Officials with the Cass County Health System (CCHS) said Wednesday, CCHS began a new affiliation with Diagnostic Radiology, PC., on Feb. 1st.  Carrie Schmitt, Director of Diagnostic Imaging, said “When patients have diagnostic imaging tests done here, like x-rays or CT scans, those tests are reviewed by radiologists. As of February 1st, we are changing the radiology firm that we work with so that we can offer more services to our patients without having to travel to another city.”

Diagnostic Radiology, PC is a group of radiologists serving the Omaha metro, western Iowa, Siouxland, and northwest Missouri. With more than 8 physicians and several advanced practice providers, Diagnostic Radiology, PC is well equipped to provide remote and weekly on-site services in Atlantic.

Police in Creston report the arrest Wednesday afternoon, of 39-year old John Burgoyne, of Creston. Burgoyne was taken into custody on a Union County warrant for Theft in the 4th Degree. He was later released on $1,000 bond.

And, CHS, Inc., in Creston, reported Wednesday morning, that someone had thrown a rock through the window of the weigh station located in the vicinity of Division/Union Streets. The incident happened sometime between 8-a.m. Jan. 25th and 8:30-a.m. Feb. 1st. Damage was estimated at $250.

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Voters in Montgomery County will head to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in a Special Red Oak School District Election. On the ballot, is Public Measure “A,” a renewal of the 10-year Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL), and a PPEL income surtax. If approved, the 10-year Levy would authorize a tax of not more than $1.34 per $1,000 of taxable property valuation within the Red Oak School District, beginning June 30^th 2021, and a tax on personal income starting December 31^st for each calendar year, and commencing with the 2020 calendar year.

Friday (tomorrow), Feb. 3^rd, at 5-p.m., is the last date/time to request an Absentee ballot from the Montgomery County Auditor’s Office. Voters may vote absentee in-person on Election Day (Tuesday, Feb. 7^th), at the Auditor’s Office, from 8-a.m. until 11-a.m. The polls will open at Noon, Tuesday, and close at 8-p.m.

The polling site is the Montgomery County Gold Fair Building for those Red Oak residents residing in City of Red Oak Wards 1,2 and 3; Coburg City; Garfield, West, Red Oak, Grant, Frankfort, Lincoln, Sherman, and Pilot Grove Townships in Montgomery County, Fremont Township in Page County, and Grove Township in Pottawattamie County.

If you have any questions about the Red Oak School District Special Election, call the Montgomery County Auditor’s Office at 712-623-5127, 8-a.m. until 4:30-p.m., Monday through Friday’s.

A traffic stop Wednesday night in Adams County resulted in one person being arrested on a drug charge. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports 18-year old Cheyenne Goodnight, of Corning, was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana, 1st offense.

She was taken into custody at around 11:50-p.m., after being pulled-over near the intersection of Corning-Carl Road and Nodaway River Road. Goodnight was being held in the Adams County Jail on $1,000 bond.