(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Board of Supervisors took action on a few matters during their brief meeting this (Wednesday) morning, in Greenfield. The Board approved an extension of the courtyard use permit for the Farmer’s Market, and township clerk wages for three townships.

The Supervisors approved the early retirement resignations of Deputy Auditor Sandy Mitchell, as well as the resignation in December of custodian & maintenance employee Rich Wallace, along with one other person.

In his report, County Engineer Nick Kauffman presented a Speed Limit Resolution and signs for the Adair County portions of Front Street and Division Street, near Stuart, a requested by the City of Stuart.

The Board acted on passing that Resolution. Board Chair Jerry Walker was authorized by the Supervisors to sign the final pay voucher of $25,843.66 to Murphy Construction, for the N5 Richland Bridge Project. The grand total cost of the project is $861, 455.02.

And, Nick Kauffman updated the Board of various road and bridge projects underway in Adair County.

He mentioned they are having to obtain road rock from Schildberg’s through Madison County, at Pitzer and Earlham sites, as well as Corning, because they are out of rock at the Menlo site. That’s why the county currently isn’t hauling much rock at the present. The county has a small stockpile of rock. Kauffman said also, Gus Construction continues to work on the road south of Fontanelle.

(Des Moines, Iowa) – Auditor of State Rob Sand today (Wednesday) released an Independent Auditor’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters on the State of Iowa for the year ended June 30, 2022. The State of Iowa previously released its annual financial report for the year ended June 30, 2022.

AUDIT FINDINGS:
Sand reported twelve findings related to the receipt and disbursement of taxpayer funds of the State of Iowa. The findings address issues such as inaccurate financial information for the GAAP package related to Unemployment Insurance and material amounts of cash, accounts receivable, federal commodities, unearned revenues, compensated absences, revenues, expenditures and various related footnote disclosures for financial reporting. Sand provided the State with recommendations to address each of these findings.

Nine of the findings mentioned are repeated from the prior year. Each Department head has a fiduciary responsibility to provide oversight of their Department’s operations and financial transactions. Oversight is typically defined as the “watchful and responsible” care one exercises in their fiduciary capacity.

A copy of the audit report is available for review on the Auditor of State’s website at Audit Reports – Auditor of State.

(Creston, Iowa) – The Creston Police Department reports 42-year-old David Junior Richman, of Creston, was arrested Tuesday evening, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Richman was cited and released on a Promise to Appear.

And, at around 10:40-p.m., Tuesday, Creston Police arrested 42-year-old Keenan Russell Elwood, of Creston. He was charged with Theft 5th Degree. Elwood was taken to Union County Jail. Bail of $300 cash or approved surety was posted.

(Radio Iowa) – Officials in a city that’s been called the southern gateway to the Iowa Great Lakes have hired an architectural firm to study the housing market in Milford. Charlie Cowell, a lead consultant on the project, says Milford is like other lake communities in the Midwest that draw tons of visitors in the summer months and that drives up housing prices for year round residents.

According to Realtor-dot-com, 470-thousand dollars is the median listing price for homes that are for sale right now in Milford and that’s 24-and-a-half percent higher than a year ago. In late July, Milford’s City Council approved spending 18-thousand dollars on the housing research project and a final report should be ready by the end of the year.

(Radio Iowa) – A spokesman for the Polk County Sheriff’s Department says a man fired a gun at a deputy during an attempted traffic stop Tuesday, then barricaded himself inside a north Des Moines hotel. The traffic stop happened around 10:30 a-m and the man was taken into custody around 2:30 p-m without any problems.

The Saydel School district is nearby, and the district was put on lockdown as a precaution.

FORT DODGE – Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Corrections, Tuesday, said 31-year-old Devontae Raenall Mosley-Smith, a black male convicted of Robbery 2nd Degree and other charges in Webster County, failed to report back to the Fort Dodge Residential Facility as required, Monday.

Mosley-Smith is five-feet 11-inches tall, and weighs 242 pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on August 1, 2023.

Persons with information on Mosley-Smith’s whereabouts should contact local police.

Mosley-Smith (IDOC photo)

(Radio Iowa) – The American Red Cross continues to need more blood donations. Red Cross Divisional Chief Medical Officer, Baia Lasky ( By-uh lass-skee), says there’s been a nearly 25 percent drop in its national blood supply since August. “The American Red Cross is currently experiencing a national blood shortage and we have an emergency need for type O blood and platelet donations of all types,” she says.

Doctor Lasky says the start of school and other fall activities have kept people busy and away from donating. “In recent weeks the number of donations has just not kept pace with hospital needs,” Lasky says. “So right now we are needing to collect about 10-thousand additional blood products blood products every week over the next month to meet hospital and patient needs.”

Lasky says natural disasters also impact donations. “When we see regions that are impacted by disasters, those regions it’s really more of a regional impact. And the American Red Cross does maintain a national inventory. So we are able to provide for impacted regions,” she says. “But that really just means it’s that much more important for regions that are not impacted for individuals to donate to be able to support the rest of the country.”

She encourages everyone to consider donating. “Anyone 16 and older can donate, we just asked people are healthy and well and if they’re interested we they can learn more about eligibility criteria,” she says.

You can find out more about donating blood at RedCross.org.