A trucking company out of Massena will be collecting relief supplies for Hurricane Harvey victims, next week. Shawn Holloway, of Massena, is with Holloway and Sons Trucking. He says he’ll be parking a tractor-trailer in the parking lot of Atlantic Carriers (located north of Hy-Vee), on Sept. 7^th, in hopes of filling the trailer with items to donate to the United Way and American Red Cross, in Houston.

Holloway says he wanted to do something good in his life, and set the plan in motion to collect the necessary supplies for those in need.

(The list is as simple as clean-up supplies, non-perishable foods, personal hygiene items, kids toys and baby wipes.)

Holloway says he needs the help of residents in the area to provide those items to help residents of Texas affected by the devastating storm, begin the process of clean-up and recovery, and return to a somewhat more normal life.

He’ll be at the Hy-Vee at around 2-p.m. next Thursday to park the trailer and help load it. Anyone who wants to help the loading process is welcome to do so. The truck and trailer will be available through Saturday, or until it’s loaded. Holloway plans to hit the road and head to Houston, on Monday.

Other drop-off locations include the Darren Hardisty Shop at 207 Jackson Street, in Cumberland, with items will be accepted anytime after 5:30-p.m. or on weekends, and in Corning at the Grace Baptist Church (1801 Quincy St.), from 10-a.m. to 7-p.m., Tuesday (Sept. 5^th). The location in Red Oak is Mark Ranney’s shop across the street from Red Oak McDonald’s restaurant.

Police in Creston say a Ringgold County man turned himself-in Thursday afternoon on a Union County warrant for Probation Violation, and an Adair County warrant for Failure to Appear in Court. 30-year old Shaune William Tindle, of Mt. Ayr, appeared at the Union County Law Enforcement Center, was booked into and held in the jail on a $5,300 bond.

And, a Creston man residing in the 500 block of N. Cherry Street, in Creston, reported to Police Thursday morning, that sometime between 6:13-a.m. and 6:48-a.m., Thursday, someone slashed three tires on his vehicle. The incident happened while the vehicle was in the Super 8 motel parking lot. The loss was estimated at $400.

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The Cass County Board of Supervisors, during their meeting Thursday morning, in Atlantic, decided to appoint a County Attorney to succeed David Wiederstein, who had earlier announced his resignation over the Board’s move to make the job a full-time position. The resignation is effective Jan.1st, 2018. No appointment was made Thursday. Instead, the Board will hash out the details on preferred qualifications, and plan to announce at a later date, when they will begin to take applications.

Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman said once an official announcement is made on the appointment, the public does have an opportunity to file a petition for a special election. At least 97 signatures would be needed on a petition, but even then, the petition cannot be filed until after it is published. After that, there is a 14-day period before any action on appointment would be made.

The Cass County Supervisors, Thursday, also approved tax compliance procedures relating to tax-exempt bonds and approved a loan agreement, providing for the sale and issuance of general obligation county purpose bonds, and providing for the levy of taxes to pay the same, as related to the Elite Octane Ethanol plant projects.

And, the board approved the employment of Andrea Goins as Information Technology/Geographic Information Systems Coordinator. They also approved a low bid from Murphy Heavy Contracting in the amount of $451,115 for a bridge replacement project on Tucson Road, located about one-quarter of a mile west of 690th Street.

A new study finds almost one in every three Iowans is obese, a number that’s bounded from about one in five at the start of the new millennium. John Auerbach, president and C-E-O of Trust for America’s Health, says more Iowans need to get serious about their diet and exercise. “The Hawkeye State is more or less where it was last year, which is 13th from the bottom,” Auerbach says. “It’s not a good ranking. It represents a percentage of about 32% of the population in Iowa who are overweight or obese.”

Kansas was the only state on this year’s report that saw a decrease in its obesity rate while five states had an increase. The rest, like Iowa, remained steady. Over the 14 years of these reports, Iowa’s numbers have continued to inch upward, like our waistline measurements. “It is concerning. By comparison, Iowa’s obesity rate in 2000 was 21% of the adult population and now it’s at 32%,” Auerbach says. “We haven’t really turned the corner yet.”

On the optimistic side, Auerbach says Iowa’s numbers may finally be stabilizing as we’ve been hovering around 32-percent for a couple of years now. “The fact that Iowa is leveling off now in terms of its obesity rate is encouraging,” Auerbach says. “We need to see additional progress in terms of programs and policies in the state in order for us to reverse the upward trends we’ve seen since 2000.”

Auerbach’s list of recommendations includes: investing in prevention at the federal, state and local levels; prioritizing early childhood policies and programs like Head Start; maintaining progress on school-based policies and programs, including full implementation of nutrition standards for school foods; and expanding health care coverage and care, including a full range of obesity prevention, treatment and management services.

The top-ranking states, those with the lowest obesity levels, are Hawaii, Massachusetts and -tops- Colorado, where the obesity rate is 22-percent. The lowest-ranking states on the list are: Alabama, Mississippi and -last- West Virginia, with an obesity rate of almost 38-percent. See the full report at: http://stateofobesity.org.

(Radio Iowa)