The Audubon School Board, Monday evening, held a Public Hearing with regard to the proposed Fiscal Year 2017-18 School Calendar. Superintendent Brett Gibbs told KJAN News no one showed up for the hearing, and there were no written or oral comments about the proposal, which makes a change to the tradition of having a Spring Break.

Gibbs said there won’t be a Spring Break next year. 2018 Graduation will be on Sunday, May 20^th, and the last day of school will be during that same week, depending on the number of snow days the district has. Last month, Brett Gibbs said the teachers had overwhelmingly requested not to have a Spring Break next year, which is something they’ve been doing for the past few years.  “The novelty” he said, “Has kind of worn off a little bit.” It’s also a way to wrap up the school year, sooner.

In other business, the Audubon Education Association presented their initial bargaining proposal to the Board. The teachers proposed a total package increase of 4.5%. The next step is for the Board to present its initial proposal in a couple of weeks.

The Audubon School Board, Monday, approved the transfer of long-time Health and Physical Education teacher Sue Hawkins to an Instructional Coaches position due to the retirement of one of the Instructional Coaches. The Board will then be looking for a new Health and P.E. teacher replace Hawkins.

INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say two people have died in a south-central Iowa vehicle collision. The collision occurred around 3 a.m. Tuesday, about a mile south of Indianola on U.S. Highway 65/69. Des Moines television station KCCI says the collision reportedly involved a semitrailer and a car.

The names of the people killed and other information about the collision haven’t been released.

Police in Glenwood report the arrest today (Tuesday), of 32-year old Nicholas Schirmer, of Malvern. Schirmer was taken into custody for OWI/2nd offense. His bond was set at $2,000.

An allegedly intoxicated woman was arrested Monday evening in Oakland for Child Endangerment without injury. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says 32-year old Amber Lorraine Olsen, of Oakland, was arrested at around 6:20-p.m. following an incident earlier that afternoon.

Officials say a DHS worker went to Olsen’s home to pick up a child. Olsen was allegedly intoxicated and uncooperative. When a Deputy arrived, witnesses said the woman had deliberately given her one-year old child a drink of Vodka out of a green water bottle. She admitted to giving the child the bottle, but that the lid was closed first. Olsen’s Preliminary Breath Test showed an intoxication level of .348%, or more than four times the legal limit.

The child was taken to Mercy Hospital by their grandpa/guardian, to be checked out. Olsen complained of stomach pain and was transported to Jennie Edmundson Hospital by Oakland Rescue. She was then placed under arrest for Child Endangerment.

A Public Hearing will be held Wednesday morning at the Cass County Courthouse, in Atlantic, with regard to the Fiscal Year 2018 Cass County Budget. The hearing, which begins at 8:30-a.m., is part of the regular Cass County Board of Supervisors meeting.

The Board will then act on adopting the FY2018 County Budget and FY2018 Secondary Roads Budget. In other action, the Supervisors will review County Compensation Board recommendations for elected officers’ salaries and act on approving the recommendations. They’ll also review bids and award a contract for a Courthouse Lighting Project upgrade, and act on appointing a Noble Township Clerk to fill a vacancy term through 2020, as well as the appointment of a Zoning Commissioner to fill a vacancy term through 2020.

At 9-a.m., the Board is slated to hear from CCHS CEO Brett Altman.

The Creston Police Department reports a central Iowa man was arrested Monday afternoon in Creston, on three Union County warrants for Failure to Appear for a Forfeiture Hearing on an original charge of Sex Offender Registry Violation/1st and 2nd offenses, Failure to Appear for a Forfeiture Hearing on an original charge of  Burglary in the 3rd degree, and for Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense. 31-year old James Jack Clark, of Pleasant Hill, was also charged with Violation of the Sex Offender Registry, and Theft in the 5th Degree. His bond at the Union County Jail was set at $9,000.

An Adams County woman was arrested Monday night in Creston. Authorities say 19-year old Sydney Dimmler, of Corning, was arrested for OWI/1st Offense. She was later released on $1,000 bond.

And, 19-year old Elena Valenzuela, of Ames, was arrested Monday afternoon in Creston, for Theft in the 5th Degree and Possession of a Controlled Substance. She was later released on a $300 bond.