The Chair of the Cass County Community Foundation has announced that $23,400 in grants have been awarded to several non-profit agencies in the County.

Cass County agency representatives received their checks on November 15th

According to CCCF Chair Nicholas Hunt, the largest grants ($3,700 each) was awarded to the City of Massena for the purchase of a “Jaws of Life” tool for emergency responders, and the Lewis 1^st Responders & Firefighters Association, for the purchase of turnout gear for the department’s members. The City of Griswold received a grant for $3,200, which will be used to replace worn or damaged picnic tables in the City’s public parks.

Other grant recipients include:

• $2,800 to the Cass County Historical Museum for new heating, and an air conditioning unit for the donated building.
• $2,000 each to the Jack and Jill Preschool for the purchase of 6 Ipads and a projector for the classroom, and the City of Lewis, for the installation of new playground set in the City Park.
• $1,500 to the Anita Child Care Center for room dividers and equipment for increased enrollment.
• $1,000 each to: The Anita Wellness Center for sports equipment for its Youth Program; The City Marne, for the replacement of old playground equipment in the City Park and to improve the area; and the Griswold Sports Boosters for the replacement of a broken, storm-damaged flagpole at the Griswold Athletic Facility.
• $750 each for: The Atlantic Coca-Cola Center & Museum, for an upgrade of cabinets; & the City of Lewis Public Library, for a meeting room table.

Each of those nonprofit organizations had submitted applications to the Cass County Community Foundation by the September 1^st deadline. The $23,400 total includes $800 to the Cass County Historical Society, $500 to the Griswold Sports Booster Club and $700 to the City of Griswold, from the Griswold Community Development Endowment Fund, and $500 from the Triumph Endowed Funds for Cass County, to the City of Marne.

All grantees met the criteria as Cass County nonprofit agencies or organizations with charitable missions in the areas of civic, cultural, health, education and social services.  Only organizations providing services in Cass County were eligible. Cass County agency representatives received their checks on November 15^th.

For information about donating or establishing an individual foundation/fund, please contact any of the Cass County Community Foundation Board Members, or call Dennis Nissen, Iowa Foundations Director, at 800-794-3458.

Police in Red Oak say a 32-year old woman was arrested Saturday night on an assault charge. Marcia Lynn Funkhauser, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at around 11:45-p.m. Saturday, after officers in Red Oak responded to an incident of simple assault in the 400 block of Highland Avenue. Funkhauser was being held in the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center on a $300 cash bond.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest early this (Sunday) morning of Brandon M. Smith, of Glenwood. Smith was taken into custody at around 4:45-a.m. on a warrant for Theft in the 5th Degree (a Simple Misdemeanor). He was transported to the Mills/Montgomery County line without incident and brought by Montgomery County deputies to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center, where Smith was being held on $300 bond.

An investigation into a vehicle on its top Saturday morning in Adams County led to the arrest of a Corning man. The Adams County Sheriff’s Department says 28-year old Marcus Corcoran was charged with OWI/1st offense, after authorities received a call at around 4-a.m. Saturday, about a car on its roof in the ditch at the 26 mile marker of Highway 148. Corcoran told deputies he was traveling south on Highway 148 and swerved to miss a deer, but an investigation determined he had been drinking.

After Corcoran was brought to the Adams County Jail and searched, he was found to be in possession of a pipe used to smoke marijuana. He was subsequently charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.