About twenty vendors are expected to come together this evening for the first-ever indoor Harvest Market, in Atlantic. The event takes place from 4-to 8 pm at the Cass County Community Center, next to the fairgrounds. Project Manager of Cass County Farmers Markets, Chelsea Amundson said the Harvest Market will feature a wide variety of Winter produce, including squash, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, a wide variety of onions, garlic and dried herbs. There’s also baked bread, pies and cakes.

There will also be a great variety of local, hand-made crafts and gifts to select from. Tasting samples available at the event include goat and sheep milk cheese, and related non-edible products, such as lotions and soaps. There’s also kettle corn available for you to take home, along with chocolate chip cookies, and even beer sampling.

The family-oriented Harvest Market features lots of activities for the kids, as well, including a face painter, music and more. A recipe judging contest starts at 4-pm, with the winners, including the People’s Choice Award, being announced at 5:30.

Funding for the project, sponsored by the Cass County Local Food Policy Council and Farmers Markets of Cass County, is provided by a USDA Rural Enterprise Grant, and is supported by the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce as well as Cass County/ISU Extension.

For more information about the Harvest Market contact Chelsea Amundson at the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce at 712-243-3017.

A Creston man was arrested Saturday on drug charges. According to the police department, Gerald Lynn Lawrence, Jr., was taken into custody and charged with Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Public Intoxication. He was being held in the Union County Jail on $2,000 bond.

And, at around 11:30-p.m., Saturday, 37-year old Toby Jason Simpson, of Creston, was arrested at Fremont and Oak Streets, on a Trespass charge. Simpson was later released on his own recognizance.

Creston Police said also, a man who resides on 12 Mile Lake Road, in Creston, reported his 2000 Dodge Neon was stolen from the intersection of Maple and Adams Streets, sometime between 11-p.m. on Friday and 12:30-a.m. on Saturday. The vehicle has since been recovered.

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Police in Red Oak arrested 39-year old Jason Neal Beacham, Sunday night. The Red Oak man was pulled over in the 100 block of west Hammond Street at around 8:30-p.m. and charged with Driving While Revoked/OWI related. Beacham was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $1,000 bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The admiral fired last year as Number 2 commander of the U.S. nuclear force amid a gambling investigation is denying that he made the counterfeit casino chips he was caught using at an Iowa casino poker table. Investigative records obtained by the Associated Press said the DNA of Rear Admiral Timothy Giardina was found on the underside of an adhesive sticker used on a genuine $1 chip to make it look like a $500 chip.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After a bruising midterm election where they lost a competitive Senate race and emerged with just one of four congressional seats, Iowa Democrats are trying to regroup. State Senator Janet Peterson, a Democrat from Des Moines, says the party is in a “rebuilding mode.” Democrats did maintain control by a narrow margin in the Iowa Senate, while Republicans expanded their majority in the Iowa House.

FAYETTE, Iowa (AP) — A northeast Iowa police chief remains on leave after he was ticketed for passing a stopped school bus. Fayette Mayor Andrew Wenthe told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Police Chief Brad Alan Gardner is on administrative leave. The Fayette City Council may discuss Gardner’s actions at a special meeting today.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities seized nearly nine pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop near Dubuque this weekend. The Dubuque County Sherriff’s office says the drugs were found after a vehicle with North Dakota plates was stopped on Highway 151 Saturday afternoon.

The Atlantic Community School District’s Board of Education will hold a work session Monday evening at in the Media Center, at the high school. During the meeting, which begins at 7:30, the Board will act on approving a Head Boys Varsity Swimming Coach, discuss the Administrative Evaluation Process, and receive a Technology Update from District Technology Coordinator, Roger Warne. That’s expected to include an update on the 1-to-1 laptop computer initiative which went into effect earlier this year.

They’ll also discuss recent Iowa Association of School Board (IASB) Development Activity.

WASHINGTON (AP) – The admiral fired last year as No. 2 commander of the U.S. nuclear force amid a gambling investigation is denying that he made the counterfeit casino chips he was caught using at an Iowa casino poker table. Investigative records obtained by The Associated Press said the DNA of Rear Adm. Timothy M. Giardina was found on the underside of an adhesive sticker used on a genuine $1 chip to make it look like a $500 chip.

But in an interview Sunday, Giardina categorically denied any role in counterfeiting. He admitted having lied to investigators by telling them he had purchased the three suspect chips in a casino bathroom. He said he actually found them abandoned in the bathroom, did not realize they were fakes and regrets lying about it.

SLOAN, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities have identified the five people killed in a head-on crash near Sloan this weekend. The Iowa State Patrol released the names of the people who died in the Saturday afternoon crash that happened on Iowa Highway 141 east of Sloan.

The State Patrol says 46-year-old Kibrom Gebremicael, 34-year-old Yohanes Tesfamariam and 60-year-old Bahta Gebremedhen died while riding in a 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by 53-year-old Shishay Gidey. Everyone in the SUV is from Sioux City.

Eighty-year-old Donna Timm, of Ute, Iowa, and 70-year-old Myrna Malone, of Des Moines, both died while riding in a GMC pickup truck driven by 70-year-old Larry Malone, of Des Moines. Both drivers and an unidentified passenger in the pickup were taken to Sioux City hospitals.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — After a bruising midterm election where they lost a competitive Senate race and emerged with just one of four congressional seats, Iowa Democrats are trying to regroup. The recent results mean that Iowa will no longer have a congressional delegation evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. The retirement of longtime Sen. Tom Harkin creates a leadership void. And despite a significant voter outreach effort, many Democrats stayed home this year, suggesting the party’s message was lacking.

State Sen. Janet Peterson, a Democrat from Des Moines, says the party is in a “rebuilding mode.” Democrats did maintain control by a narrow margin in the Iowa Senate, while Republicans expanded their majority in the Iowa House.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says egg production in Iowa was as a record high in October at 1.41 billion eggs. The department’s National Agricultural Statistics Service says that number is up 3 percent from September and up 4 percent from October last year. Iowa also had a record number of egg laying hens on hand in October at 59.2 million.

AKRON, Iowa (AP) — Police have arrested a 37-year-old Akron man after they say he twice threatened to blow up the White House. The Sioux City Journal reports that the man called the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office Thursday afternoon and asked to speak with sheriff. Authorities say that when the man was told he would have to leave a message for the sheriff, he told the dispatcher he was going to blow up the White House.

SLOAN, Iowa (AP) — Five people have been killed and three others taken to a hospital in serious condition after a head-on crash east of Sloan. Woodbury County Sheriff Dave Drew tells the Sioux City Journal that the crash happened about 3:30 p.m. yesterday at Highway 141 and Eastland Avenue.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Grocery store chain Hy-Vee has donated $500,000 for the construction of the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. The university’s foundation tells the Iowa City Press-Citizen that the new 480,000 square-foot pediatric hospital is scheduled to open in 2016.