site in Massena and a single Junior/Senior High site in Anita; and to improve athletic complexes and sites?
Public Measure DJ:
Shall the Board of Directors of the CAM Community School District in the Counties of Adair, Adams, Audubon, and Cass, State of Iowa, be authorized to levy annually a tax exceeding Two Dollars and Seventy Cents ($2.70) per Thousand Dollars ($1,000), but not exceeding Four Dollars and Five Cents ($4.05) per Thousand Dollars ($1,000) of the assessed value of the taxable property within said school corporation to pay the principal of and interest on bonded indebtedness of said school corporation, it being understood that the approval of this proposition shall not limit the source of payment of the bonds and interest, but shall only operate to restrict the amount of bonds which may be issued?
(Radio Iowa) – Kossuth County’s Board of Supervisors has passed a resolution declaring the county a Second Amendment Sanctuary. Kossuth County Sheriff Roger Fisher says it shows elected officials in the county support for the U.S. Constitution. “As an elected official, a sheriff, I took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the State of the Iowa and the United States, not the federal government,” he says, “so if there was ever an imposement coming upon Kossuth County from the federal government on the Second Amendment, I would not support it and that’s just because of the oath I took to uphold the Constitution.”
According to the Iowa Firearms Coalition, Second Amendment Sanctuary resolutions at the county level do not supersede federal law, but would prevent county resources from being used to enforce gun restrictions that are at odds with the U.S. Constitution. Boards of Supervisors in Buchanan and Kossuth Counties adopted the policy statement this week. The coalition’s tally indicates Boards of Supervisors in 13 other Iowa counties have passed Sanctuary resolutions (and those other counties are Adams, Carroll, Chickasaw, Cedar, Clarke, Hardin Jasper, Madison, Mills, Mitchell, Pocahontas, Washington, and Wayne counties). Opponents say the resolutions are purely symbolic and carry no legal weight.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Chamber Ambassadors were hosted by Jill & Darrin Munch of Bearings Plus, on Thursday, September 16th, 2021. The Ambassadors joined the husband & wife in celebrating the opening of the parts store located at 510 East 3rd Street in Atlantic.
Darrin Munch has been in the business of replacements parts for many years in the Audubon County area but recognized a need further south. Darrin purchased the building and after some remodeling and building the inventory, he was able to officially open his doors in August. The store in currently open Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM, but Darrin anticipates expanding his hours to accommodate the ag community during harvest.
Bearings plus specializes in agriculture, commercial, and industrial replacement parts purchased straight from the manufacturer, which allows the business to pass along savings to the customer. Bearings Plus strives to have high-quality bearings, belts, chains, pulleys, seals, etc. on hand to get the customer back up and running with the shortest down time as possible.
Bearings Plus is located at 510 E 3rd Street in Atlantic. For more information, call 712-250-8582 or visit their Facebook page,
https://www.facebook.com/Bearings-Plus-106107498457218