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The Cass County Board of Supervisors, Wednesday morning, reviewed a recommendation from the County Compensation Board, who suggested a five-percent pay raise for Elected Officials. The Supervisors did not take any action on the recommendation during their meeting, but when it comes time to making a decision during the budgeting process, they may choose to accept the Compensation Board’s recommendation, or reduce the percentage, but they cannot go above the recommended amount. Regardless of which way they choose to act, the percentage must be the same for each of the elected officials.
Supervisor Mark O’Brien pointed out that in the last 10-years, the Board of Supervisors has approved a combined 23.5-percent in pay raises. During the same time, the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for Federal Employees has been around 13-percent. He said Cass County has given more raises than the national government. A trend toward population decline, he said, means less people will assume the tax burden for the pay increases.
The Supervisors agreed to inform elected officials that they may base their budgets on a 2.8-percent increase, at least for now, but again no official action will be taken until they begin work on the FY2020 budget.
The Creston Police Department reports one arrest occurred Wednesday afternoon. 24-year old Jordanne Beardsley, of Creston, was arrested on the 100 block of E. Adams Street, on a charge of Driving While Suspended. Beardsley wass being held in the Adams County Jail on a $300 bond.
The area’s latest and/or top news stories at 7:06-a.m. From KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A western Iowa woman accused of having sex with a teenage boy staying at the Child Saving Institute shelter in Omaha, has been sent to prison. Douglas County, Nebraska, District Court records say 24-year-old Hanna Dickerson, of Neola, was sentenced Tuesday to two years. She’d pleaded guilty to attempted sexual abuse of a protected person. Prosecutors lowered the charge in exchange for her plea.
The 17-year-old boy was a ward of the state who told investigators that he and Dickerson engaged in sex several times in July and August 2017. Her job at the institute was to supervise wards of the state, sometimes overnight. The institute specializes in adoptions, emergency foster care and family therapy.
MUSCATINE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a woman whose body was found alongside a highway near Muscatine in eastern Iowa. The Muscatine County Sheriff’s Office identified the woman as 20-year-old Lea Renae Ponce, who lived in Fairfield. The sheriff’s office received a call around 1 a.m. Tuesday that reported a woman lying on a side of Iowa Highway 38. Arriving deputies found the body.
Officials are awaiting autopsy results.
Red Oak Police arrested a man on a Public Intoxication charge late Wednesday night. 31-year old John W. Jett, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 10:35-p.m. in the 1200 block of Senate Avenue. He was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $300 cash bond.
Today: Partly cloudy. High 34. SE @ 10.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 22. SE @ 5-10.
Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy w/patchy drizzle & light snow toward evening. High 36.
Tomorrow night: Snow. (1-3″ possible). Low 27.
Saturday: Light snow, patchy freezing drizzle. High 32.
Sunday: Mo. Cldy. High 34.
Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 30. Our Low this morning 15. Last year on this date our High was 48 and the Low was 18. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 59 in 1928. The Record Low was -27 in 1982.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Bridget Carleton had 24 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to lead No. 20 Iowa State to a 92-54 victory over TCU on Wednesday night for its seventh straight win. The Cyclones (13-2, 3-0 Big 12 Conference) improved to 11-0 at home while TCU (11-3, 1-2) has lost two straight following an eight-game win streak.
Ashley Joens added five 3-pointers and finished with 22 points and nine rebounds for Iowa State. Kristin Scott had 12 points, and Meredith Burkhall and Alexa Middleton chipped in with 10 points apiece. Kianna Ray scored 10 points for TCU, which shot 32 percent from the field and missed 18 3-pointers and 12 free throws.
The Cyclones opened the second quarter on a 15-1 run, capped by Joens’ 3-pointer, to build a 38-20 halftime advantage. Carleton and Joens combined for 11-of-13 shooting that included six 3-pointers for 33 points in the second half. Carleton drove the floor and scored on a reverse layup midway through the third quarter that gave the Cyclones a 20-point lead.
Iowa State hosts No. 11 Texas on Friday.
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — With leading scorer Tyler Cook out of the lineup, someone had to step up for Iowa to fill the void. Freshman Joe Weiskamp was up to the task. Weiskamp had 19 points, Luka Garza added 16 and Iowa beat Northwestern 73-63 on Wednesday night for its first true road win of the season. Isaiah Moss had 12 points for the Hawkeyes (13-3, 2-3 in the Big Ten), who have won seven of eight. Cook, a 6-9 junior forward, sat out with a sore knee.
Vic Law had 13 points and 10 rebounds, Anthony Gaines also scored a career-high 13, Ryan Taylor had 11 and A.J. Turner 10 for Northwestern (10-6, 1-4), which has dropped two of three. Dererk Pardon, the Wildcats’ second-leading scorer, was held to six points and five rebounds before fouling out with four minutes remaining.
Despite missing Cook’s 17.3 points in the starting lineup, Iowa jumped out to a 9-2 lead. Northwestern missed its first five field-goal attempts and its first seven 3-point attempts, but battled back from the slow start to tie the score at 13. The Hawkeyes were leading 28-19 — their biggest of the first half — with 5½ minutes to go before the Wildcats closed with a 15-6 run for a tie at 34 at halftime.
Taylor opened the second half with a 3-pointer to give Northwestern its first lead. The Wildcats stretched their edge to 44-37 a few minutes later and seemingly had gained control of the game.
Iowa, though, responded with a 15-2 run for a 52-46 lead with 12½ minutes to play. Weiskamp hit a 3-pointer to put the Hawkeyes back on top, 47-46. The 6-6 guard then capped the run with a slick crossover for a layup and a 3-point play — picking up the fourth foul on Law in the process.
Northwestern had opportunities to mount a rally in the final 10 minutes, but couldn’t develop any consistency offensively. The Wildcats were 22 of 57 (38.6 percent) from the field, including 7 of 27 on 3-pointers. Luka Garza was playing just his second game since spraining an ankle on Dec. 21. He was limited to 10 minutes in Sunday’s win over Nebraska, but played 26 on Wednesday, going 10 for 11 from the foul line
UP NEXT – Iowa: Hosts No. 16 Ohio State on Saturday.