Atlantic School District Superintendent Steve Barber reports Middle School Chromebook computers will be issued to the District’s middle schoolers, on Tuesday.  The cover has a portrait of a Graduate, and they are protected by a durable cover.  The Dell 3100 computers can be used as a traditional keyboard and a touch screen.  Barber says “All of our Middle School students have had a meeting explaining operations and expectations.  During the month of September parents of middle school children will be required to attend an informational meeting on these computers.”

Cass County Deputy Auditor Sheri Karns reports Mark Harris has filed papers for Anita City Council.  Karns adds, that there are two positions open for city council in Anita and the Mayor position.

An Adair County man was arrested Thursday evening, in Creston. Officials with the Creston Police Department report 25-year old Jeffrey Dewayne Ott, of Orient, was arrested at around 6:30-p.m. in Creston, for Disorderly Conduct. Ott was later released on a $300 bond.

A Madison County woman died during a residential fire Thursday evening. Fire officials told KCCI 62-year-old Jolene Baker was found dead in her Winterset home. The fire broke out just before 7 p.m. Thursday in the 300 block of South 7^th Avenue. The cause of the fire was being investigated by the Winterset Police Department, Winterset Fire Department and the State Fire Marshall’s office.