(Creston, Iowa) – A Montgomery County man was arrested Monday night on OWI and other charges, in Creston. According to Creston Police, 47-year-old Donald Lee Gay, of Villisca, was arrested a little before 10-p.m. at 809 W. Adams, in Creston. Gay was charged with Operating While Under the Influence 1st Offense. He was posted a $1,000 cash or approved surety bond, but was being held without bond until seen by a judge on additional charges of Assault and Public Intoxication.
(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – The Adair-Casey CSD Board of Education will meet 7-p.m. Wednesday, April 17th, in the Guthrie Center, AC/GC High School Media Center. Here’s their agenda:
I. Open Public Hearing – 2024/25 Certified Budget
II. Receive Written and/or Oral Comments
III. Close Public Hearing
IV. Roll Call/Call to Order (Regular Meeting)
V. Approve Meeting Agenda
VI. Welcome Visitors/Public Comment
VII. Special Presentations
A. Senior Trip
VIII. Principal Report
IX. Superintendent Report
X. Board Report
XI. Financial Reports
A. Cash Balances & Bank Reconciliation
B. Student Activity Fund: Monthly Report
C. All Other Funds: Monthly Report
D. General Fund: Line Item Budget Monthly Report
E. General Fund: Year-to-Date Revenue/Expenditure Summary
F. General Fund: Salaries & Benefits Comparison Report
XII. Consent Items
A. Board Meeting Minutes
B. Monthly Bills
1. Prepaid
2. General Fund
3. Student Activity Fund
4. Nutrition Fund
C. Open Enrollment
D. Resignations
1. Matt Dahl, 2nd Grade Teacher (end of 2023-24 school year)
2. Julie Parker, Preschool Teacher (end of 2023-24 school year)
E. Contract Recommendations
1. Ashley DeWitt, Food Service
2. Jocelyn Jesko, Paraeducator
3. Dean Chesnut, Day Custodian
F. Gifts, Grants & Bequests
XIII. Discussion Items
A. School Safety – School Safety Grant
B. AEA Classroom Rental
XIV. Upcoming Dates
A. May Regular Board Meeting – Adair-Casey (TBD)
B. May Regular Meeting – Guthrie Center (TBD)
C. Baccalaureate & Awards Night- May 15- 6:00 PM
D. Commencement – May 19th- 1:00 PM
XV. Action Items (AC/GC)
A. Approve 2024-25 Certified Budget
B. Set Public Hearing for 2023-24 Certified Budget Amendment – May 15th @ 7:00pm
C. 2024-25 Winter Sports Coaching Contracts
D. 2024-25 Employee Benefit Program
E. 2024-25 Equipment Breakdown Insurance
XVI. Action Items (AC)
A. Purchase/BIdding Policies- – 705.01, 705.01 (R1), 705.01 (R2)
XVII. Action Items (GC)
A. Class of 2024 Graduate List
B. Purchase/Bidding Policies- – 705.01, 705.01 (R1), 705.01 (R2)
XVIII. Adjourn Meeting
(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – The Guthrie Center Community School District’s Board of Education will meet 7-p.m. Wednesday, in the AC/GC High School Media Center (in Guthrie Center). The meeting begins with a Public Hearing on the 2024-25 Certified Budget, followed by action later on during the session, on approving the Budget as presented. The Board is also expected to set May 15th at 7-p.m. as the date & time for a Public Hearing on a 2023024 Certified Budget Amendment. Other action items during the meeting include approving:
The full agenda includes:
I. Open Public Hearing – 2024/25 Certified Budget
II. Receive Written and/or Oral Comments
III. Close Public Hearing
IV. Roll Call/Call to Order (Regular Meeting)
V. Approve Meeting Agenda
VI. Welcome Visitors/Public Comment
VII. Special Presentations
A. Senior Trip
VIII. Principal Reports
IX. Superintendent Report
X. Board Report
XI. Financial Reports
A. Cash Balances & Bank Reconciliation
B. Student Activity Fund: Monthly Report
C. All Other Funds: Monthly Report
D. General Fund: Line Item Budget Monthly Report
E. General Fund: Year-to-Date Revenue/Expenditure Summary
F. General Fund: Salaries & Benefits Comparison Report
XII. Consent Items
A. Board Meeting Minutes
B. Monthly Bills
1. Prepaid (Prior to Board Meeting)
2. General Fund
3. PPEL/SAVE Fund
4. Student Activity Fund
5. Nutrition Fund
C. Open Enrollment
D. Resignations
1. Ethan Lensch, AC/GC High School Principal (end of 2023-24 school year)
2. Colin Shawgo, HS Teacher & Instructional Coach (end of 2023-24 school year)
3. Justin Keck, HS Assistant Basketball Coach
4. Kris Lehman, Assistant HS Wrestling Coach
E. Contract Recommendations
F. Gifts, Grants & Bequests
G. Fundraisers
XIII. Discussion Items
A. School Safety- School Safety Grant
B. AEA Classroom Rental
XIV. Upcoming Dates
A. May Regular Board Meeting – Adair-Casey (TBD)
B. May Regular Meeting – Guthrie Center (TBD)
C. Baccalaureate/ Awards Night- May 15- 6:00 PM
D. Commencement – May 19th- 1:00 PM
XV. Action Items (AC/GC)
A. Approve 2024-25 Certified Budget
B. Set Public Hearing for 2023-24 Certified Budget Amendment – May 15th @ 7:00pm
C. 2024-25 Winter Sports Coaching Contracts
D. 2024-25 Employee Benefit Program
E. 2024-25 Equipment Breakdown Insurance
XVI. Action Items (AC)
A. Purchase/Bidding Policies. – 705.01, 705.01 (R1), 705.01 (R2)
XVII. Action Item (GC)
A. Class of 2024 Graduate List
A. Approve the current graduate list pending the completion of all school board graduation requirements.
B. Purchase/Bidding Policies- 705.01, 705.01 (R1), 705.01 (R2)
B. Approved the first reading of policies 705.01, 705.01(R1), and 705.01 (R2), waiving the second reading.
XVIII. Adjourn Meeting.
LENOX INVITATIONAL
1. Riverside (117 points)
•Dawson Henderson, 800 meter run 2:07.94, 1600 meter run 4:55.00, 3200 meter run 11:01.18
2. Shenandoah (102 points)
•Brody Cullin, 100 meter dash 10.89
•Titus Steng, shot put wheelchair 11-06.00
•4×100 meter relay: Hunter Dukes, Alex Razee, Cole Graham, Brody Cullin 44.45
•4×200 meter relay: Hunter Dukes, Alex Razee, Cole Graham, Brody Cullin 1:32.37
•4×400 meter relay: Brody Cullin, Hunter Dukes, Cole Graham, Alex Razee 3:33.38
•4×800 meter relay: Dylan Kellogg, Damien Little Thunder, Owen Laughlin, Braeden Mick 9:18.58
3. Mount Ayr (76 points)
•800 sprint medley relay: Ryce Reynolds, Preston Fleharty, Jackson Ruggles, Adan Trujilllo 1:41.29
4. Lenox (69 points)
•Gabe Funk, 400 meter dash 51.11, 110 meter hurdles 14.99, 400 meter hurdles 53.43
•Shuttle hurdle relay: Donald Bashor, Jordan Martin-England, Dawson Evans, Gabe Funk 1:01.35
5. Bedford (54 points)
•Eli Johnson, 100 meter wheelchair 18.53, 200 meter wheelchair 35.63, 400 meter wheelchair 1:12.10, 800 meter wheelchair 2:30.79
•Garrison Motsinger, 200 meter dash 23.47
6. Griswold (46 points)
7. Southwest Valley (32 points)
•Walker Bissell, high jump 5-10.00
•Theron Mullen, shot put 44-07.50
8. Clarinda (28 points)
•Creighton Tuzzio, discus throw 154-07
•Distance medley relay: Kaiden Roop, Karsten Beckel, Cooper Phillips, Kyle Wagoner 3:40.36
8. East Mills (28 points)
10. Essex (24 points)
•Tony Racine, long jump 20-05.00
LENOX CO-ED
1. Bedford, 83 points
2. Shenandoah, 80 points
•Hailey Egbert, 1500 meter run, 5:25.94 & 3000 meter run, 12:05.41
•Natalie McDowell, discus, 99-09.00
•Aliyah Parker, shot put, 36-03.00
•Distance medley relay: Abbey Dumler, Jenna Burdorf, Lynnae Green, Egbert, 4:45.47
3. Griswold 75 points
•Carsyn Adams, 800 meter run 2:46.17
3. Mount Ayr 75 points
•Aubree Shields, high jump 5-00.00
•4×400 meter relay: Anne Newton, Tatum Friedrich, Aubree Clark, Ashlyn Murphy 4:31.24
•4×800 meter relay: Newton, Addison Doolittle, Clark, Murphy 11:32.53
5. Southwest Valley 60 points
•Emma Cooper, 200 meter dash 27.21
•4×200 meter relay: Anistyn Poston, Katey Lillie, Haidyn Top, Emma Cooper 1:57.96
6. Stanton 52 points
•Hannah Olson, 100 meter hurdles 16.39
•Lauren Johnson, 400 meter hurdles 1:12.32
•Shuttle hurdle relay: Hart, Johnson, McDonald, Olson 1:07.71
•4×100 meter relay: Kyla Hart, Elly McDonald, Olson, Johnson 54.24
7. Lenox 45 points
•Sprint medley relay: Bentley Petersen, Gabby Robles, Zoey Reed, Sadie Cox 2:00.20
8. Essex 38 points
8. East Union 38 points
10. Clarinda 20 points
•Jerzee Knight, 100 meter dash 12.65
•Kylie Meier, long jump 16-10.75
11. East Mills 18 points
•Jenna Thornburg, 400 meter dash 1:03.42
(Council Bluffs, Iowa —[Iowa Capital Dispatch]) –The Iowa Board of Pharmacy has revoked the license of a pharmacy technician convicted of stealing 600 doses of opioid painkillers.
According to police records, on April 11, 2023, the CVS Pharmacy within the Target store at 3804 Metro Dr., Council Bluffs, called in a report of prescription drug theft. The pharmacy then provided police with written documents, including a statement signed by pharmacy tech Sarah Elizabeth Taylor, 38, of Council Bluffs.
In that statement, Taylor allegedly admitted to CVS investigators that she had stolen roughly 600 50-milligram doses of the narcotic Tramadol between November 2022 and March 2023. Pharmacy officials estimated the actual loss at 700 doses of Tramadol.
Police alleged Taylor admitted that while at work she would place the pills into the trash and retrieve them later in order to conceal the theft. She was charged with fourth-degree theft, possession of a controlled substance, and obtaining a prescription drug through deceit.
She pleaded guilty to the possession and theft charges and the prescription-drug charge was dismissed by the court. She was sentenced to 45 days in jail, with all of that time suspended. Court records give conflicting information as to whether $860 in potential fines were actually imposed.
In January 2024, the Iowa Board of Pharmacy held a hearing on the matter that Taylor did not attend. On March 5, the board revoked Taylor’s license as a pharmacy technician. The decision was announced Monday.
(Radio Iowa) – The U-S-D-A crop report shows four percent of corn was planted last week as farmers slowly got into the fields. Some farmers attended I-S-U Extension’s “Planter University” earlier this year where field agronomist Meaghan Anderson says they learned how to best use their equipment. “Talk about more of the theory behind some of the technology and differences between them as well as really in-depth into the maintenance aspects that are going to be across all colors of planting equipment,” Anderson says. She says planter technology has advanced along with tractors through the years — leading to changes in things like speed across a field.
“Typically it wasn’t unusual for people to be planting anywhere from maybe three and a half to five or so miles per hour in the past and now there’s technology that allows people to plant more in the maybe eight to 10 are slightly faster miles per hour,” she says. Anderson says issues with the planter can cost farmers money when it comes to harvest time.”There’s certainly some changes and how we need to make sure we’re maintaining them and paying attention to changes in those planters as the season goes on to make sure that that seed gets planted where it needs to be when it needs to be,” Anderson says. She says having the planter ready to go at the start is only part of planting success.
“But in addition to that, being able to make appropriate adjustments on the fly, as farmers move perhaps across fields, as they move from one week to the next during the early part of the growing season when we know that rainfall can be variable and soil differences and residue differences can make such a change in how the seed actually enters the ground,” Anderson says. The Planter University team moves across the state in February so they can offer hand’s-on training in preparation for planting. This is the third year for the program.
(Radio Iowa) – The pandemic may be over, but ripple effects from all the stresses COVID-19 caused are still being felt in Iowa. Dr. Raymond Garcia, chief medical officer at Rosecrance Behavioral Health in Sioux City, says their Iowa facilities saw a significant spike in alcohol-related cases in recent years. Garcia says many people used alcohol as a way to manage stress during the pandemic, but also to socialize with others, even if they could only meet up online through Zoom. “When you increase the behavior, that can increase the risk for developing a use disorder with the substance,” Garcia says, “and certainly, we saw that happening with alcohol.” Garcia says Iowa is facing an epidemic-level crisis with opioids right now, but he emphasizes alcohol remains the number-one most misused product. Alcohol use was the most common substance use disorder treated at Rosecrance during the past year, accounting for 20-percent of all cases.
“We did see a spike with COVID, and unfortunately, these things have a lasting effect,” Garcia says. “So people who developed a use disorder or maybe they had a recurrence during that period, they’re still struggling to recover from that within the last few years, even though the pandemic is effectively controlled or over.” During the height of the pandemic, a study found there were about 488 deaths — per day — nationwide that were caused by excessive drinking. Garcia says the same study found the number of deaths linked to excessive alcohol use has surged by 29-percent in just five years. He says Rosecrance is seeing a boost in both residential treatment and outpatient services.
“We’re seeing a higher number of people seeking counseling, and seeking medication management,” Garcia says. “Of course, it’s also triggering co-occurring mental health issues, so we’re seeing more people who’ve had their depression, anxiety disorders triggered by this as well, so there’s there’s been some other fallout.” Experts from Rosecrance are holding a free community discussion on alcohol misuse tonight (Tuesday) at 6 P-M at Spencer Hospital in Spencer.
“Anybody who has any concern,” Garcia says, “not only for themselves, but for people in their lives that they are concerned about, their loved ones, their friends, anybody who has any concern at all about this topic should attend.” Rosecrance facilities in Iowa serve more than 7,000 teens and adults every year at outpatient treatment clinics in Sioux City, Cherokee, Davenport, Le Mars, Spencer and Sheldon.
MUSCATINE, Iowa (KWQC) – Iowa State Patrol has identified the woman killed after a side-by-side struck a deer Saturday night. According to Iowa State Patrol, 58-year-old Elizabeth A Hackett, of Muscatine, died in the crash.
The crash happened just after 8 p.m. along Burlington Rd in Muscatine. Three injured were taken to the University of Iowa Hospital. Troopers identified them as 30-year-old Nathan J Hackett and 33-year-old Jessica K. Weikert of Muscatine, and 33-year-old Gage D. Curry of Letts.
ISP says four people were in the side by side when it struck a deer, went into the ditch, and rolled multiple times.
The investigation is ongoing.
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