A reminder from the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce: Downtown Trick-or-Treating in Atlantic will be from 2:00-4:00 PM on Saturday, October 31st, and will be a “Candy Cruise” in place of typical trick-or-treating. The Chamber encourages business owners/staff to dress up and park/sit in parking stalls down Chestnut Street to hand out candy to kids as they drive by. If your business does not have a Downtown location, and you would like to pass out candy, you’re welcome to set up in the parking stalls on Chestnut Street and pass out candy to the kids as they drive by. Everyone handing out and receiving candy is asked to to wear masks.

Regular trick-or-treating hours for around the community, are set for 4:30-6:00 pm., Saturday. Please keep your family/children in a group, and do not mix/mingle with other children/families. Maintain a 6-foot distance, if you are waiting to approach a house.

The Union County Sheriff’s Office reports a former Creston resident was arrested Sunday night at the Union County Law Enforcement Center. Authorities say 30-year-ol TLee Jo Jones, of Des Moines, was arrested on a Union County warrant for failure to appear on child support matters. Jones was being held for Union County in the Adams County Jail on $2,000 bond. And, 28-year-old Casey Ray Welcher, of Afton, was arrested Sunday night in Afton, for public intoxication. Welcher was being held in the Union County Jail awaiting appearance before a Judge.

The Cass County Board of Supervisors will hold their regular weekly meeting this Friday, at 9-a.m. The meeting will be held both in-person in their courthouse boardroom, and electronically (Meeting ID: 138 870 131 Password: 012064 ). On their agenda is the following:

• A regular report from Cass County Attorney Vanessa Strazdas (if available)
• An annual report from the Cass County Library Association, & FY 2022 funding request (To be taken under consideration)
• A regular, Secondary Roads Dept. report from Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken, and: action on approving a contract with the Iowa DOT for County Bridge Federal Aid SWAP funding for a bridge on Indian Creek Road from White Pole Road, north .4 mile.
• Action on passing a Resolution establishing a speed limit on Memphis Road (620th to Highway 71).
• Action on passing a Resolution for Posted Weight Limits on County Bridges.
• Discussion and action on the closing of a County roadway (570th Street/the I-80 underpass).
• Approval of an Abatement of Taxes on parcels owned by the City of Lewis (405 Minnesota St., and a separate parcel)
• Approval of an Abatement of Taxes for a parcel owned by the City of Atlantic (Lot 2, Block 2, Oaks Addition).
• Action on passing a Resolution to abate taxes on mobile home.
• A Review and update of a County policy with regard to reimbursement for use of personal cell phones.
• And, if available, a regular report from the Cass County Mental Health/General Relief Coordinator Deb Schuler.

(Radio Iowa) – A local health official is scolding University of Iowa football fans for packing into downtown Iowa City bars on Saturday to watch the first game of the season. At times, the lines at some establishments stretched out the door. The crowded, indoor social gatherings during the pandemic are a concern for Sam Jarvis, the community health manager for Johnson County Public Health.

Elsewhere in town, students held large house parties, or pulled TVs outside to watch the Hawks in small groups. Jarvis says it’s incredibly important for Iowans to continue to take precautions to slow the spread of coronavirus.

COVID-19 cases in Johnson County declined dramatically after Governor Kim Reynolds closed bars earlier this fall. Now that those restrictions are lifted, a resurgence in cases is a constant worry. Statewide, hospitals are seeing a surge in patients as cases and deaths increase. According to the New York Times, Iowa’s death rate is twice that of the nation as a whole.

(By Kate Payne, Iowa Public Radio)

The Creston Police Department reports 24-year old Chance Newton, of Corning, was arrested Sunday night. Newton was arrested a little before 8-p.m. in the 600 block of New York Ave. on a charge of Driving While Revoked. He was released from the Union County Jail on a $1000 bond.

And, last Friday morning, a Creston man residing in the 400 block of N. Sumner Street, informed Police that sometime during the overnight of Oct. 20th, someone broke into his vehicle that was parked at his residence. A DeWalt Vacuum cleaner and a wallet containing cash were taken. The loss was estimated at $190.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Police in eastern Iowa say a woman was shot to death inside a busy Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in Davenport. The Quad-City Times reports that the shooting happened just after 7:30 p.m. Sunday — the second of two fatal shootings Sunday in Davenport. Police say a woman shot another woman inside the restaurant, then fled. Officers arrived to find a woman unresponsive with gunshot wounds. She was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead. Police have not yet released her name or reported any arrests in the case. Police say the first shooting occurred around 11 a.m. Sunday outside a home, killing 19-year-old Lavonte Lee Baker.

OCALA, Fla. (AP) — Officials say Ocala (Florida) Police Chief Greg Graham died in a single-engine plane crash in north Florida. Marion County Sheriff’s officials say Graham was the only person in the plane when it crashed Sunday morning. The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash. Ocala Mayor Kent Guinn says Graham had recently received his pilot’s license. Graham had been in the Ocala police department for many years. He left in 2008 to become chief in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He returned to Ocala to head the agency when the police chief resigned in late December 2011.