At least three area school district board’s of education will hold their (separate) monthly meetings, Monday evening. Beginning at 5:30-p.m., the Griswold School Board will meet in the High School Conference Room. Some highlights of their New Business items (action items) include:

• Appointment of a Business Manager/Treasurer, Board Secretary, and District Attorney.
• Approval of Bakery, Dairy, Trash removal, snow removal and Warewash bids.
• and the appointment of an Affirmative Action Coordinator.

The Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton School Board meeting gets underway 6-p.m. Monday, in the Elk Horn Building Conference Room. Some highlights of their New Business items (action items) include:

• The appointment of Jan Greving as Board Secretary.
• Approve an Operational Sharing Agreement with IKM-Manning for a Human Resources/Administrative Assistant.
• Approval of new hires: Lexi Griffin – MS English Language Arts Teacher; Dara Svendsen – HR/Administrative Asst.
• and approval of the resignation of JoAnne Morenz – HS English Teacher.

And, the Audubon School Board will meet 7-p.m. Monday in the High School Board Room. Their action items include:

• Appointing a member to serve the remainder of a Board Term vacated by Joni Madsen & the administering of the Oath of Office.
• Approval of; District Legal Counsel; Equity Coordinators; Asbestos Manager; Level I & Level II Investigators.
• Approving: the Final Plans/Specifications/Form of Contract and Anticipated Construction Costs for the MS/HS Renovation Project; and the Advertisement of and Notice of Bids for the project.
• Action on: A Resolution approving the Revenue Purpose Statement (RPS); Ordering an Election on an RPS to authorize expenditures from revenue received from the State Secure and Advanced Vision for Education (SAVE) Fund, and Ordering the publication of a Notice of Election and to Fill a Vacancy.
• The Board will also act on any Personnel matters to come before them.

Authorities in Missouri report a man from southwest Iowa and two children were hurt in a rollover accident, Friday. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, troopers responded to a crash on Highway 36 approximately two miles east of Osborn in DeKalb County, around 5 p.m., Friday.  A 2008 Land Rover, driven by 28-year-old Roger K. Cromwell, of Shenandoah, was traveling eastbound on the highway, when the SUV left the road and overturned.

Cromwell and two juvenile female passengers were taken by DeKalb/Clinton Ambulance to Cameron Regional Medical Center. Cromwell and one of the juveniles suffered serious injuries, while the other juvenile had minor injuries.

(Area) The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Driver’s License and Identification Services Bureau has become aware of text messages being sent to Iowans under the guise of confirming information related to your driver’s license or driving record. Please be advised that these messages are misleading and are not coming from the Iowa DOT.

The only time the Iowa DOT will send you a text message related to your driver’s license is to confirm an appointment you have scheduled with them and it will not contains links. Depending on the settings, some mobile devices may generate what looks like a link because it sees the confirmation number as a phone number. Your device may also attempt to add a link to create an appointment on your calendar. The Iowa DOT text message is simply a reminder and does not require you to take any action to confirm your appointment on your mobile device.

If you receive a text message that appears to be from the Iowa DOT asking you to click a link to confirm or verify information regarding your driver’s license or driving record, do not click the link and delete the text message.

If you scheduled an appointment with the DOT online, you will receive a text message that looks similar to the message below. You do not need to do anything with this text message. It is simply a confirmation of your appointment.

One person suffered head trauma and other, possible unknown injuries during a motorcycle accident south of Lewis, Saturday evening. According to dispatch reports, Griswold Rescue and Cass EMS were called to the scene near 57534 Lewis Road, at around 5:20-p.m.

A medical helicopter was also requested at the scene. Additional details are currently not available.

(Camp Dodge, Johnston, Iowa) – Welcome home ceremonies for the 1st Squadron “Redhorse,” 113th Cavalry Regiment and Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34^th Infantry Division, Iowa Army National Guard, will be held between July 22, 2021 and July 24, 2021. Specific dates, times, and locations are listed below.

Des Moines

Approximately 100 Soldiers from Troop B and Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment will be honored at a formal ceremony on July 22, 2021, starting at 1:30 p.m. at the Des Moines International Airport. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Facebook @113cav.

Sioux City

Approximately 100 Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop and Troop B, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment will be honored at a formal ceremony on July 23rd, 2021 starting at 2:50 p.m. at the Sioux City Airport. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Facebook @113cav.

Des Moines

Approximately 100 Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division will be honored at a formal ceremony on July 24, 2021 starting at 12:20 p.m. at the Des Moines International Airport. The ceremony will be livestreamed on Facebook @iowaredbulls.

The Iowa National Guard experienced an increase in mobilizations in 2020 as many units across the state came into their normal deployment cycle. In the fall of 2020, Iowa National Guard troops deployed in support a variety of missions around the world. “Our men and women have done an exceptional job over the past year or so, and this organization is extremely proud of their hard work,” said Brig. Gen. Stephen Osborn, Deputy Adjutant General, Iowa Army National Guard.

Nearly 360 personnel deployed to Kosovo to support NATO’s KFOR joint security mission. They helped facilitate a secure environment, freedom of movement and the Euro-Atlantic integration of the Western Balkans.  Around 400 Iowa National Guard Soldiers and Airmen continue to serve in global missions. The Iowa National Guard consists of approximately 9,000 Army and Air service members. Most service members work one weekend a month and conduct a two-week annual training.

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(Radio Iowa) – Former Vice President Mike Pence says Republicans have a winning message and he’s urging Christian conservatives to “buckle up” for the 2024 presidential campaign. Pence was the closing speaker at a day-long summit in Des Moines sponsored by The Family Leader and he listed his own frustrations with the political scene. “We’ve been through a lot in the last year: a global pandemic, civil unrest, a divisive election, a tragic day in our nation’s capitol and now a new admin intent on transforming American into a European style secular welfare state,” Pence said.

Pence ran through a litany of complaints about the first 177 days of the Biden-Harris Administration.  “The damage they’ve done in such a short period of time,” Pence said. “We know what our job is.”

About 1200 people gathered in a Des Moines convention hall Friday morning to listen to more than a dozen speakers, including South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — two other potential 2024 presidential candidates. The crowd stayed for Pence as the closer seven hours later and applauded throughout his speech, but without the whistling and loud bursts of cheering others received. Pence acknowledged this was an easy time to get a little down and appeared to indirectly address those in the G-O-P who believe he should not have certified Joe Biden won the Electoral College on January 6. “We ought to keep the faith in the founders of this country, in the timeless wisdom of the Declaration and the Constitution,” Pence said. “We need to be the movement that keeps our oath, even when it hurts.”

Noem, who spoke earlier in the afternoon, shared pieces of her biography with the crowd — growing up on a farm and the name of her new granddaughter.  “I hate this America that we’re giving her. I don’t recognize this country that we had the opportunity to grow up in. I just don’t,” Noem said. “When I grew up, people were proud to have a job. They weren’t confused on the difference between boys and girls…We honored our flag and we were a country that was proud of our history and that is not Joe Biden’s America.”

Noem acknowledged the first time many Iowans heard her name was as she was criticized for not closing any businesses or implementing lock downs during the pandemic. “But I do want you to know that my people are happy,” Noem said, “and they’re happy because they’re free.” As she has elsewhere, Noem emphasized that she did not close a single business.in South Dakota. “I was shocked by how the media and liberals used fear to control people and how people gave up their freedoms,” Noem said. “They just rolled over.”

Iowa Democratic Party chairman Ross Wilburn denounced what he called the “hateful agenda” of The Family Leader, which organized Friday’s event. Wilburn says it was shameful for Governor Kim Reynolds and other Republicans who approved at the event to support an organization that discriminates against L-G-B-T-Q-plus Iowans.”

The Red Oak Police Department reports an arrest on Friday evening. At 4:28 p.m. Officers found 42-year-old Heidi Ann Divis of Red Oak in the 400 block of East Corning Street in Red Oak lighting objects on fire and throwing them into the city street storm drains. Divis was placed under arrest for reckless Use of Fire. Upon further investigation Divis was also charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Divis was taken to the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 cash bond.

(Radio Iowa) – The family of a U-S Marine from central Iowa will be the beneficiaries of a charity golf tournament this weekend. The event is scheduled for Saturday at the Briggs Woods Golf Course south of Webster City. Dennis Schnathorst, with the Hamilton County Peace Officers Association, says every year, the tourney honors the memory of a fallen police officer, firefighter or veteran.

“Staff Sergeant Kelling passed away on July 25th of 2019,” Schnathorst says. “Staff Sergeant Kelling served our country on seven deployments overseas, including Afghanistan and Iraq and as a combat war veteran.” Kelling was from Ankeny and was 41 when he suffered a fatal heart attack. He leaves behind a wife and several children, who will be recognized at the benefit.

“This year’s recipient is Amber Kelling and her four sons, Braeden, Caleb, Jace, and Liam, ages 12 to six,” he says. Following the day of golf, there will be an auction and dinner, with all proceeds to benefit the Marine’s family. Learn more on the organization’s Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/Hamilton-County-Peace-Officers-Association-of-Iowa-790812940945444