(adds additional election information for Anita, Cumberland, Lewis and Massena)

The stage is set for the November 5th City Elections in Cass County. The deadline to file nomination papers was Thursday. As reported earlier this (Friday) morning, in Atlantic, two current members of the City Council won’t seek re-election this fall. Shawn Shouse, in Ward 5, and At Large Councilman Steve Livengood, did not file their nomination papers for re-election.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest on Thursday of 23-year old Justin Dale Hardisty, of Cumberland. Hardisty was taken into custody on numerous charges, including: Eluding; Driving While Barred; Public Intoxication; Interference with Official Acts; Criminal Trespass; Reckless Driving, and three counts of Driving Under Suspension. Hardisty was being held in the Cass County Jail on $5,800 bond.

Also arrested Thursday, was 30-year old Bryan Matthew Kirby, of Atlantic. He was taken into custody on a charge of 5th Degree Theft. Kirby entered a plea of guilty and was later released from custody. On Tuesday,  Cass County deputies arrested 29-year old Nickalas Dean Orstad, of Griswold, on a charge of Failure to Appear. Orstad was taken to the Cass County Jail and held on $5,000 bond.

And, on Friday (Sept. 20th), the 30-year old Daniel Floyd Edwards, of Cumberland, was arrested in Cass County on a Department of Corrections warrant for Parole Violation. Edwards was taken to the Cass County Jail where he is being held without bond.

A western Iowa man was sentenced on Monday (Sept. 16th) to probation for attempting to evade Iowa’s Sales Tax. The Iowa Dept. of Revenue says Dan Goins (doing business as Kelly Coin Machines), of Carroll, was sentenced in Carroll County on one count of Sales Tax Evasion for a willful attempt to evade Iowa sales tax. Tax evasion is a Class D Felony.

Goins was given a deferred sentence with 3 years’ probation and was ordered to pay restitution to the Iowa Department of Revenue amounting to slightly more than $41, 180.

The case was developed by the Investigative Audit Section of the Iowa Department of Revenue and prosecuted by the Attorney General’s office.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley says he’ll seek a seventh term in 2016.  Speaking Friday during a taping of the public television program “Iowa Press,” Grassley said in response to a question that he’s planning to seek re-election.  After the taping, Grassley told The Des Moines Register he decided a couple months ago to run for re-election after longtime Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin opted to retire.

Grassley, a Republican from New Hartford, says if both senators retired, Iowa would be hurt by a lack of seniority. Grassley was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1980. He’d previously served three terms in the U.S. House. He was first elected to the Iowa Legislature in 1958.

Grassley celebrated his 80th birthday Tuesday.

The stage is set for the November 5th City Elections in Cass County. The deadline to file nomination papers was Thursday. As reported earlier this (Friday) morning, in Atlantic, two current members of the City Council won’t seek re-election this fall. Shawn Shouse, in Ward 5, and At Large Councilman Steve Livengood, did not file their nomination papers for re-election.

Police in Atlantic report the arrest of an Anita man. 55-year old Leroy Rodriguez was arrested on a charge of OWI/1st offense. Rodriguez was booked into the Cass County Jail and held pending an appearance before a magistrate.