The Creston Police Department reports three arrests over the weekend.

On Friday, October 29th at 6:22 p.m. Officers arrested 38-year-old Jeremy Dean Waltz of Creston at the intersection of Russell and Jarvis for Driving While Barred. Waltz was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on $2,000 bond.

Also on Friday the 29th Creston Police arrested 27-year-old Patrick Riley Iiams of Creston for Public Intoxication 1st Offense. Iiams was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on time served.

On Saturday, October 30th at 4:30 a.m. Officers arrested 28-year-old Ryan Scott Hoffman of Afton at 102 West Taylor Street for OWI 2nd Offense. Hoffman was taken to the Union County Jail and later released on $2,000 bond.

Shelby County Auditor and Elections Commissioner Mark Maxwell reports the following candidates’ names and/or Public Measures that will appear on the Nov. 2nd ballot for the City and School Board Elections in Shelby County (These are the contested races only) [I = incumbent]:

City of Harlan Public Measure TE:

Shall the following public measure be adopted? “Shall the Board of Trustees of Harlan Municipal Utilities, City of Harlan, in the County of Shelby, State of Iowa, be authorized to discontinue and dispose of the municipally-owned communications utility by sale?”

Defiance:

Mayor – No Candidates

City Council (elect 3) – No Candidates

Panama

Mayor – No Candidates

City Council (elect 3) – No Candidates

Earling

City Council (3) – Troy Langenfeld; Jackie Frum; No candidate.

Elk Horn

City Council (2) – Jerry Hoffman; Derick Hogberg; Nolan Teegerstrom.

Kirkman

Mayor – No Candidates

City Council (2) – No Candidates

School Board candidates/Public Measures:

Harlan School – District 1: Alan Hazelton [I]; Missy Cox.

Harlan School – District 2: Mathew Worthey; Jade Albertsen.

Harlan School – District 3: Mark Sorfonden; Seth Piro [I]; James Reischl.

Harlan School – District 4: Gregory Bladt; Chris Swensen.

IKM-Manning – Director At Large (2): Phil Stracke; Luke Potthoff; Sam Hansen; Mike Blum.

IKM-Manning – Director District 1B: Megan Reis; Amy Ferneding.

IKM- Manning – Director District 2B: Josh Linde; Steven A. Wiskus.

In Pottawattamie County, the following are names for the (contested) City and School Board Election on Nov. 2nd.

City of Avoca

City Council (Vote for 3) – Drew Becker; Deb Calhoon; William F Dea; Carol E Kyle; Jeffery A Sage; Diane Stamp.

City of Carson

City Council (Vote for 3)- Adam Houser; Kelly Pilling; No candidates.

City of Macedonia

Mayor (Vote for 1) – No Candidate

City of Oakland

City Council (Vote for 3) – Collin Applegate; Coralee Bernard; Darin Ford; Cindy Kenealy; Phil Reed; Kelly D Towne.

City of Treynor

City Council (Vote for 3) – Kyle Plumb; David Waymire; No candidate.

City of Walnut

Mayor (Vote for 1) – Michael Chapman; Wm. Brett Simpson.

City Council (Vote for 3) – Gaylean Bauerkemper; Linda Booth; Brett J Gaskill; Michael Gettler; Adrian J Griffith; Dennis Hullinger; Justen Tooley.

School District Elections/Public Measures:

AHSTW School District

District 1 (Vote for 1) – Angie Grote; Dana Joseph Tuma.

School Board Director (Vote for 1) – Josh Guyer; Adam C Long; Rebecka Rosmann.

Public Measures:

* “Shall the Board of Directors of the AHSTW Community School District in the Counties of Cass, Harrison, Pottawattamie, and Shelby be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $12,900,000 to provide funds to remodel, repair, and improve the existing K-12 facilities; and to build, furnish, and equip additions to and renovations of learning environments, including related site improvements?”

*“Shall the Board of Directors of AHSTW Community School District in the Counties of Cass, Harrison, Pottawattamie, and Shelby be authorized to contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $6,750,000 to provide funds to build, furnish, and equip a new Auditorium at the existing K-12 facilities?”

Riverside School District

School Board District 5 (Vote for 1) – No Candidate

Tri-Center School District

School Board (Vote for 3) – Jeremy Garrison; Mike Olsen; Amanda Scherer; Jeremy VanArsdol.

Underwood School District

School Board (Vote for 2) – Anna Baxter; Jeff Bonsall; Jane Hall; Erin Johnsen; Luke Stamp.

Voters heading to the polls Tuesday in Montgomery County will decide the winner of contested races and some public measures. Here are the candidates for City offices whose names will appear on the ballot (in contested races only), with Incumbents identified with [I]:

Red Oak:

Mayor (Vote for 1) – Bill Billings [I]; Shawnaa L. Silvius.

Council Member Ward #2 (Vote for 1) – Terry Koppa; Brian Bills.

Elliott:

Council Member at Large (Vote for 3) – Todd Silk; Jacquelyn Howell; No candidate.

Grant

Council Member At Large (Vote for 5) – Sheila Wilcoxen; Nancy Taylor; Lyn Sliger; Chelsea Jenkins: No candidate.

Coburg

Mayor (Vote for 1) – No one filed.; Council Member At Large (Vote for 2) – No one filed.

School Elections

Red Oak School Public Measure PX/Griswold School District Public Measure DH: To adopt a RPS (Revenue Purpose Statement) specifying the use of revenues the Red Oak (& Griswold) Community School District will receive from the State of Iowa Secure and Advanced Vision for Education (SAVE) Fund.

Here are the names of candidates for both the Guthrie County City and School Board election on the November 2, 2021 (contested races only are listed).

City of Adair

Mayor (elect 1): Joanne M Byars; John M Larsen

City Council (elect 2): Curtis Gettler; Richard A Hays; Richard Stanley; Paul Gettler.

City Council To Fill Vacancy (elect 1): Jim Zimmerline; Jeff Lee.

City of Casey

City Council (elect 2): Rick Richter; Steve Battani; Theresa Schiller.

City of Guthrie Center

City Council (elect 2): William T. Wanger IV; Carolyn Masters; Chuck Cleveland.

City of Jamaica

City Council (elect 3): Michael Fagen; H.D. Meinecke Jr; No candidate.

City of Menlo

Mayor (elect 1): Lyle Griswold; Carol Sheldahl; Douglas O’Brien.

City Council (elect 2): David Jacobson; Michael Merical; James Paul Jones; Dorothy Korradi.

City of Stuart

City Council (elect 3): David Doely; James Morgan; Ryan Morrison; Cory Kirkpatrick; Kevin Guisinger.

City of Yale

City Council (elect 3): Richard Kipp; Clinton Deardorff; Tim Walker; John Chase.

Adair Casey School Board Director (elect 3):

Amanda Bireline; Lindsay Dinkla; Gretchen Umbaugh; Blair Carney; Jessica Grubbs; Tyler McCorkel; Stacey Wedemeyer.

Coon Rapids-Bayard School Board (elect 3): Justin Mohr; Patrick McAlister; Randi Cretsinger; Chad Leighty; Terry Wurzer.

Guthrie Center School Board (elect 2): Kris Langgaard; Mike Thomas; Jessica Carney; Brian Sheeder; Laura Robson;.

Panorama School District

Director District 1 (elect 1): Cale Kastner; Daniel Scott.

West Central Valley School District

Director District 4 (elect 1): Jen Clemetson; Charles Robert Miller.

Director District 7 (elect 1): Laura Weber; Donny Teague.

There are a few contested races for voters to decide upon in Adams County, during Tuesday’s City/School elections. Most are for area school district board positions:

City of Corning:

City Council At Large (elect 1) – Dalton Davis; Christopher Gilbert.

City of Prescott

City Council (elect 3) – Jason Mitchell; Glen Hickman; No candidate.

Corning Community School District

Director (elect 3) – Howard W. Anderson; Misty Johnson; Staci Venteicher; James Houck.

Creston Community School District

School Board At Large (elect 3) – Galen Zumbach; Leslie Wurster; Sharon Snodgrass; Amanda Mohr.

Lenox CSD

School Board At Large (elect 3) – Kurtis Christensen; Monty Douglas; Nicole Hogan; Clay Nelson; Jamie Horton.

Orient-Macksburg CSD

School Board Director At Large (elect 1) – Alexander Maeder; Angie Blazek; Casey Osborne.

School Board Director/District 3 (elect 1) – No candidate.

Villisca Community School District

School Director At Large (elect 2) – Leland Shipley; Thomas Gourley; Terry Dalton.

Here is the list of Audubon County City and School Board Candidates that are on the November 2, 2021 ballot (only contested races are shown):

City of Audubon

Public Measure D: “Shall the City of Audubon, Iowa, issue its General Obligation Capital Loan Notes in an amount not exceeding the amount of $2,900,000 for the purpose of designing, constructing, equipping, furnishing and acquiring land for a new fire station?”

City of Brayton:

Mayor (elect 1): Cally Christensen; Neil C. Poldberg.

City of Exira:

City Council (elect 2): Dorreen Schrader; Dwight Jessen; April Lynn Baldwin.

City of Gray:

City Council (2): No Candidates

Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton School District:

School Board Director (3): Kevin Petersen; Tamie Fahn.  No candidates.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Voters heading to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 2nd, may have some contested races for City and School Boards and/or public measures to decide on. In Cass County here are the candidates whose names are on the ballot for contested city offices (only) [I = incumbent]:

Atlantic City Council Ward 5 (select 1): Richard “Dick” Casady [I]; Dana D. Halder.

Mayor of Atlantic (select 1): Pat McCurdy; Grace N. Garrett; Kathy Somers; and Tim Teig.

Griswold City Council (Select 2): Jim Ridlen; Kirt Underwood; Doug Moore & Xavier Johnson.

Mayor of Griswold (select 1): Matt Shehan; & Brad Rhine (I).

Lewis City Council (Select 2): Ryan K. Archibald; Mary L. Neece; & Christopher Jahnke.

Cass County School Elections:

There are no Public Measures in the Atlantic School District, but three people running for two seats on the school board: Amanda Berg; and incumbents Josh McLaren along with Kristy Pellett.

CAM School District:

CAM Board Member – At Large (select 1): Christopher Spieker, & Cara Murphy.

Public Measure DI: Approving the issuance of $30.5-million in General Obligation bonds to pay for facilities construction and improvement, and the transition to a single Elementary site in Massena, and a single Junior/Senior High site in Anita.

Public Measure DJ: Authorizing the annual levy of a tax exceeding $2.70/$1,000 of assessed property value, but not to exceed $4.05/$1,000, to pay for the principal & interest on the bonds.

Griswold School District:

Public Measure DG: Authorize a change in the use of the 1% local sales and services tax (LOST), and use of the 1% tax, both effective July 1, 2022. If approved, the change would shift 100% of the proceeds to “Any legal purpose,” from the current 15% property tax relief, 30% capital improvements and community betterment, and 25% community protection.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – Trial in the case of a Cass County woman charged with first-degree murder and child endangerment, continues 9-a.m. Monday, in Cass County District Court. Alison Dorsey, of Anita, is on-trial for the death of an infant who died while in her care a little more than two-years ago. She has pleaded not guilty.

According to court documents, Dorsey, who was 36-years old at the time, was managing a day care in Massena, when Nicholas Hodges dropped off his 11-week-old infant at 8 a.m. on Oct. 7, 2019. Around 11 a.m., Hodges reportedly received a call from Dorsey claiming his child was not breathing right and would not eat. When Hodges arrived at the day care, court documents say he found the child looking grey and not breathing. Hodges reportedly performed CPR and told Dorsey to call 911. The infant died the next day at a children’s hospital in Omaha.

Her trial began last Wednesday (Oct. 27) with opening statements from the Prosecution, represented by Assistant Attorney General Monty Platz, and the Defense, represented by DeShawne Lee Birdsell. Evidence presented from statements made by doctors at Children’s Hospital during the first day of testimony indicated the baby suffered from severe brain hemorrhages, retinal hemorrhages, and retinal tearing, conditions that are consistent with the shaken baby syndrome, from inflicted abusive head trauma. The doctors stated that the infant’s injuries were too severe to be caused by a fall off a table or another child.

Others who have testified since the opening day include: Cass County Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Ayers; a forensic pathologist and a doctor who spoke via Zoom. Both were called by the Defense in attempt to reject the possibility of Shaken Baby Syndrome and offer other possible reasons for how some of the injuries the baby suffered could have been made, including through medical treatment. The Defense will continue with the presentation of its case, Monday. The possibility of as many 50 character witnesses may be introduced during the trial this week, according to sources.

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic City Council is scheduled to meet 5:30-p.m. Wed., Nov. 3rd, in their Chambers at City Hall. On the agenda, is action on Orders to:

• Approve the Street Finance Report for Fiscal Year 2020-2021: City Administrator John Lund says the FY 21, Atlantic spent a little more than $3.5-million on street infrastructure and the equipment, vehicles, personnel and facilities to maintain the streets. The report shows also: $18,793 was invested into preventative street maintenance; $1.33-million was spent on paying off the principal borrowed for last decade’s street improvements, and an additional #+$126,764 was paid in interest. The remaining slightly more than $2-million was spent on labor, benefits, capital equipment, operating supplies, materials, profession and contractual services.
• And an Order to Approve the FY21 Urban Renewal Area Report, which allows the County Auditor to collect property tax revenues from the Urban Renewal Areas for the City’s TIF obligations.

The Council will hold the third and final reading of an Ordinance pertaining to the Fire Department and how volunteer personnel are appointed. That duty and evaluation of personnel will rightfully will fall under the direction of the Fire Chief.  The Atlantic City Council will also act on an Order to Appoint the Mayor’s nomination of Geoff Barrick to the Planning & Zoning Commission, for a term of five-years. If approved, Barrick would replace Rich Tupper, who is resigning from the seat on the Commission.

In other business, the Council, Wednesday, will act on passing a Resolution “Obligating funds from the Hotel Whitney Urban Renewal Area Revenue Fund for Appropriation to the Payment of Annual Appropriation Tax Increment Financed [TIF} obligations,” that are coming due in the next fiscal year. City Administrator John Lund notes this will be the fourth year the City is eligible to capture the taxes paid by the Whitney Group, using TIF. The appropriation will be an annual feature on Council’s agenda until the City pay’s-off the $750,000 maximum payment or 20-years, whichever comes first.

They will also act on a Resolution “Providing for [the] Reduction of [the] Interest Rate on [the] Taxable Sewer Revenue Bond.” John Lund says the City received word a few weeks ago from its creditor on the Wastewater Treatment Plant project [the State Revolving Fund] that they were reducing the interest rate from 3-percent to 1.75-percent for the remainder of the loan, thereby saving the City $922,300 over the next 16 years. In June, 2011, the City issued debt for the WTP project for slightly more than $11.7-million.

The Council is also expected to set the date for a public hearing on the sale of City-Owned real estate at 901 Birch Street. A local person looking to start a “House-flipping” business is interested in purchase the dilapidated home and giving it renewed life before selling it. In the past, Mayor Dave Jones has noted that the property should not be sold for rental housing. The interested party has proposed paying fair market value for property and investing a significant amount of money to properly restore the home. The individual’s credentials and presentation to the Personnel & Finance Committee, were impressive, according to John Lund.