(Harlan, Iowa/KNOD) – Shelby County Auditor Mark Maxwell, Monday, announced he will not be filing papers to run for re-election in the June Primary. Maxwell says he is truly grateful for the trust Shelby County residents have shown, by electing him in two successive elections.

Maxwell noted also, any candidate seeking to run for a County office in Shelby County, must have their properly filled out nomination papers returned to the Auditor’s Office by no later than 5-p.m. on March 22nd, 2024.

He said also, Mike Kolbe has filed his nomination papers to run for County Supervisor in Shelby County.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Community School District’s Board of Education will hold a regular, monthly meeting Wednesday. Their session in the High School Media Center begins at 5:30-p.m., and includes what we’re told is expected to be a 90-minute presentation on the Role of School Board Directors, from IASB Board Development Director LouAnn Gvist.

Later in their meeting, the Atlantic School Board will review and discuss the 2024-25 District Budget. Action items include setting the dates for Public Hearings, with regard to:

• The FY25 Certified Budget (Hearing #1)
• The 2024-25 School Calendar
• The FY 25 Budget (Hearing #2).

The Board will also act on approving the Girls Swimming Program for the Fall of 2024, and on bids for elevator repair at the Schuler Elementary School.  The next meeting of the Atlantic School Board is a work session on March 27th in the Central Office Conference Room at the Achievement Center, beginning at 5:30-p.m.

Spring Break for the Atlantic School District is March 28-29 and April 1, 2024.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – A woman from Red Oak was arrested at around 8:30-p.m, Monday, on an Assault charge. Red Oak Police say 20-year-old Kaydence Reanne Fussell was taken into custody in the 400 block of E. Joy Street, and charged with Simple Assault – a Simple Misdemeanor. Fussell was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 cash bond.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak say no injuries were reported following a collision at the intersection of Highway 34 and Broadway, Monday afternoon. The crash happened at around 4:15-p.m., when a motorcycle operated by Jarrett Ryan Maynes, of Red Oak, and an SUV driven by Kelly Jean Fort, of Stanton, collided, as the cycle was turning left to head south, and the SUV was traveling eastbound. Maynes was cited for Failure to have a valid motorcycle license. Damage to the 2006 Honda motorcycle was estimated at $3,500 (total loss). The 2024 GMC Yukon sustained approximately $4,500 damage.

(Whiting, Iowa) – One person was injured during a collision Monday night in Monona County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a car driven by 45-year-old David Martinez, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was stopped in the right-hand lane of southbound Interstate 29 at around 10:10-p.m., near mile marker 118. The vehicle did not have its lights on. A semi, driven by 53-year-old David Chumbley, of Halbur, was traveling south in the same lane.

When Chumbley saw the car, he swerved to the left to avoid striking it, but ended-up hitting the car. The collision caused the car to be pushed off of the road and into the west ditch. The semi continued south before coming to rest on the shoulder of the road.

Martinez – who was not wearing a seat belt – was flown by Wings Air Care to the UNMC in Omaha.