(Radio Iowa) -(UPDATED 12:19-p.m.}  Several schools in Iowa are dealing with fake calls today (Tuesday) about possible shootings at district buildings. Classes were canceled at Clinton High School amid reports of possible gunshots having been fired at the school. The administration posted online that students were sheltering in place as police investigated — and in an update said police found no sign of any gunshots.

Muscatine police searched the Muscatine High School after a call and classes resumed when police turned up no threats. The Iowa City Police Department issued a statement saying it is communicating with the Iowa City Community School District regarding calls that are known as “Swatting.” The statement says the calls are not credible and there is no reason for concern at this time.

Officials with the Creston Community School District said that at approximately 10:30-a.m., the Union County Dispatch Center received a call from an unknown male reporting a shooting at the Creston High School. The caller claimed four students had been shot in a bathroom at the school. When officers arrived, they began an immediate sweep of the building and no evidence of a shooting was found. After clearing the building and consulting with district officials, the lock down was lifted. Officers were then sent to other buildings in the district while the lock down was lifted.

After consulting with the Iowa Department of Public Safety (DPS), it was determined that the incident was part of a state-wide “Swatting” call that was made to 30 police departments across Iowa. The Creston PD is working with the DPS to investigate the incident.

(Griswold, Iowa) – Members of the Griswold Board of Education met Monday night and, according to Superintendent Dave Henrichs, approved several resignations and new hires. The resignations will be in effect at the end of the current school year.

Henrichs said a good portion of the meeting was covered contracts and handbooks for the 2023-24 School Year, which came with a bit of a dilemma, with regard to insurance.

He said the District utilized a partial self-funding policy that helps offset out-of-pocket insurance premiums and keeps them low. Each year money is placed into an account, which currently has a balance of about $60,000, which allows for an increase in the salary package.

In other business, the Griswold School Board approved continuing three current sharing agreements: An Elementary Guidance Agreement with the Riverside School District; a Transportation agreement with the Atlantic School District, and a School Business Officials (SBO) agreement with Riverside. A sharing agreement with regard to Girl’s Wrestling was tabled for now.

The Griswold School Board set Driver’s Education Fees for the Summer of 2024 at $385. The cost for students from other districts will be $495.

There were two bids for mowing. The current provider, Bob’s Mowing, was awarded the contract. They also received an informational update from Superintendent Henrichs on the four-day school week, but no action was taken. He says they’re still collecting information.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors, today (Tuesday), voted to pass a resolution vacating the county road right-of-way for Willow Lane, for the former Willow Heights facilty. Board Chair Steve Baier says as long as the County was operating Willow Heights, it needed the driveway to be designated as a road. With the potential sale of the property, the road, he says needs to go back to being a driveway that is a private drive, closed to the public.

Here’s a portion of the Resolution approved by the Board….

In other business, the Board tabled until next week, a presentation by Kate Olson, with a request for ARPA funds to temporarily expand the role of the Cass County Wellness Coordinator to address local public health priorities and assist in long-term pandemic recovery efforts. And, they tabled discussion/action on an investment policy revision.

The Board voted four-to-1, with Wendy Richter opposed, to reduce the Compensation Board salary recommendation for elected County officials by 40-percent to 6.0-percent, and 8.1-percent for the Sheriff. The Compensation Board’s recommendation was for 10-percent increase for elected officials and 13.5-percent for the Sheriff. Richter said she thought the cuts should have been more: 50-to 60-percent.

The Supervisors heard a report from Cass/Guthrie County Environmental Health Director Jotham Arber, and a regular, weekly report from Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak report the arrest today (Tuesday), of 40-year-old Joseph Aaron Nelson, from Red Oak. Nelson was taken into custody at around 9:10-a.m. in the 200 block of Oakwood Avenue, and charged with Domestic Abuse Assault causing bodily injury. He was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – Mills County Sheriff’s officials report four recent arrests, with one subject being arrested twice. At around 11:30-p.m. Monday, 27-year-old Creighton Paul Catlett, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on 221st Street, on a warrant for Eluding/Speeding over 25 limit. His bond was set at $2,000. At around 9-p.m. Monday, 62-year-old Clyde James Jacobs, of Omaha, was arrested at the Pottawattamie County Jail on a Mills County warrant for Failure to Appear on an OWI/1st offense charge. His bond was set at $3,000.

At around 2:15-a.m., Sunday, Mills County Deputies arrested 27-year-old Creighton Paul Catlett, of Council Bluffs, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Bond $300. And, Friday afternoon, 33-year-old Elizabeth Rene Lynette Evans, of Council Bluffs, was arrested at the Douglas County, NE jail, for Violation of Probation. She was being held on a $5,000 bond.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says if there are demonstrations today (Tuesday) related to the anticipated arrest of former President Donald Trump, he hopes things don’t get out of hand like during the U-S Capitol riots on January 6th of 2021. “We want peaceful protests by anybody that wants to use their freedom of association and freedom of speech to say whatever they want to,” Grassley says. “It’s all protected by the Constitution and violence is never acceptable.” The former president has called on his supporters to protest if he’s indicted on charges related to alleged hush money payments to an adult film actress in 2016.

Video is being released by the U-S Department of Justice that reportedly shows Grassley being evacuated from the Capitol on January 6th as shouting demonstrators were just a matter of feet away. “I didn’t know anything about it at the time and so it’s quite an education to me to find out that we were that close,” Grassley says. “I still remember when the police said, ‘We got to get you out of here.’ They knew something I didn’t know.” Justice officials say the video was shot by one of the rioters and it shows Grassley, surrounded by uniformed police officers, as he was rushed through the Capitol building and away to safety.

“So I was quite surprised, yes, I was,” Grassley says, “but I’m glad that everything was was handled correctly for me and my colleagues.” At the time of the riot, Grassley was serving as president pro tem of the Senate, which placed him third in the line of succession to the presidency.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Members of the Atlantic School District’s Board of Education will meet 9-a.m. Wednesday. Their expected brief session takes place in the Central Office at the Achievement Center. On the agenda for action is a Tech Department, Dark Fiber Lease and Services Agreement with United Private Network, LLC.

Immediately following the special session, the board will enter into a closed session “to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance or discharge is being considered when necessary, to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation, and that individual requests a closed session” under Iowa Code.