(Harlan, Iowa) – The Shelby County Board of Supervisors will gather at 9-a.m. Tuesday (July 5) for their regular weekly meeting. Here’s what’s on their agenda:

1. Call to order

2. Conflict of Interest with the Agenda

3. Approval of Agenda-Action Item

4. Claims of June 30th^th, 2022 Action Item

5. Approve Minutes of June 21st Action Item

6. Supervisor Committee Reports Action Item

7. Consider Appointment of Ben Wegner as a Deputy Sheriff-Action Item

8. Todd Valline Shelby County Chamber of Commerce and Industry report to Supervisors.
9. 

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   Resolution Setting the hearing date for 2023 budget amendment – Action item 

10. Disposal of County Cars – Action Item
11. Secondary Roads Report – Action item
12. EMA Report/workshop – Action item
13. Walk through of County Buildings
14. Adjourn.

The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors will hold their regular weekly meeting on Tuesday, July 5th, beginning at 8:30-a.m. The session takes place in their Courthouse Board Room, in Red Oak. Here’s a look at their agenda:

1. Call meeting to order
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Roll call of members
4. Approval of Agenda – Order at discretion of Chairman
5. Read minutes as presented. Chairman to call for any additions/corrections to said minutes
6. Board chairman will ask the audience for any comments, limited to two minutes per person.
7. Supervisors: Weekly committee/assignment updates
8. Secondary Roads Update
9. New Business
a. Approve Red Oak Library Contract for Services for FY 22-23 in the amount of $17,820
b. Montgomery County Public Health to assume duties of General Assistance
position. Discussion and action as necessary.
c. Wind Turbines ordinance discussion and action as necessary
d. Nishna Productions contract discussion and action as necessary
e. Urban Renewal Areas discussion with Red Oak City Administrator, Brad Wright
f. Approve Liquor License Renewal for Red Oak Country Club
10. Discuss and start agenda items for next meeting
11. Announcements – The next regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, July 12, 2022
12. Adjournment

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Sheriff’s Deputies in Montgomery County made five, drug-related arrests on Friday and Saturday. At around 7:45-p.m. Friday, Deputies arrested 29-year-old Aundrea Theresa Clay, of Red Oak, for: Possession of Marijuana/1st offense; Poss. of Methamphetamine/1st offense; and on a Page County warrant for Failure to Appear on a Possession of Marijuana charge. During the same incident, 31-year-old Matthew Allen Cox, of Omaha, was arrested on Page County warrants for OWI/1st offense and Poss. of Meth/1st offense. Both suspects were being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond, each.

And, at around 10:19-p.m. Saturday, Deputies in Montgomery County conducted a traffic stop at 110th and G Avenue. Upon investigation, three people were taken into custody: 29-year-old Jame Michael Cruz, of Tabor, was arrested for: Possession of Meth/2nd offense; Poss. of Marijuana/2nd offense; and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia; 25-year-old Tucker Evan Webster, of Shenandoah, was arrested for Poss. of Meth/1st offense, and Poss. of Drug Paraphernalia. 19-year-old Savanna Ann Schenck, of Shenandoah, was arrested for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Red Oak Police assisted Sheriff’s Deputies in both incidents.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The operator of a motorcycle was transported by helicopter to a hospital in Nebraska, following an accident Friday night, in Red Oak.

According to Red Oak Police Department, the accident happened at the intersection of North 5th and East Elm streets around 10-p.m.  Authorities say 30-year-old Nathan Allen Aldrich, of Red Oak, was driving a friend’s 2021 Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on North 5th Street when he lost control of the bike.

The machine skidded on its right side until it gouged into the road and flipped to its left side. Aldrich was ejected. He and the cycle came to rest under a parked 2008 Dodge minivan registered to John Marsh. Aldrich was transported by Red Oak Rescue to the Montgomery County Memorial Hospital and later taken by LifeNet 1-1 to the UNMC in Omaha, where he was reported to be in critical condition as of the last report.

Police said speed and alcohol were believed to be contributing factors to the wreck, which remains under investigation. Authorities said also, motorcycle was being operated in a reckless, erratic or careless, negligent manner, sustained $10,000 damage. Damage to the van was estimated at $2,000.

(Des Moines, Iowa) – Officials with Hy-Vee announced on Friday, their immediate, voluntary withdrawal of all potato salad varieties from their stores. They made the announcement based on a presumptive positive microbial test result. Although they don’t expect final test results for roughly 7-10 days, the withdrawal was announced out of an abundance of caution for the upcoming holiday weekend.

The voluntary withdrawal includes all varieties and all sizes of Hy-Vee Potato Salad and Mealtime Potato Salad available from grab-and-go refrigerated cases and/or deli service cases in all Hy-Vee, Hy-Vee Drugstore and Dollar Fresh Market locations – as we well as Hy-Vee Fast and Fresh convenience stores – across the company’s eight-state region of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The expiration dates are between July 31, 2022, and Aug. 4, 2022. 

The list below outlines the products that have been withdrawn. No other Hy-Vee or Mealtime branded salads are impacted. To date, there have been no reports of illness or complaints involving the products addressed in this withdrawal.

• HY-VEE OLD FASHIONED POTATO SALAD
• HY-VEE COUNTRY STYLE POTATO SALAD
• HY-VEE DIJON MUSTARD POTATO SALAD
• HY-VEE GREEN ONION & EGG POTATO SALAD
• HY-VEE CHIPOTLE RANCH POTATO SALAD
• HY-VEE DICED RED SKIN POTATO SALAD
• HY-VEE LOADED BAKED POTATO SALAD
• MEALTIME OLD FASHIONED POTATO SALAD
• MEALTIME COUNTRY STYLE POTATO SALAD
• MEALTIME DIJON MUSTARD POTATO SALAD

Customers who have purchased any of these products are urged not to consume the product and dispose of it or return it to their local Hy-Vee for a full refund.  Consumers with questions may contact Hy-Vee Customer Care at customercare@hy-vee.com.

(Pacific Junction, Iowa) – A single-vehicle accident last Friday night or early Saturday morning southeast of Pacific Junction resulted in the death of the driver and injuries to his passenger. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2002 BMW 325 driven by 28-year-old Dane W. Carlson, of Plattsmouth, NE, was traveling east on 221st Street just west of 210th, when the vehicle failed to negotiate a curve.

The car continued in a straight line, off the road to the right, and into a ditch, where it rolled several times. The car was observed in the ditch by a passing motorist a little after 6-a.m., Saturday. The Patrol says the accident happened sometime late Friday night or early Saturday morning.

Dane Carlson died in the crash. His passenger, 33-year-old Steven S. Elliott, of Plattsmouth, was injured and transported by LifeNet 1-1 to Bergen Mercy Hospital in Nebraska. Both men were wearing their seat belts. The accident remains under investigation. The Mills County Sheriff’s Department and Glenwood Fire Department assisted at the scene.

(Radio Iowa) – State, federal, and local law enforcement are combining efforts this weekend to focus on people who are driving their boats while intoxicated. Iowa D-N-R boating law administrator, Susan Stocker, says it’s part of national Operation Dry Water to highlight the hazards of boating under the influence. Stocker says officers will also be looking for other violations, including boaters who aren’t wearing life jackets. She says a life jacket is just as important as wearing a seat belt in a car. “If you’re in an accident or a car, you potentially and most likely will land on a hard surface but in the water, you’re going to land in the water, and then you’re not going to float,” she says.

There are multiple types of life jackets available and she says the biggest thing is to find one you are comfortable in. “The best life jacket is the one you’re going to wear,” Stocker says. “So there are a lot of comfortable life jackets inflatables, which are allowed for people that are 16 years and older. So they are lightweight and they’re comfortable to wear. We have a lot of what you would call type threes or ski vests which are more comfortable versus the orange horse collar that we all know and very, very uncomfortable that you know we wore as young people.”

She says kids that are 12 years and younger have to wear a life jacket when the boat is underway. Stocker says kids can operate a boat with proper supervision. “With an adult present, you can have your young person drive and operate a boat. If they are going to operate a boat by themselves. Without an adult, they certainly need to have a boater education certificate in order to do that,” she says. Stocker says the best thing is that if you’re going to teach your young person how to operate a boat is to be with them and be right next to them. And she says make sure you have the engine cut off switch on your arm — so if something does happen, then the engine the motor will stop automatically. Stocker says the lakes and rivers will be busy and she advises you to be courteous.

“Fourth of July weekend just like Memorial weekend everybody wants to get out there are a lot more boats that people have purchased we’ve got more on the water so be patient and obey the buoys out there because they are the speed limit,” she says.

Stocker says there are approximately 235-thousand boats registered in Iowa. She says there could be thousands more kayak and canoes, as they only have to be registered if they are 13 feet or longer.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak report a man from Des Moines, 22-year-old Jonah Lee Kirsch, was arrested a little before 10-p.m. Friday, on a simple misdemeanor charge of Public Intoxication. Kirsch was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $300 bond.

(Des Moines, Iowa) – Officials with the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Friday, reported a probable case of monkeypox virus infection in an adult in North Central Iowa. Testing was conducted by the State Hygienic Lab in Coralville.

The patient was likely infected during international travels and is isolating, receiving outpatient care and in regular communication with health department staff. HHS staff and local public health are conducting contact tracing with local health partners to identify anyone who may be at risk due to direct close contact with the patient while infectious. People with direct close contact are directed to watch for symptoms of illness and are offered a vaccine series that can prevent symptoms from developing or developing severe illness. The CDC does not recommend broader use of the vaccine at this time; however, their evaluation of vaccine guidance is ongoing.

Monkeypox does not spread easily between people without close contact, like:

• direct contact with the infectious rash, scabs, or body fluids
• respiratory secretions during prolonged, face-to-face contact, or during intimate physical contact, such as kissing, cuddling, or sex.

Risk to the general public is low, but anyone with a rash that looks like monkeypox should talk to their healthcare provider, even if they don’t think they had contact with someone who has monkeypox.

People who may be at higher risk might include but are not limited to those who:

1. Had contact with someone who had a rash that looks like monkeypox or someone who was diagnosed with confirmed or probable monkeypox.
2. Had skin-to-skin contact with someone in a social network experiencing monkeypox activity, this includes men who have sex with men who meet partners through an online website, digital application (“app”), or social event (e.g., a bar or party).
3. Traveled outside the US to a country with confirmed cases of monkeypox or where monkeypox activity has been ongoing.

If possible, call ahead before going to a healthcare facility. If you are not able to call ahead, tell a staff member as soon as you arrive that you are concerned about monkeypox.

Over 5,700 cases have been reported internationally. In the U.S., 460 cases have been reported across 32 states. Over the last month, HHS staff have been working with health care providers and community partners to promote awareness of monkeypox, including what symptoms to look for, how to test for it, and ways to help prevent transmission. More information about the virus and how to limit infection risk can be found on the monkeypox page on the CDC website.