The Atlantic Community School District’s Board of Education will hold a Special Meeting Friday (Sept. 2nd) in the Atlantic High School ICN Classroom. According to the agenda for the 8:30-a.m. meeting, the Board will move into a Closed Session per Iowa Code, to “Discuss the purchase or sale of particular real estate only where premature disclosure could be reasonably be expected to increase the price the governmental body would have to pay for that property, or reduce the price the governmental body would receive for that property.”

Afterward, the Board will resume their open session, and discuss the School District’s Facility Needs, and related funding sources.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office says a call early this (Thursday) morning about a suspicious vehicle in the vicinity of Highway 92 and Canoe Lane, resulted in the arrest of a Cass County woman. 43-year old Kimberly Denise Ward, of Griswold, was taken into custody at around 4:55-a.m. for Driving While Revoked. Her SUV was impounded.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Figures from a survey of supply managers in nine Midwest and Plains states have risen slightly but still suggest slow or no economic growth ahead. A report issued Thursday says the Mid-American Business Conditions index inched up to 47.8 in August from 47.6 in July. The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests economic growth. A score below that suggests decline.

Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says he expects the regional economy to underperform the national economy because of the region’s heavy dependence on manufacturers linked to the weak sectors of agriculture and energy.

The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.