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(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Cass County Sheriff’s Office took to social media, Monday, to warn residents of a phone scam. Someone may call you saying that they are allegedly members of the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, and are trying to collect fees over the phone. Some of these scammers are even phishing the Sheriff’s office phone numbers and calling, masked as the Sheriff’s number.
The Sheriff’s Office reminds residents they WILL NOT collect fees over the phone. In fact, they will NOT ask for payment of any type over the phone.
If you are in question about the legitimacy of the phone call, gather the name of the alleged Sheriff’s Office employee, hang up and call the Cass County Sheriff’s office directly. Their office phone line is 712-243-2206 or the Cass County Public Safety Communications line is 712-243-2204.
As a general reminder, it is good practice to not give personal or financial information out to anyone over the phone, especially questionable sources.
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (KCRG) – An Eastern Iowa woman faces multiple charges after asking gas station customers to blow into her interlock device. On July 4, law enforcement were dispatched to a Kwik Star in North Liberty after receiving a report of a woman asking people to blow into her interlock device for her.
When police arrived on scene, they found 34-year-old Kristin State sitting in the driver’s seat of a running vehicle. According to a criminal complaint, State was the only one in the car. Officers made contact with State and noticed a strong smell of ingested alcohol. Police also noted that State had watery and bloodshot eyes, and slurred and delayed speech. State denied consuming any alcohol.
Police conducted standardized field sobriety tests on State. She failed two of them. A criminal complaint reports she showed signs of impairment during the tests she was able to complete. Testing revealed State’s blood alcohol content to be .351.
State is charged with operating while under the influence (OWI), driving while license is denied or revoked, and tampering or circumventing with an ignition interlock device. State also has three prior OWI convictions within the past 12 years.
(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Department of Public Safety has updated the look and some of the features of the Sex Offender Registry website. D-C-I Agent Hunter Bellon oversees the site and says one thing they updated is the landing page. “Put a few of those features that we found were most used more prominently on that landing page to include our search feature in a lot of different locations. We’ve updated our most wanted landing site and our active registrant website,” Bellon says.
He says they’ve added what’s called a “heat map” to the iowasexoffender.gov site that shows where the 67-hundred registered offenders are located. “We had that in a portion of our old site, but it was searchable by county. So now you can go in and on this interactive map, scroll over any of the areas that you’re looking at and it gives you a count of offenders that are in those particular areas, then you can click on that particular county or area and it actually pulls up those offenders that are in that area,” he says. 
Bellon says they send out some 70-thousand notifications each month to those who sign up to get them. “We received millions of pings on our site, so that’s somebody going in and clicking on the various features so, it’s a widely used site,” Bellon says. “We’re super happy that people are using it and we want people to know about it so they continue to use that to provide safety for them and their family.” Bellon says you can still get the same notifications with the new website.
“If anyone is going into the site that has an established account already on the old site, all of their watches and notifications will continue to transmit. However, if they sign in on the new site, they will have to establish a new account with an e-mail address. And once they sign in under that new account, they’ll have the option to merge their old account in their new account. So everything should carry over seamlessly,” Bellon says.
Bellon says if you have trouble signing in, you can get help on the contact page of the website.
(Radio Iowa) – Bankers in Iowa and nine other states who responded to the latest “Rural Mainstreet” survey predict many Midwest grain farmers will have more expenses than profits this year. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss conducts the monthly survey. “It’s all about those two words that we always use: supply and demand. And I think in this case it’s too much supply for most of the grain products out there,” Goss says. “The bankers expect one-fifth of the grain farmers to experience negative cash flow — of course that’s not good, negative income.”
The U-S-D-A predicts Iowa farmers will harvest the largest ever corn crop this fall and that bumper crop means lower prices — projected to be around three-dollars-and-60 cents per bushel. Goss says there are other troublesome economic signals in the farm economy. “Farmland prices are down for the month and farm equipment sales down for the 24th straight month,” Goss said. “…Iowa and Nebraska had the worst economic performance from the fourth quarter of 2024 to the first quarter of 2025 — the worst in the nation — and that’s all about agriculture.”
Goss says urban areas are doing much better, but Midwest economies rely heavily on the performance of the ag sector. A weaker U.S. dollar may eventually boost overseas grain sales, according to Goss, and he says there may at least be a short term break for borrowers if the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates in September.
(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Board of Directors of the Atlantic Community School District will meet at 6:30pm on August 27, 2025 for a public hearing and a special board meeting in the Atlantic High School Media Center located at 1201 E 14th Street in Atlantic, IA.
Public Hearings (public hearing will begin at 6:30PM and be held in the following order):
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Motion to Open Public Hearing
4. Allow for Public Comment
5. Motion to Close Hearing
● High School Roof Replacement – Phase 1 The board, through Snyder & Associates, is accepting bids for the High School Roof Replacement – Phase 1. Notice was published on August 15, 2025 in the Atlantic News Telegraph that a hearing for the public to appear and present objections to, or arguments in favor of, any part of the High School Roof Replacement – Phase 1 bids.
● Hearing on the Proposed Issuance of Approximately $18,500,000 School Infrastructure Sales, Services and Use Tax Revenue Bonds: The hearing is for the purpose of the proposed issuance of approximately $18,500,000 School Infrastructure Sales, Services and Use Tax Revenue Bonds which may be issued in one or more series over multiple fiscal years pursuant to Iowa code Sections 423F.2 and 423F.4 for the purpose of providing funds to build, furnish and equip a new multipurpose indoor practice facility/fieldhouse at the high School with related site improvements, including costs of issuance and a debt service reserve fund if required by the purchaser. Any bond proceeds remaining after completion of this project will be used for other school infrastructure projects as authorized by the School District’s Revenue Purpose Statement. Notice was published on August 15, 2025 in the Atlantic News Telegraph that a hearing for the public to appear and present objections to or in favor of.
School Board Special Meeting
(Immediately Following Public Hearing):
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Motion to approve Agenda
4. Discussion Item(s)
a. HS Roof Replacement Bids-Phase 1, with Austin Sonntag from Snyder & Associates Bid Tabulation
b. Bond Referendum and Master Plan Review
c. Bull Creek Project
5. Action Item(s)
a. Approve High School Roof Replacement Bids
b. Resolution Approving Revenue Purpose Statement, Ordering an Election on a Revenue Purpose Statement to Authorize Expenditures From Revenue Received From the State Secure an Advanced Vision for
Education (SAVE) Fund, and Ordering the Publication of a Notice of Election
c. Resolution Supporting the Proposed Issuance of Approximately $18,500,000 School Infrastructure Sales, Services and Use Tax Revenue Bonds
d. Approve Recommendations to Hire:
Approve Resignations:
f. Approve Open Enrollment – In/Out
g. Approve Vendor Contracts
i. Athletic Training Contract (Proposal #2) with Peak Performance, Owner Bobby Reisz to provide an athletic trainer for Football, Wrestling, Cross Country and Soccer Athletic Training Contract (Proposal #1) which includes Football, Wrestling, Cross Country, Soccer but also includes Home Basketball games, On-site hours on Tuesdays and away Varsity football games.
ii. Council Bluffs Consortium Agreement for Children’s Square (learning services) and Heartland Family Service (therapeutic services), Heartland of Omaha.
iii. Athletic Sharing Contract for Swimming: Griswold School District
iv. Approve Early Childhood Consultation
6. Upcoming Dates: Regular Board Meeting, September 10, 6:30 pm, High School Media Center
7. Motion to Adjourn Meeting
(Atlantic, Iowa) – Officials with the Cass County Auditor’s Office, Monday (today) released a list of persons who filed for an elected office in Cass County, in advance of the 2025 City/School Election in November. Candidates who filed their nomination papers as of August 25th, include:
For Mayor of Atlantic:
For the Cumberland City Council:
August 25th was the first day candidates could file their nomination papers with the required number of signatures. The last day to file is September 18th, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.
(Radio Iowa) – Iowa motorists will need to be especially careful this afternoon as tens of thousands of youngsters will be making their way home from their first day of school. Brian Ortner, at AAA-Iowa, says being safe is as easy as ABC:
“You’ve got to, A), Avoid the distractions. Stay focused on the road, don’t text, don’t eat, don’t multitask while you’re driving, especially in the school drop-off lines,” Ortner says, “B), Break for safety, slow down, stay alert, especially in those school zones, and be ready to stop in a moment’s notice. And C), Check for pedestrians and bicyclists because not everybody’s getting dropped off at school. They may be riding the bus so there’ll be walkers, there’ll be riders.”
He says the young pedestrians have as much responsibility as motorists to be safety-minded. “For walkers, just like if you’re driving, stay alert, be aware of your surroundings,” Ortner says. “I know you want to have that motivation of the music playing in your headphones or listening to that podcast as you’re walking, but when you get near those school zones, take the headphones out, look up at traffic, not down. Use sidewalks where they’re available. If not, walk against the direction of traffic so you can see those oncoming vehicles.” 
Nationwide, Ortner says nearly one out of every five children who are killed in traffic crashes are pedestrians. “For bicyclists and scooters, especially with the increase in e-bikes along with regular bikes, always wear that helmet. It’s such an important safety device and such a simple thing to do,” Ortner says. “Ride with traffic, don’t wear the headphones, and cross streets at intersections, not from between parked cars. It’s going to be safer for you and the drivers.”
According to a recent AAA survey, more than half of Iowans regularly drive through school zones or past school bus stops during their daily routes.
(Glenwood, Iowa) – The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports nine arrests took place over the past week.
On Sunday (8/24), 49-year-old Lonnie Lynn Cambell, of Malvern, was arrested in Malvern, for Public Intoxication.
Saturday morning, 39-year-old Adrienne Joanne Hamlin, of Nebraska City, NE, was arrested on I-29 in Mills County on two-counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance (PCS), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Drug Tax Stamp Violations.
Friday morning, 23-year-old Kaine Logan Baird, of Essex, was arrested for OWI/1st offense.
Thursday night, 37-year-old Aaron Wade Opdyke, of Sidney, was arrested in Glenwood on two counts of Probation Violation.
Wednesday morning, Deputies in Mills County arrested 26-year-old Justin Delee Holland, of Omaha, for PCS 3rd or subsequent offense, and Driving Under Suspension.
On Aug. 19th, 24-year-old Alexis Esai Zamora, of Omaha, was arrested in Glenwood for Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense, Domestic Assault/choking-bodily injury, and Obstruction of Emergency Communications.
On Aug. 18th, Mills County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 47-year-old Adrian Charles Bauer, of Emerson, for Public Intox.; Bauer was arrested on a separate charge later that morning, of Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree; and, 30-year-old Steven Alexander Mattly, of Glenwood, was arrested for Domestic Assault- Bodily Injury/1st offense.
(Radio Iowa) – The first human case of a dangerous, flesh-eating parasite has been confirmed in the United States, in someone who recently traveled to El Salvador, and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warns the “New World Screwworm” could devastate cattle herds if it reaches the U.S. “The New World Screwworm is a real threat to America…The last time it really hit our shores was in the ’50s and ’60s. It took 30 years for our cattle industry to recover,” Rollins said at a press conference during the Iowa State Fair. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is building a facility in Texas, near the southern border, to produce and release hundreds of millions of sterile flies in hopes of eradicating the pest in Mexico before it reaches the U.S. “The last case of the screwworm that was an isolated case, but nevertheless a case, was found about 370 miles south of the Texas border,” Rollins said.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins spoke at a news conference before participating in the Governor’s Charity Steer Show at the 2025 Iowa State Fair. (RI photo)
In July, the Mexican government announced it was building a $51 million facility that will also produce and release sterile flies in hopes of pushing the screwworm population further south to the border between Panama and Colombia. Rollins said teams of USDA employees will be dispatched to Mexico, too. “We are staffing up in the hundreds to get down into Mexico so we can trust, but verify the data they’re giving us,” Rollins said. “That’s part of the problem. We’re relying on Mexico which has some significant cartel issues, significant funding issues, so we’re really grateful for their partnership, but we’re going to trust, but verify with our own teams down there.”
The U.S. government has stopped imports of live cattle from Mexico and the USDA is training dogs that will be able to detect screwworm infestations in animals at U.S. border crossings.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa – A Council Bluffs man was sentenced on August 21, 2025, to 42 months in federal prison for possession of a firearm as a felon.
According to public court documents, on October 28, 2024, Ronald Lee Behee, Jr., 51, a convicted felon and drug user, took a loaded pistol to work at Tyson’s Foods. After receiving a tip, law enforcement located a loaded Ruger, LCP .380 caliber pistol with an obliterated and unreadable serial number, in Behee’s locker. Behee was also found in possession of approximately 8 grams of methamphetamine and 4.4 grams of marijuana. Behee’s criminal history includes theft-related, controlled substance and domestic violence convictions.
After completing his term of imprisonment, Behee will be required to serve a three-year term of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. Behee was also ordered to forfeit the firearm and pay a $100 special assessment.
United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Council Bluffs Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives investigated this case.
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