The Adair County Board of Supervisors called an Emergency Session for 2-p.m. Friday to address and accept the resignation of County Attorney Clint Hight. In his letter of resignation, Hight said his decision was due to a medical diagnosis.

According to Adair County Auditor Mandy Berg, the Supervisors intend to fill the seat by appointment. They have agreed to publish a notice in the paper next week of their intention to appoint a replacement. The Board will then have between four and twenty-days to make that appointment. Afterward, the Public has the right to contest the appointment, providing it is done within 14-days of the appointment.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

MONDAMIN, Iowa (AP) — A new report by the Iowa state auditor reveals more than $70,000 in improper spending by a former city clerk of the western Iowa town of Mondamin, as well as more than $80,000 in overbilling from 2015 to 2018 by the city for utility services. The report says former clerk Deborah Earleywine improperly paid herself nearly $15,000 from city payroll coffers from 2015 to 2018 and spent thousands of city dollars on personal items.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police are investigating the city’s fifth homicide this year after officers say a man was shot to death in the Kirkwood Glen neighborhood. Police say the shooting happened Friday afternoon, when officers and medics were called to the area for a report of a shooting and found the man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died. Police believe the shooting and another, non-fatal shooting around the same time are connected.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — It’s been called the largest speed trap in the Midwest, and it will be back in business next week after a two-year hiatus. The City of Cedar Rapids says traffic cameras that enforce its 55 mile per hour speed limit at four locations on Interstate 380 will begin issuing tickets to drivers again Monday. Several additional cameras that enforce red-light running and speed violations throughout the city will also be issuing citations

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has kept alive a long-running lawsuit that claims a state agent was fired in retaliation for his complaint about speeding by the governor’s security detail. The court ruled that a judge erred in dismissing a whistleblower claim filed by former Division of Criminal Investigation special agent Larry Hedlund. The decision sends the 6-year-old case back to a lower court for a trial.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police are investigating the city’s fifth homicide this year after officers say a man was shot to death in the Kirkwood Glen neighborhood.

Police say the shooting happened Friday afternoon, when officers and medics were called to the area for a report of a shooting and found the man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died.

Shortly after the shooting, another man showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound not believed to be life-threatening. Police believe the shootings are connected.

Police have not announced an arrest, but say a police dog did track a possible suspect. The names of those shot have not been released.

AMES, Iowa – June28, 2019 – The Iowa Department of Transportation has reopened U.S. 34 between I-29 and the Nebraska border today. The roadway had been closed since late May due to a second round of Southwest Iowa flooding.

Motorists in the area can expect intermittent lane closures at times as the repair work on shoulders and ditches continues. Other flood-related closures continue on Iowa 2, Iowa 275 and Iowa 333.

Note: The interchange at U.S. 34 is the last southbound exit on I-29 to offer services such as fuel, so if you’re traveling south on I-29, please make sure your vehicle has enough fuel for the 60-mile trip to the next gas station in Rock Port, Missouri.

The Iowa DNR plans to roll out the non-resident user fee pilot program for Lake Manawa and Waubonsie state parks in mid-August. Senate File 306, passed by the Iowa Legislature this year, established the pilot program.

DNR staff will use the month of July to finalize details and order all necessary equipment and signage to meet the mid-August deadline. More information will be announced to the public in late July or early August and will be posted publicly at the parks, available online and sent out in a news release.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — It’s been called the largest speed trap in the Midwest, and it will be back in business next week after a two-year hiatus. The City of Cedar Rapids says traffic cameras that enforce its 55 mile per hour speed limit at four locations on Interstate 380 will begin issuing tickets to drivers again Monday. Several additional cameras that enforce red-light running and speed violations throughout the city will also be issuing citations.

The city reactivated the cameras on June 1, and they have already issued nearly 13,600 warnings since then. Enforcement had been paused since May 2017 amid multiple legal challenges questioning the constitutionality and fairness of the program.

The tickets often hit not just local drivers but unsuspecting out-of-staters who are passing through the city on their way north or south.