City of Anita:

City Council (elect 3 to a 4-year term each) –

Ben Daughenbaugh           58*

Incumbent Mark Harris      25

John Knutson                     68*

Write-in Tim Wheelock       42*

City of Atlantic:

Mayor (4-year term):

Incumbent David R. Jones.      521

Write-In                                   143

City Council At Large (4-year term, elect 1):

Gerald A. Brink (appointed)    645

Write-In                                   18

City Council 2nd Ward (4-year term, elect 1):

Incumbent Kathy Somers       76

City Council 5th Ward (4-year term):

Incumbent Richard D. “Dick” Casady     176

Write-In                                                  3

Parks & Recreation Board (6-year term beginning 11/2017), elect 2:

John Krogman                        635

Incumbent Jolene Smith         569

Write-In                                   16

Public Measure G asked if the City should increase the current Hotel-Motel Tax from 4% to 7%, effective January 1^st, 2018. The 4% tax is already used for Atlantic Parks and Rec Department purposes. The additional 3% revenue would be used for the Schildberg Recreation Area, walking paths and trails inside the City of Atlantic. YES     359        NO 420*

City of Cumberland:

Mayor (2-year term):

Incumbent Nancy Virginia Coughlin       36

City Council (elect 3 to a 4-year term each):

Incumbent Gary Cooper                         23  (Tie to be broken by the Board of Supervisors)

Darrin Hardisty                                       23                      ”                    ”

Incumbent Michael Martin                     26*

Mike Hill                                                 29*

In Cumberland, Public Measure C asks voters if the City should amend sections of the City Code of Ordinances by changing the number of Cumberland Library Board members from seven to five who are appointed by the City Council. (50% of the votes are required for passage).

YES      34     NO     3

City of Griswold:

Mayor (4-year term):

Brad Rhine                                             91

Write-In                                                 12

City Council (elect 2 to a 4-year term):

Julianne M. Adams                                82*

Carol Preston                                        85*

Write-In: Thomas Moore                       21

City of Lewis:

City Council (elect 2 to 4-year terms):

Ryan Archibald (appointed)                  81*

Don Cohrs                                             38*

Leroy Easter                                          7

Chad Frieze                                           32

Bryan Olson-Everett                             9

Rick Sanny                                             24

City Council (Vacancy term, 4-years, elect 1):

Ryan Lockwood (appointed)                86*

Natalie Olson-Everett                          16

In Lewis, voters will decide if an annual levy at a rate not to exceed 27-cents per $1,000 assessed property valuation will be used to provide monies for public library services (Public Measure B) and, if the City should change how its Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) revenue is used. (Public Measure E). 50% approval is required for both measures)

YES     42     NO 51

City of Marne:

Mayor (2-year term):

Incumbent Randall I. Baxter                 33

City Council (*2-year terms, elect 5): 6 candidates –

Vergil Anderson                                   21

Incumbent Lori Holste                         37*

Mark Opbroek                                     35*

Wayne Priester                                    38*

Incumbent Angela Redler                   32*

Jericho Schmitt                                   25*

Public Measure E asks if the Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) be used 100% for “Any lawful purpose”?   YES   22     NO 12

Public Measure D asks voters of the community if the term of the Mayor and Council Members be changed from 2-years to 4-years. (50% approval needed for passage)

YES   19   NO 16

City of Massena:

Mayor (2-year term):

Write-In: Phil Przchodzin                    54*

City Council (4-year term, elect 2):

Incumbent Jackson Bissell                 68*

Bobby McKnight                                32

Incumbent Douglas Venteicher         65*

Public Measure F asks citizens for permission to change the use of the City’s LOST revenue. (50% approval required for the measure to pass).

YES 42     NO 45

City of Wiota:

Mayor (2-year term):

Incumbent Ford Lillard                      17

City Council (4-year term, elect 3):

Incumbent Jeff Lillard                       15

Two Write-In candidates to be elected

1. Charles Becthold                     7*
2. Deanna Spry                           2  (Tie to be broken by the Board of Supervisors)
3. Lamar Spies                            2

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Audubon – City Council (elect 3)  18% turnout

Brad Hemmingsen     206*

Jason Hocker             155*

Nick Weihs                 165*

Doug Jensen (Write-In)    133

PUBLIC MEASURE A (change LOST from 100% streets to “any lawful purpose”)  NO  185*      YES 80

City of Brayton

Mayor:

(I) Cally Christensen        22*

Neil C. Poldberg              13

City Council (elect 2)

Greg Gust                      30

David L. Hansen             31

PUBLIC MEASURE A (Annual levy not to exceed $1.50/$1,000 assessed valuation for additional police protection services)

City of Exira

Mayor – Mike Huegerich        69

City Council (elect 2)

Dwight Jessen                       54

Courtney Peppers                 60

City Council – TVA (term expires 12/31/19) – Elect 1

Clark M. Borkowski              32

Melissa Paulsen                   56*

Mark Paulsen (Write-In)      28

City of Gray:

Mayor –

William Cramer              4

Bryan Olson (Write-In)   7*

City Council (elect 3):

(I) Joan Cramer              4

Roy John Bolick             6

Jared Olson                   8

City Council (TVA – term ends 12/31/19)

Samuel Wendl              10

City of Avoca – City Council (elect 3)

William Dea    164*

Derek Knop     121*

Steven Kern     92

David McCain  100*

City of Neola

Mayor:

Dawn Marie Goodsell     153*

Lon Ring                          65

City of Oakland – City Council (elect 3)

Pat Newberg         73*

Doug Reed            62

Debbie Rollins      104*

Joseph Wede        92*

City of Treynor – City Council (elect 3)

Joe Fisher            75

David Waymire   67

Write-In               3

City of Underwood – City Council (elect 2)

Zeferina S. Aguilar     24

Jim Pingel                  28*

Julius W. Tiarks          57*

Gary J. Wahle            24

City of Walnut – City Council (elect 3)

Linda Booth             55*

Kim Canada             48

Jason Erickson        30

Michael Gettler       78*

Dennis Hullinger     76*

Dan Shirley              33

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Three men have pleaded guilty to using stolen identities and debit card numbers in a buying spree across Iowa.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 26-year-old Dunieski Santana Moreno and 21-year-old Liliany de Armas Mena pleaded guilty last week in Cedar Rapids’ federal court to aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit access device fraud. Thirty-six-year-old Pedro Alvarez Rodriguez pleaded guilty to the same charges on Sept. 21. All three are Cuban citizens, but had lived in the U.S.

Prosecutors say the men admitted stealing account information earlier this year from at least 35 accounts using “skimming” devices. The stolen information was then encoded onto counterfeit magnetic strip cards, which were used at stores across Iowa.

Each faces up to nearly 10 years in prison when they’re sentenced at a later date.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa agency is delaying plans to add a third company back into the state’s privatized Medicaid program. Iowa Department of Human Services Director Jerry Foxhoven says the agency will hire another company to offer Medicaid coverage in 2019. The agency originally said such a company would start next July.

Foxhoven says the agency will begin its search for a company soon, but the 2019 delay ensures adequate time. Foxhoven provided the information Tuesday to a health care council. It comes one week after AmeriHealth Caritas announced it will drop Medicaid coverage in Iowa at the end of the month after failed contract negotiations with the state. Two other private insurance companies, Amerigroup and UnitedHealthcare, will continue Medicaid coverage.

Foxhoven says UnitedHealthcare will take over coverage beginning Dec. 1 from AmeriHealth for about 215,000 patients. They also can transfer to Amerigroup.

MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a western Iowa county supervisor has died in a grain bin accident. Harrison County Sheriff Pat Sears says 63-year-old Russ Kurth, of Logan, died in the bizarre Tuesday morning accident outside a grain bin just north of Missouri Valley.

Sears say Kurth and another person were checking out a door from which corn was leaking on the new bin that had been recently filled. Officials say the door burst open as Kurth and the other man approached, burying Kurth in corn. The other man was able to escape.

Officials say Kurth was pulled from the corn more than an hour after the accident was reported. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Kurth was elected to the Harrison County Board of Supervisors in 2014.

The Red Oak Police Department reports no injuries after a two-vehicle collision in Red Oak on Tuesday morning. At 7:27am Officers responded to the accident at the intersection of North 5th Street and East Corning Street in Red Oak. After investigation it was determined that a 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by 54-year-old Allen McCray Wilson of Red Oak was traveling westbound on East Corning Street when his vehicle was struck broadside by a 2013 Hyundai Elantra driven by 22-year-old Lee Orey Morrison of Emerson. Morrison failed to stop at the stop sign and was issued a citation for that along with a citation for No Insurance Accident Related. The Jeep sustained an estimated $2,000 damage and the Hyundai had an estimated $3,000 damage. Both drivers were wearing their seat belts and no injuries were reported.