(Atlantic, Iowa) – A public hearing is set for 9-a.m. Thursday, Dec. 30th in Atlantic, with regard to the proposed Supervisor Districts redistricting plan based on the 2020 Census. The hearing takes place during a regular weekly meeting of the Cass County Board of Supervisors. Following the hearing, the Board will act on a temporary Redistricting Commission recommendation for a Supervisor District, and Election Precinct Plan. (The PDF links below are the ‘proposed’ maps.  These are NOT the final and are not yet approved)

Atlantic Wards 2021 Supervisor Districts 2021

In other business, the Cass County Supervisors will act on approving a Class-C Beer Permit for Hansen Valley Oil (rural Atlantic), and on approving a Resolution adopting the Cass County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan. They are also expected to act on a Resolution Authorizing the County to Enter into Settlement Agreements with McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc., AmerisourceBergen Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and Janssen Pharmaceuitca, Inc., with regard to the Terms of the Iowa Opioid Allocation Memorandum of Understanding, and Authorize Entry Into that Memorandum of Understanding.

And, the Board is expected to approve the Cass County Master Matrix Scoring and Recommendation for A-to-Z Feeders’ proposed cattle confinement barn, prior to hearing a monthly report from Cass County Mental Health/General Relief Coordinator Deb Schuler.

(Radio Iowa) – A Mason City man serving a life sentence has died in prison. The Iowa Department of Corrections says 54-year-old Kenneth Ray Sharp died from natural causes Sunday at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center where he had been taken due to chronic illness. Sharp was convicted by a jury of first-degree kidnapping in November of 1995 after he and another man were accused of kidnapping and raping a woman. Sharp went to prison on December 21st, 1995 — and unsuccessfully appealed his sentence in 2008.