(Atlantic, Iowa) – The City of Atlantic’s Personnel and Finance Committee is set to meet Thursday afternoon, in the Council’s Chambers at City Hall. Their session begins at 1-p.m. A copy of their agenda is shown below:

AGENDA

1. Call To Order.

2. Approval of the Agenda.
   

3. Further Review and Recommendation of the Potential School Resource Officer Position.
   

4. Review and Recommendation of Contract with the Southwest Iowa Planning Council (SWIPCO) for a $3,000.00 to $5,000.00 Contract for a Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Update.
   

5. Review and Recommendation on Assessment of Details and Research Regarding Iowa Codes 384 and 403.
   

6. Review and Recommendation on Interpretation of Language Contained within the Personnel Handbook and Collective Bargaining Agreements for Consistency in the Practice of Accounting for Benefit Accrual and Use and Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

7. Other Business.
8. Adjournment

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic School Board will meet this evening in the Central Office Conference Room, beginning at 5:30 (The meeting is viewable through a YouTube link shown bel0w). Here’s what on their agenda:

Meeting Agenda
LIVE YouTube Link
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approve meeting agenda
4. Welcome Visitors/Public Comment
5. Special Presentation, Kelli Evans, Director of Nursing
6. Consent Items
7. Discussion Items
a. Facility Assessment
b. Tour of Achievement Center/ Alternative Education program
8. Action Items
a. Choosing Facility Assessment firm
b. Approval of Classified Support Staff Union Contract for 24-25
c. Summer School Recommendation
9. Upcoming Dates
a. School Board Meeting; June 12, 2024, 5:30 pm
10. Board Meeting Evaluation
a. Question to the Board: One strength we showed tonight as a team.
11. Adjournment
12. Closed Session
a. The board will hold a closed session pursuant to Iowa Code, Section 21.5 (1)(i) to evaluate the superintendent.

(Radio Iowa) – It may look like Halloween arrived five months early when Des Moines Con opens on May 31st, as the event will bring some of the region’s top cosplayers to central Iowa, along with a long list of celebrity guests. Convention founder Ben Penrod says the three-day gathering always attracts some of the most sophisticated costume creators, whether they’re disguised as a muscle-bound superhero, a robotic Transformer or a fuzzy space alien.

“The level of craftsmanship that we see in Des Moines is second to none,” Penrod says. “It’s amazing and the people who really show up, who are very serious about their cosplay, it’s amazing and it’s something that doesn’t ever fail to inspire me to do better.” While many such gatherings are labeled as a “comicon” with its origin in comic books, Penrod says the Des Moines event is more of a pop culture festival.

“We celebrate all of pop culture and it starts with comics and radiates out from there,” Penrod says. “It’s about people who are big fans of things in pop culture, whether it’s comic books or TV, or anime, or maybe they’re just collectors and they like collecting toys or non-sports cards as a hobby.” Along with costume contests and Q-and-A sessions with special guests, there will be tournaments for tabletop and video gaming, along with a dizzying array of merch.

“We’ve got 200-and-some vendors and artists who each bring their own thing to Des Moines Con,” Penrod says. “We’ve got probably two dozen celebrities. I think we’ve got probably close to 50 hours of programming, panels and workshops, a lot of stuff that’s submitted by fans.” When pressed, Penrod guesses the longest lines for autographs and photos will be for “Blue’s Clues” host Steve Burns, who’s being joined by co-hosts Donovan Patton and Josh Dela Cruz, but he says there are many other actors, voice actors, cosplayers, authors and artists on the list. The long roster includes Grace Van Dien of “Stranger Things,” Alex Brightman from “Hazbin Hotel,” and Shantel VanSanten of “For All Mankind.”

“We’ve got four people who were in the Power Rangers TV series and the Power Rangers movie: Karan Ashley, Steve Cardenas, Jason Narvy, Paul Schrier, who are always popular,” Penrod says. “Power Rangers is something that’s been popular for almost 30 years.” Des Moines Con will run May 31st through June 2nd at the Iowa Events Center.

desmoinescon.com

(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Glenwood Police Department reports a Pottawattamie County man was arrested Tuesday. 30-year-old Colton Fricke, of Council Bluffs, was arrested for driving while barred, He posted a $2,000 cash or surety bond, and was released.

(Creston, Iowa) – Officials with the Creston Police Department report a man from Creston who was being held in the Union County Jail, was charged Tuesday on a Department of Corrections (DOC) warrant for Violation of Parole. 39-year-old Charlie Walter Brown remains held without bond in the  Union County Jail.