The City Council in Atlantic will hold the third and final readings of two ordinances during their meeting Wednesday evening. That includes an ordinance which would reduce the speed limit on East 22nd Street from Highway 71 to Olive Street, from 45- to 35-miles per hour, and, an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances, by adding a chapter on Urban Deer Control.

The DNR and City officials have concluded there is currently an overpopulation of deer within the City limits of Atlantic which poses a threat to property and public safety. The ordinance would allow bow hunting of antlerless deer, with certain restrictions and conditions.

In other business, the Council will act on requests from: The Jaycees, to discharge fireworks on July 4th at the Atlantic Municipal Airport; The 1st United Methodist Church, to close Cedar Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets on August 16th from 5-7pm, for a community block party; and, from Dan March, on behalf of the Heritage House, to block the alley behind 811 Poplar Street from Noon until 8-pm Saturday, June 23rd, for the purpose of holding a fundraising dinner for its Good Samaritan Fund (to help residents who have outlived their financial resources).

The Council meeting begins at 5:30-p.m., in their Chambers at the Atlantic City Hall.

The Walnut City Council Wednesday will act on appointing a replacement City Council member, following the recent resignation in May, of Councilman Darren Tooley. They’ll also act on designating a Mayor Pro Tem, since Tooley served in that capacity, as well.

In other business, the Council will discuss: Capital Equipment Funding; A review of options for the Codification of the City’s Code of Ordinances; The AMVETS June Antique Show and Walk and possible action on the use of public streets and rights-of-way for the event; Camping Fees at the City Park; the Development of a Sand Volleyball Court and improvements to Fireman’s Park; The Law Enforcement Services contract with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department, and, other matters.

The meeting begins at 5-p.m. Wednesday, in the Council’s Chambers at the Walnut City Hall.

The Cass and Adair County Boards of Supervisors will hold their regular, separate meetings Wednesday,beginning at 9-a.m.  In Greenfield, the Adair County Board will act on a 28-E sharing agreement with the Southern Iowa Trolley, and the dissolution of a 28-E agreement with SIRWA (The Southern Iowa Rural Water Association) . In other business, the Board will: Receive a Fiscal Year 2013 Case Management Project cost report from Home Care Coordinator Jane Ernst; Hear from County Engineer Nick Kauffman, with regard to approval of a new hire and the purchase of a brush cutter; and, they’ll hear from V-A Administrator Donna Bittmer, with regard to the perpetual care of Catholic cemeteries.

In Atlantic, the Cass County Board of Supervisors, Wednesday, are expected to take action on signing a letter of intent to join with other counties in a 28-E agreement for Mental Health services, as regionalization is required. Governor Terry Branstad signed legislation late last month that reform’s the state’s mental health system. It shakes up the current county-based format, in favor of one based on “regions.”

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The Omaha school board has decided to conduct another national search for a superintendent.  The board voted Monday night for a new search and to begin the process for appointing an interim superintendent.  On Saturday the board accepted the resignation of former Des Moines Superintendent Nancy Sebring. A records search showed she’d exchanged sexually explicit emails with a lover using the Des Moines district’s computers.

Sebring had been scheduled to start in Omaha in July. But that plan unraveled after she resigned suddenly from her Des Moines job on May 10th.  The Omaha board had selected Sebring in April out of three finalists to replace John Mackiel, who plans to retire this summer.
Board President Freddie Gray said Monday that she hadn’t talked to Mackiel about staying longer.

Officials with the French Icarian Colony Foundation say an Iowa Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission endorsed event, entitled “Icaria, Adams County and the Civil War,” will be held June 23rd from 9:00-am to 5:00-pm, at America’s French Icarian Village, located  at 2349 220^th Street, in Corning.  The commemoration will recognize the sacrifices made by Icaria and Adams County families during the Civil War.  Whether they were soldiers on the battlefield, supported the troops from the home front, or defended their state’s southern border, Iowans played an important role in the Civil. War.  The Icaria and Adams County men and their families shared in that sacrifice. 

The family oriented event will include a military encampment, recruiting scenarios, musket and cannon demonstrations, a skirmish, storytelling, a ladies tea (for which reservations are required by June 18th), children’s period games and activities, heritage craft demonstrations, President Lincoln and two exhibits.  The Fiery Trial: Iowa and the Civil War, a traveling exhibit from the Iowa on the Move Program will be on loan as well, from the State Historical Society of Iowa.  An additional traveling exhibit from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, Looking at Lincoln: Political Cartoons from the Civil War Era with presentations from President Abraham Lincoln will be on loan.  More information is available at www.icaria.net, 641.322.4717 or icaria@frontiernet.net.

A Carroll man faces a trio of charges following an accident Monday evening, in Audubon County. Sheriff’s Officials say 54-year old Richard Lee Wilson was charged with OWI/3rd offense, Driving While Revoked and Failure to Maintain Control. Wilson was driving a 2000 Chevy Impala southbound on Highway 71 just north of Hamlin, at around 6:30-p.m., when the vehicle went out of control, crossed the road and a bike trail before coming to rest in a field.

The man refused medical treatment. He was subsequently brought to the Audubon County Jail and held pending  a court appearance. Damage to his car was estimated at $5,000.