(Atlantic, IA) – A representative of the Apex Energy/Coyote Willow Wind farm project, Tuesday, updated the Cass County Board of Supervisors on the status of the wind turbine farm affecting Audubon and Cass Counties. According to the company’s website, based on transmission capacity and local wind data, Coyote Willow Wind has the potential to generate up to 400 megawatts of clean, homegrown Iowa energy, enough to power up to 151,000 U.S. homes.

Coyote Willow Wind Public Engagement organizer Cory Eberling said the company is actively involved in becoming part of the communities in both counties.

He told the Supervisors also, the company delivered holiday turkeys and hams to food banks in Cass and Audubon Counties, and has awarded STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) grants that help to build healthy communities.

In other news, Cass County Engineer Trent Wolken updated the Supervisors on Secondary Roads Department maintenance and activities. He mentioned a bridge deck was being poured south of Massena on Rockport Road. Another bridge deck was being poured on 620th Street, north of the County line. He said also, the County received an award last week for the amount of asphalt that was poured during various project work in the Cass County.

He said also, work on the middle and south sections of County road N-28 is finished.

The Cass County Supervisors received a monthly report, Tuesday, from Cass/Guthrie County Environmental Health Director Jotham Arber. He said their crews have wrapped-up their seasonal percolation tests for new septic systems.

The big thing they’re working on, he said, is a request for funding proposal (RFP) to the State to try and get funding for new radon testing units.

The devices cost the department $50 each. Homeowners can also find them online.

He says the devices are simple to set-up and operate. Arber says if they get the grant, they can place one device in anywhere from 10-to 100-homes in each county the department serves.