Atlantic, IA — Cass Health invites the public to attend a Halloween Trick or Treat event on Thursday, October 30, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.

Parents and children are invited to come to Cass Health for an afternoon of indoor trick-or-treating and fun. Seventeen departments will be participating in this event.

Attendees are encouraged to use Parking Lot C and enter through either the Rehab Services or Rapid Care Entrances. For a map with parking and participating departments, visit casshealth.org.

(Radio Iowa) – Authorities in Iowa and Minnesota say a pregnant woman was threatened with a knife and seriously injured during a car jacking in northwest Iowa. Okoboji Police say the pregnant woman fell out of a pick-up and was run over as two suspects stole the vehicle last Monday from the Lake Okoboji Resort. The stolen vehicle was later spotted in southern Minnesota. Authorities starting chasing it and were able to arrested 27-year-old Vaughn Harris and 40-year-old Jessica Nordrum after the pickup wound up in a ditch. Both are from the Minneapolis area.

Deputies say the man driving the stolen vehicle was overdosing on fentanyl when he was captured. He was released from a local hospital four days later and booked into a southern Minnesota jail. The woman in the stolen pickup was initially charged with aiding an offender to avoid arrest.

The Okoboji Police Department says both are being charged with first degree robbery, first degree theft, assault with a deadly weapon, assault causing serious injury and operating without the owner’s consent.

CORRECTION per CC Landfill: The schedule change is only in regards to the Saturday schedule. The Landfill will still be open during the regular Monday thru Friday hours of 8:00 am to 4:00pm. as usual. Only the weekend schedule will change on Nov. 1st.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Officials with the Cass County (IA) Transfer Station (Cass Co. Landfill), report the Landfill hours will be changing, effective November 1st. On that date, the Cass County Landfill/Transfer Station will only be open on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month. The change will be PERMANENT and YEAR ‘ROUND, moving forward. THE WEEKDAY HOURS ARE NOT AFFECTED!

Officials say they are making the adjustment to improve operational efficiency, and to better serve you (their customer), whenever you use the facility. If you have questions, please call 712-243-0990.

The Cass County Transfer Station Team thanks you for your understanding and continued support.

(Radio Iowa) – World Food Prize events are underway in Des Moines as several thousand government officials, researchers and food producers from around the globe gather for panel discussions and recognition of this year’s World Food Prize winner. Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack is C-E-O of the World Food Prize Foundation. “We are welcoming the world to Iowa and we are lifting up issues involving food, agriculture, and the serious challenge we face in terms of food insecurity here at home and around the world,” Vilsack said. Vilsack says the annual event is meant to showcase innovation and research that allows farmers to be more productive.

“An opportunity to have some really substantive conversation about food and food security,” Vilsack said. Tomorrow’s (Tuesday’s) schedule includes a discussion of hunger hotspots and a panel of people from the American Soybean Association. Vilsack says there’s a chance tariffs will be discussed. “But I think the focus is going to be, as it needs to be, on innovation and on science and on the extraordinary work that’s being done by researchers,” Vilsack said. “As Dr. Borlaug often said tell the farmer, give it to the farmer, give the tools the farmer and the farmer will respond by being extraordinarily productive. You know, we want to make sure that we’re true to that legacy.”

Cresco, Iowa, native Norman Borlaug won the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his work improving wheat yields. He founded the World Food Prize in 1986 to recognize breakthroughs in improving the quality or quantity of food. The concluding event this week will honor this year’s World Food Prize laureate. “Dr. (Mariangela) Hungria has done extraordinary research that has led to ways in which soybeans can basically create this sort of self-fertilizing if you will so that you don’t have to have as much synthetic fertilizer, which is good for the environment,” Vilsack said, “and certainly good for the bottom line for farmers.”

A researcher was awarded the 1993 Nobel Price in physics and medicine for genetic research is scheduled to speak tomorrow (Tuesday). Sir Richard Roberts — knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 2008 — is currently the chief science officer at New England Biolabs.

(Glenwood, Iowa) – Police in Glenwood report the arrest Sunday evening, of 28-year-old Dylan Seth Harris, from Glenwood. Harris was arrested for Violation of a No Contact Order – Domestic related. He was being held without bond in the Mills County Jail.

(An Iowa News Service story) – Beth Howard isn’t afraid of starting from scratch. “That is how I like to learn,” says Howard, who premiered PIEOWA, her first documentary film production, at age 63. “Just dive in and figure it out.” Producing and promoting a documentary about pie is the latest in a latticework of professional experiences that Howard says prepared her to showcase baked goods on the big screen. Howard’s desire to document the power of pie pre-dates her four books and a TEDx talk on the topic. Pie is a through-line in her personal narrative. The Ottumwa native once quit a stressful corporate job to become a pie baker in Malibu, touting her Iowa roots as her main credential.

In 2009, the sudden death of her young husband, Marcus, sent her to Iowa in search of solace. Howard began selling pastry out of the iconic American Gothic House in rural Eldon before sharing that story in “Making Piece: A memoir of love, loss and pie,” released in 2012. While writing through her grief, pie became both medium and muse. Four years of sharing slices proved Howard’s thesis: a hand-crimped crust is a shortcut to building community. “I think we’re lonely, and pie is this thing that brings people together,” Howard says. “Usually, if it’s a whole pie, you sit around and share it. You don’t just get one piece for yourself.”

During her first year as a widow, she and a TV producer friend set out in Marcus’s RV to make a pilot for a TV show about pie. Although she scrapped that original project, their quest returned Howard from the West Coast to her home state. More than a decade later, she still couldn’t shake the idea. In 2023, Howard formed “Camp Dough Productions” and decided to bootstrap an on-screen exploration of pie. Originally, she envisioned a coast-to-coast project that would satisfy her wanderlust. Working with a tiny budget, Howard would have to focus.

Seeing a postcard with RAYGUN’s “Faces of Iowa” design, which includes an outline of the state depicted as fresh apple pie, sparked a realization. “When I saw the word PIEOWA, I went, ‘That’s it!’” she says. “I’m going to do the State Fair, and RAGBRAI, and so many other stories.” Making a documentary challenged Howard to transform something raw into a finished product. This time, instead of flour and sugar, she was mixing footage. PIEOWA blends segments about beloved Iowa events with interviews of famous Iowans, including actor Tom Arnold and State Auditor Rob Sand. Amateur and professional bakers like Rachelle Long, whose Chellie’s Sugar Shack sweet potato pies make a mouthwatering cameo, also showcase their skills on-screen.

Since PIEOWA’s premiere, audiences across the state have been eating it up. Ben Godar, director of Des Moines Film and programmer of Varsity Cinema, credits familiar faces of Iowans and a heartwarming message with making PIEOWA one of the longest-running movies since the venue’s re-opening in late 2022. “I added a couple more [screenings], and a couple more, and a couple more,” he says. “People just kept coming.”

A September film festival screening at Hollywood’s famous TCL Chinese Theater was a ‘pinch-me’ moment for Howard, who started her career in Los Angeles. She’s grateful for the warm reception, especially during a polarizing political moment. “[Pie] is a subject that makes people feel so good, and they’re just hungry for that,” she says. “No pun intended.”

Here is the agenda for the 9-a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21st meeting in Guthrie Center, of the Guthrie County Board of Supervisors:

Website: www.guthriecounty.gov

1. Call Meeting to Order, Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approve Consent Agenda

a. October 14, 2025 Minutes
b. Liquor License-5 Day-Old Fashioned Spirits

3. Public Comments: Board Chair will ask audience for comments, limited as described below.
4. Second Consideration of Resolution 26-10: A Resolution Declaring Emergency Medical Services (EMS) An Essential Service in Guthrie County, Iowa; Discuss/Action

5. Department Updates; Discuss/Action

a. Josh Sebern – Engineer

i. Annual Appointment of Weed Commissioner for 2026
ii. Annual Review and Approval of 2025 Weed Commissioner’s Report

b. Jamie Lindsay – Human Resources

i. County Health Insurance Effective Date

c. Brian Hoffman – IT Administrator

i. Guthrie County AI Policy

6. Supervisors Updates
7. Adjournment

Here is the agenda for the Montgomery County Board of Supervisor’s meeting at 9-a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21st, in Red Oak:

1. Call meeting to order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll call of members

4. Approval of Agenda – Order at discretion of Chairperson

5. Read minutes as presented. Chairperson to call for any additions/corrections to said minutes.

6. Board chairperson 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
   1. Approve claims payable for Wednesday October 22, 2025, in the amount of $322,959.76
   2. Discuss and approve Resolution 2025-26 A Resolution Adopting the Montgomery County Multi=Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan
   3. Schedule the 1^st and 2^nd Tier Canvass of the 2025 City and School Combined Election

10. 9:15 a.m. Public hearing- Proposed Montgomery County Floodplain Management Ordinance
    1. Public comment (Two minutes per person and must state name and address when addressing the Board)
    2. First reading of Ordinance 25-02 and action as necessary
    3. Waive 2^nd and 3^rd Reading if necessary
    4. Resolution 2025-28 Montgomery County Resolution of Intent with action as necessary
11. Discuss and start agenda items for the next meeting:
12. Announcements – The next regular meeting is scheduled for Tuesday October 28, 2025, at 9:00 a.m.
13. Adjournment

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(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Board of Supervisors, Tuesday morning, are expected to act on a proposal for Juvenile Court Services, following a presentation from Chief Judicial Court Officer Curtis Hamstra, with the 4th District Judicial Court Services, and with regard to facility options in Shelby County. Their meeting begins at 9-a.m. In the Supervisor’s Board room inside the Cass County Courthouse, and is viewable through Zoom.

After Hamstra’s presentation, the Board will resume discussions with regard to the possible use of the County-owned Willow Heights building, as a residential facility. Earlier this month, Supervisor’s Board Chair Steve Baier mentioned there was an organization that was willing to sign a lease for the facility, that would potentially be used as a new addiction treatment center for persons who voluntarily commit themselves, or who are court-ordered to rehab. It would not, according to Board Chair Steve Baier, be used for persons who have committed serious crimes.

Supervisor Wendy Richter stressed the facility would not be used for persons with mental health issues. The facility would initially serve 10, but no more than 40 clients at any given time. The Willow Heights building previously served people who have a mental or intellectual disability, substance abuse or other disabling condition. It had been in operation since 1886, but was closed due to federal and State requirements.

In other business, a Public Hearing will be held at 9:30-a.m.with regard to the vacating of a section of Keystone Road in Cass County, established in 1910, that is 40-feet wide and encompasses about 2.4-acres. At approximately 9:35-a.m., a Public Hearing will be held regarding vacating a portion of Jasper Road, established in 1872, that is also about 40-feet wide, and contains a little more than 1.2-acres. Both hearings will be followed by action on separate resolutions to vacate the respective Secondary Roads. The Supervisors will receive a regular report from Engineer Trent Wolken, and an Annual Report from the Cass County Library Association, as well as a Quarterly Report from Cass County Conservation Dept. Executive Director Micah Lee.

The Board will consider and act on approving: A promotion and pay raise for County Treasurer’s Clerk Stacie Linfor, and, a promotion/pay raise for County Treasurer’s Clerk Amanda Darrow, who had completed her probationary period with the office.