I = Incumbent; * = winner(s) of contested races

City of ADAIR:

Mayor –

John M. Larsen          92

Write-In                     12

City Council – (elect 3)

Jeremy Marvin Gettler         65

Perry Lee Leeper                  99

Write-in                               91

City of BRIDGEWATER:

Mayor – (elect 1)

Roberta Carpenter                25

Write-in                                2

City Council – (elect 3)

Debra J Tindle                       24

Kristen Walker                       25

Haley Williams                       23

City of FONTANELLE:

Mayor – elect 1:

Ryan Cooper                     47

Mary Sturdy-Martin           70*

City Council – (elect 3):

James Campbell               94 *

Marlene Davis                   35

Dixie D Dukes                   95*

John Huddleson                71*

City of GREENFIELD:

Mayor – (elect 1):

Jimmie A. Schultz             370*

Ron Smith                        22

City Council – (elect 2):

Holly Dullard                   68

Rod McMorran               332*

Joshua Nelson                247*

Parks Board – (elect 1):

William A Raasch            341

City of ORIENT:

Mayor – elect 1

No Candidate Filed         41 Write-In votes

City Council – elect 2:

Josh Madison                   38

Gary R Metzger                50

Orient City Council (To Fill Vacancy) – elect 1:

Clarissa Pashek                51

City of STUART:

Stuart City City Council – elect 2:

Michael Kalbach              58

Kristina A Renslow           39

Adair Casey School School Board – elect 2:

Randy Carney                   104

Dallas Dinkla                    97

Nodaway Valley School School Board (District 2) – elect 2:

Rebecca McCann            504

Susan Stevens                 444

Orient Macksburg School School Board (District 2) – elect 1:

No Candidate Filed         31 Write-in votes

School Board (District 3) – elect 1:

Eldon Ray                        75

School Board (District 4) – elect 1:

Jana Scott                       79

I = Incumbent; * = winner(s) of contested races – Voter turnout 19.43%

Atlantic City Council – Ward 1

Jim Behrens                    99

Atlantic City Council – Ward 3

Pat McCurdy (I)              280

Atlantic City Council – Ward 4

Linda Hartkopf (I)           245

Atlantic City Council – At Large (elect 1)

Grace Garret                  517*

Dana Halder (I)              509

Atlantic Parks & Rec Board (elect 2)

Erin McFadden (I)         751

Ashley Hayes                811

Atlantic Community School District Board of Education (elect 3) (updated results 11/6)

Jenny Williams (I)        690*

Mark C. Foegen          525

Nicholas Hunt            942*

Laura McLean             589*

Benjamin Winford      582

Anita City Council (elect 2)

Mark Harris                53

Kevin Littleton            119*

Pat Cassell                  132*

Anita Mayor

Thomas R. Harris          137

CAM School Board member (South)

Michael Plagman          257

CAM School Board member (North)

Julie Williamson (I)       305

Cumberland City Council (elect 2)

Sandra Eversole     22

Scott Becker           20

Griswold City Council (elect 3)

1. Carmen Sorensen (I)     118
2. Write-In votes 205

Griswold School Board – At Large (elect 1)

Ryan Askeland (I)                  194

Griswold Schools – Director 1: Erika Kirchhoff (I)   74

Griswold Schools – Director 2: Scott A. Hansen (I) 73

Lewis City Council (elect 3)

Richard L. Clark                 52

Ryan Lockwood (I)           67

Duane Scott Anderson (I)    56

Lewis City Mayor

Russell Hansen                56

Write-in                           15

Lewis Public Measure DG – Shall the City of Lewis, Iowa be authorized to amend Section 5-1-2 of the City of Lewis 2018 Code of Ordinances changing the composition of the Lewis Library Board of Trustees as follows from: “Five (5) voting members shall be from the Community At-Large, and one (1) non-voting member shall be the Librarian” And changing to: “Five (5) member Board of Trustees with Four (4) Bona Fide Citizens and Residents of the City and One (1) NonResident?”

Yes –             63 (86.30%)*

No –             10

Marne City Council (elect 5)

Vergil W. Anderson          14

Angela Redler (I)               17

Wayne Preister                  23*

Mark Opbroek                   24*

Jericho Schmitt                  23*

Aaron Williams                  15

Marne Mayor

Randall I. Baxter (I)            18

Massena Mayor

Write-in to be named (49 Write-Ins)

Massena City Council – At Large (elect 3)

Micah Lee (I)                   71

Kevin McCunn (I)             53

Adam McCunn (I)           56

Mayor of Wiota

8 Write-in’s – named to be selected

Wiota City Council – At Large (elect 2)

Steven R. Havens          20

Jim Fischer                   21

RUNNELLS, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials say six people, including children, have escaped a house fire in Runnells. Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy Heath Osberg told KCCI the fire broke out Tuesday morning. Several agencies responded, and Osberg says one person was taken to a hospital. Others were treated for minor injuries, including smoke inhalation.

Camp Township Fire Chief Craig Thompson says the fire began in the kitchen. Runnells is about 15 miles southeast of Des Moines. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (AP) — A northeastern Iowa man has been sentenced to 30 days in jail — all but seven days of it suspended — for torturing the family dog and making his children watch a video of the torture.

The Buchanan County prosecutor’s office says in a news release that 42-year-old Jason O’Neil Johnson, of Independence, was sentenced Tuesday. He was found guilty by a jury in August of animal torture.
Johnson will spend only seven days in jail if he successfully completes a year of probation, psychological evaluation and treatment and 16 hours of community service.

Prosecutors say Johnson held down the dog, named Daisy, in May and repeatedly beat her with a belt and closed fists for chewing on a pair of sunglasses he had left out. Johnson made his son record the beating to send to his other children, whom he blamed for failing to securely kennel the dog.

DAKOTA CITY, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa woman charged in the hit-and-run fatal crash that killed a pedestrian in northeastern Nebraska is set to stand trial in the case. The Sioux City Journal reports that 19-year-old Maria Gonzalez-Diego, of Sioux City, waived her right to a preliminary hearing on Tuesday. She now faces arraignment Dec. 3 on charges of vehicular homicide and failure to stop at the scene of a fatality crash. She will remain in custody in the Dakota County Jail on a $500,000 bond.

South Sioux City police say Gonzalez-Diego’s northbound vehicle hit 62-year-old Antonia Lopez De Ramirez the night of June 24 as she walked east across a street. Police say Gonzalez-Diego’s vehicle continued north. A Sioux City, Iowa, officer later found Gonzalez-Diego and arrested her.

(Radio Iowa) — Congressman Steve King says he expects to be placed back on several legislative committees in the near future. King, a Republican from Kiron, was removed from all committee assignments in January following a New York Times article where he addressed white supremacy. Speaking in Le Mars on Monday, King said he’s been talking with House leaders about restoring his status.

“There is that possibility,” King says. “I’ve had some discussion with leadership as recently as just the end of last week. I expect to go back next week and pick up that discussion. I’ve let them know that I’m going to start to turn this up now. I’ve been too nice, too long.” During the Times interview, King said he didn’t understand how the phrases white supremacy, white nationalism and western civilization had developed negative connotations. King says he was misquoted.

He says he deserves to have his assignments restored as there’s no precedent for how he’s being treated. “We asked the Congressional Research Services to go back through the history of the United States Congress and identify each member of Congress that had been removed from all of their committees, had served with no committees,” King says. “Since antiquity, as far back as they could go in the records, there have been four.” King is the fourth — and he says two previous representatives were convicted of serious crimes while the third is still facing trial. King points out, he’s never been charged with anything.

“What have I been accused of? I’m accused of a misquote, by the way, for asking a politically incorrect, rhetorical question. That’s the level of it. This is something that cannot be allowed to stand,” King says. “If it stands, there will be speech sanctions against any member of Congress that speaks out, no matter how objectively true they are.” King says if he remains stripped of his committee assignments, then our constitutional rights will be jeopardized.

“It suppresses the freedom of speech, thought and expression for the entire nation,” King says. “People should think that if you can’t speak freely, neither can you even think freely because what good are those thoughts if you can’t express them and how do you measure them against someone else? Another way to put this is, you’ve gotta’ put people together, they’ve got to exchange ideas and have open conversation. Let their imaginations soar.”

The 4th District Republican says he will continue to “put the heat on the leadership.”

Last week the Public Speaking Class at  Iowa Western Community College in Atlantic, conducted a food drive for the Atlantic Food Pantry. A drop-off box was located in the college atrium, and in the parking lot last Wednesday, for drive-up donations. Event organizer Leigh Ann Wolfe-Dawson reports  grocery cart was loaned to the class by the Atlantic Hy-Vee.

Donated to the Atlantic Food Pantry were: 9 boxes of cereal, 7 boxes of macaroni and cheese, 5 boxes of Hamburger Helper, 4 corn muffin mixes, 4 packages of pasta side dishes, 3 boxes of pasta, 3 jars of pasta
sauce, 3 boxes of Jello-O, 2 boxes of tuna, cake mix and frosting, oatmeal, crackers, and 100+ cans of peas, pork and beans, fruit cocktail, peaches, pears, chicken noodle soup, tuna, and many more types of canned food.

Additionally, generous community members put spare change and cash in a glass jar and we raised $123 for the Atlantic Food Pantry too. Wolfe-Dawson and the Public Speaking Class Thank you for giving so that they could help the people who are hungry in our community.

Sheriff’s Deputies in Mills County arrested a Nebraska man a little after 5-a.m. today, following a traffic stop on I-29. 27-year old Keegan David Clark, of Omaha, was arrested for Possession of Controlled Substance, Speeding, and Improper use of Median, Curb or Access Facility. His bond was set at $1,000.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Members and employees of the governing board for Iowa’s public universities could soon be barred from gambling on the college teams they help oversee.
A policy proposed by the Board of Regents would bar board members and staff from betting on games involving the Iowa Hawkeyes, the Iowa State Cyclones or the University of Northern Iowa Panthers. The board will consider adopting the policy at its meeting next week in Cedar Falls.

A summary says the goal is to “remove any question of a potential conflict of interest” now that sports wagering has been legalized in Iowa. The prohibition would apply to both in-state and out-of-state casinos and would also bar regents from providing any non-public information to others making bets. Fantasy sports contests would be excluded.

The Harlan Police Department reports four arrests. On Sunday, 38-year old Jeremy Joe Bratetic, of Harlan, was arrested following a call for service. Bratetic was transported to the Shelby County Jail where he was charged with public intoxication.

On Thursday, Oct. 31st, Harlan Police arrested: 24-year old Marcus Tyler Morgan, of Harlan, for charged with domestic abuse assault. And, 30-year old Crystal Lynne Gardner, of Exira, was arrested following a traffic stop. Gardner was transported to the Shelby County Jail where she was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance, prohibited acts penalties, no valid driver license, and no proof of insurance.

On October 29th, 54-year old Michael Mario Morelli, of Harlan, was arrested for violation of a no contact order.