The Exira-EHK School Board will meet 6-p.m. Monday, in the Conference Room at the Elk Horn Building. At 6-p.m. the Exira-EHK Education Association will present its initial contract proposal between the Association and the School Board, for the 2019-20 school year. Immediately afterward, a closed session will be held for the purpose of negotiations/strategy planning. Afterward, the Board of Education will present in an open session its initial contract proposal for the coming school year.

During their regular session, the Board will hold a Public Hearing on the 2019-2020 School Calendar. New Business includes discussion and action on approving the 2019-2020 Calendar, as well as approval of personnel hires, transfers, resignations, etc. The Board will also discuss and/or act on various Board Policies.

The Griswold Community School District will hold a public hearing 5:30-p.m. Monday (Feb. 18th), on the 2019-2020 District Calendar. The hearing is part of the regular Griswold CSD School Board meeting that takes place in the Central Office at the Middle School/High School Building. Action/or New Business on their agenda includes:

• Discussion and possible acceptance of the Lewis Elementary Purchase Price.
• Approval of E-Rate Application
• Approval of the 2019-2020 Calendar
• Approval of Chemical Application Bids
• Approval of Moving Specifications
• And, approval of Auditor Bids

The Board will also hold the first reading of various 700- and 900-series Board Policies. And the second reading of certain 700-series Board Policies. Prior to adjourning for the evening, the Griswold School Board will consider entering into a closed session, for the purpose of discussing negotiations with a Certified Bargaining Unit.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:00 a.m. CST

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines woman accused of trying to pin a murder on an innocent man has been found guilty of second-degree murder and other counts in the case. The Des Moines Register reports that 54-year-old Helen Jeanette Frazier was convicted Friday of the murder count, as well as two counts of malicious prosecution. Police say Frazier stabbed 55-year-old Andrea Brown to death Jan. 2, 2017 and implicated two men who had nothing to do with the slaying.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Des Moines police have released the identity of a man whose body was found outside an apartment building. Police said Saturday in a news release that the body of 38-year-old Gabriel Boettger was found on the ground on the city’s south side around 6:40 a.m. Saturday. Police have not offered any details about how Boettger died, but say his death is considered a homicide.

OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 7-year-old boy has died from injuries suffered in a house fire in southeastern Iowa. Des Moines television station KCCI reports that the fire broke out Friday night in a home in Oskaloosa. Officials say 7-year-old David Fogle was in the basement when firefighters arrived, and that his mother, Angelia Wells, suffered second-degree burns to her upper body trying to rescue him. Two other children, ages 6 and 9, managed to escape the fire unharmed.

A Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy was injured early Saturday morning after he and his SUV were hit by a Semi Tractor-Trailer while conducting a traffic stop.

Pics courtesy Pott. County S/O

The Iowa State Patrol reports at 4:00am 31-year-old Deputy Adam Fields was conducting a traffic stop on I-29 Northbound at the 45 mile-marker and had his emergency lights on. While Deputy Fields was making contact with the driver of the stopped vehicle, a passing 2018 Volvo FedEx Semi struck Deputy Fields’ Ford Explorer and then hit Deputy Fields while he was standing next to the violator’s driver window. The driver of the semi, 26-year-old Austin Vincent Oliver of Bronson, IA, dozed off at the wheel to cause the accident. The Volvo ended up crossing over the median, through the cable barrier, and across the southbound lanes before jackknifing in the west ditch. The Explorer came to rest upright on the shoulder, and the passengers of the vehicle that was stopped by Deputy Fields were unharmed.

Deputy Fields was transported to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs by Council Bluffs EMS and treated for a leg injury and was later released.

The patrol car was a total loss. Oliver was cited for Failure to Maintain Control and taken out of service for being a fatigued driver.

The driver of the vehicle that was stopped by Deputy Fields was arrested and processed for Operating While Intoxicated.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office released information on a two-vehicle accident on Monday, February 11th. The accident happened at approximately 4:20am in the 1200 block of Highway 2.

After investigation it was determined that a 2009 Chevy Cobalt driven by 60-year-old Alan Leslie Bellairs of Shenandoah was driving westbound on Highway 2 when he fell asleep at the wheel and crossed the center line of the roadway. Bellairs struck a 1997 Ford F250 pickup that was heading eastbound and driven by 58-year-old Danny Charles Tindle of Clarinda. The Chevy came to rest in the traveled portion of the highway and the Ford came to rest in the north ditch.

Bellairs was taken to the Shenandoah Medical Center by Shenandoah Ambulance service with undisclosed injuries. Tindle was uninjured. Bellairs was cited for Failure to Maintain Control. Both vehicles sustained disabling damage.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Shenandoah Police Department, the Shenandoah Fire Department, and the Shenandoah Ambulance service.

The driver of a bucket trucked that tipped over on Thursday south of Clarinda was uninjured. Page County Sheriff’s Officials report that Deputies responded to the accident on Thursday at 11:30am in the 2100 block of T Avenue in Page County.

The Investigation determined that a 2007 International 7400 bucket truck driven by 31-year-old Patrick Michael Buemer of Brooklyn, IA was traveling southbound and attempted to get over for a passing northbound vehicle. The right wheels of the boom truck went off the road and the truck hit two residential drives while attempting to get back on the traveled portion of the road. The second driveway caused the truck to tip onto it’s right side in the ditch, disabling the vehicle. Buemer was not injured during the accident and no citations were issued. The truck was owned by Hydaker-Wheatlake Co. from Reed City, MI.

The Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by Clarinda Ambulance, Clarinda Fire Department, and the Clarinda Police Department.

w/ Chris Parks

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The Glenwood Police Department reports the arrest of a Glenwood man on an assault charge on Thursday. Officers arrested 65-year-old James Raybourn of Glenwood for Assault while Displaying a Weapon. Raybourn was taken to the Mills County Jail and held on $2,000 cash or surety bond.

A young Council Bluffs woman died in a crash on East Manawa Drive on Thursday. Council Bluffs Police were called to an injury accident on Thursday at 6:00pm in the 4800 block of East Manawa Drive. Arriving officers provided first aid to one of the drivers, 21-year-old Aryka Davis of Council Bluffs, who had major injuries. She was taken to a local hospital where efforts to revive her were unsuccessful and she was pronounced dead.

Preliminary reports show that Davis was southbound on East Manawa Drive and lost control going around a curve and slid sideways into on-coming traffic and was hit by a northbound SUV. The driver of the SUV, Sam Sequenzia of Omaha, suffered minor injuries.

Both vehicles were a total loss and the investigation into the accident is on-going.

CENTERVILLE, Iowa (AP) — A jury has convicted a man in the killing of a hunter in south-central Iowa.

The Daily Iowegian reports the Appanoose County jury found Ethan Davis guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 31-year-old Curtis Ross.

Jurors reached the verdict Friday afternoon, hours after telling a judge they were deadlocked in their deliberations. The judge instructed them to continue trying to reach a unanimous verdict.

Authorities say Ross was shot 10 times with a high-powered rifle on Nov. 24, 2017, stabbed more than 26 times and his neck, abdomen and legs gashed open. A sheriff’s deputy found Ross’ naked body in a creek on public hunting grounds in Appanoose County.

Davis’ attorney Ken Duker said during his closing arguments Thursday that there were too many unanswered questions in the case. He acknowledged that Davis’ rifle killed Ross but said, “The question is: Who pulled the trigger?”

Davis, of Promise City, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison.