The Griswold School Board, Monday evening, approved a Retirement Compensation Package for Nancy Taylor, Board Secretary and Superintendent Secretary. Superintendent Dave Henrichs explained to KJAN News the details of the package. He said in year one, they will let Taylor be compensated for her unused vacation days, up to $6,000. And then in years two and three, when they’re combined with year one, will total $18,000. That’s somewhat parallel, he says, to how the certified staff retirements are handled.

The Griswold School Board also approved several resignations effective at the end of the school year. They include: Eric Baker, High School Business teacher; Donnie Weed, MS/HS Special Education teacher; Laura Carlton, Football/Cheerleading sponsor; Chad Rodgers, MS Football Coach, and Lexi Rielly, MS/HS para educator, who resigned at the end of December.

The Board Monday then entered a closed session to discuss negotiations strategy with a Certified Bargaining Unit.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP)- Officials say British-based BAE Systems will maintain a presence in the Cedar Rapids area after it completes a deal to acquire Collins Aerospace’s military GPS business. BAE announced Monday that United Technologies Corp. had agreed to sell the GPS business for $1.925 billion. The Gazette reported that a BAE spokeswoman says plans are for the GPS business’s 675 employees to stay in their Collins facilities until the deal closes. Those workers then would become employees of BAE Systems and transition to a new facility in the Cedar Rapids area. The spokeswoman says it’s not clear where and when that would occur.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports three arrests over the past week. On Jan. 13th, 29-year old Alex Ryan Hollingsworth, of Cedar Falls, was arrested on a Adair County warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault w/injury or mental illness/1st offense. He was released later that same day on his Own Recognizance/Signature bond. 44-year old Matthew Dwaine Seymour, of Omaha, was arrested Jan. 16th after he turned himself-in to the Adair County Jail. Seymour was wanted on Adair County warrants for OWI/1st offense and Possession of a Controlled Substance/1st offense. He being held in the Adair County Jail on a $2,000 cash or surety bond.

And, on Jan. 16th, 28-year old E-Clifton Ezell, of Wyoming, MI., was arrested by Adair Police at the eastbound I-80 rest area, for Possession of a Controlled Substance, Carrying a concealed Weapon (A large machete, over 5-inches in length), and a felony Forgery charge. His arrest followed a call to authorities from the manager of the Casey’s Store in Adair, with regard to a counterfeit $50 bill she had just received, allegedly from Ezell. He was filling up his vehicle but left by the time police arrived at the store. The Adair Police Officer caught up with Ezell’s 2010 Ford F-150 pickup at the rest area.

A passenger in the vehicle was detained at the scene. Both subjects reportedly had a large amount of currency on them, which was checked for being counterfeit. Clifton Ezell also claimed possession of a substance identified as marijuana. He was being held in the Adair County Jail on a $4,000 cash or surety bond.