The Griswold School Board finalized the sale of the Lewis and Elliott building properties at their meeting on Monday night. A hearing on proposal to sell the two properties was held prior to the start of the regular meeting and Superintendent David Henrichs said no comment in favor or against those sales occurred so they could move forward with completion of the sales during the regular meeting.

The Lewis Elementary Building is being sold to Chris Jahnke with 3-H-O, LLC in Atlantic for $9,000. The sale price was amended from an initial $40,000 offer due to the cost of asbestos removal and air conditioning updates at the facility. The district agreed to the reduced price in February because it would of been much more costly for the district to demolish the building. 3-H-O is a packaging and shipping company that employs a large number of disabled individuals.

The Elliott Building is being sold to Rayna Blay and Jacque Howell for $4,000. Blay plans to use the kitchen in the building to expand her personal bakery business and Howell is looking to expand her daycare operation. They have plans to make other space in the building available for other business and offices.

The sale of the two properties came about after district patrons approved a bond issue to put a new Elementary addition onto the Middle School/High School building in Griswold. The new Elementary addition to the Griswold building is nearing completion and a ribbon cutting event is scheduled for Wednesday evening at 4:00pm.

In other news from the school board meeting on Monday some hires and resignations were approved. Middle School and High School Para-Educators Adam Karns and Trish McKinley were brought on board, Andy Everett was named Head Wrestling Coach, and a resignation was accepted from Amy Hook as Assistant Girls Basketball coach. School Nurse Blair Rush was granted a one year leave of absence.

Democratic Presidential Candidate John Delaney has visits to Exira and Atlantic planned for today. Delaney will be in Exira at Legion Park for a Picnic and Policy Conversation at 5:00pm. He will then head to Atlantic for a visit to the Cass County Democrats meeting at 7:00pm. That meeting will be held in the Cass County Courthouse basement room D.

Those two stops will round out a busy day for Delaney who is making stops in Council Bluffs and Sioux City in the morning.

The Creston Police Department reports the arrest of 40-year-old Sheri Jo Watters of Creston on a charge of Trespassing. She was arrested at 213 N Maple Street in Creston at 7:00am on Monday. Watters was cited and released from the scene.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A 19-year-old man has been given five years in prison for trying to coerce a University of Northern Iowa student into having sex with him.