The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports two arrests. Today (Wednesday), 26-year old Keegan Michael Johnson, of Stanton, was arrested at around 11-a.m. for Driving While License barred, and Operation of a vehicle with expired plates. His bond was set at $2,000.

On Tuesday, 19-year old Charles Lee Shadbolt, of Villisca, was arrested at the Regional Corrections Facility in Council Bluffs, on a Montgomery County Bench Warrant for Violation of Probation. His bond was set at $5,000.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reported two recent arrests on Wednesday afternoon.

On Tuesday, May 21st at about 9:29am Deputies arrested 19-year-old Charles Lee Shadbolt of Villisca. Shadbolt was arrested at the Regional Correction Facility in Council Bluffs on a Montgomery County Bench Warrant for Violation of Probation. He was held on $5,000 bond.

On Wednesday, May 22nd at 10:57am Montgomery County Deputies arrested 26-year-old Keegan Michael Johnson of Stanton for Driving While License Barred and Operation of a Vehicle with Expired Plates. He was held on $2,000 bond.

The Audubon School District’s Board of Education met Monday evening. Superintendent Brett Gibbs said the Board approved final approval to some summer projects, including tuck pointing at the Elementary School, and replacement of fencing around the exterior of the football field and track.

The Board also talked about future remodeling of the 5th through 12th grade building. About 12-years ago, the district added some rooms onto the back of the building to bring the 5th and 6th grade up, but Gibbs said the rest of the building has not had much done to it since 1964. He said “It’s time, basically starting with our HVAC system. The building currently has steam heat, the pipes for which are leaking. Gibbs said they’ve been told the boilers “are on the downhill side” of their life, with another 10-years of use at the most before they need to be replaced. “So it’s time to starting looking at ways we can upgrade our facility here and make it more energy efficient, and maintain the condition of the building.”

He said the will be in discussion with Engie Engineering on the potential costs and how the potential project could be paid for. The Audubon School Board also set Student Fees for the FY 2020 School Year. Gibbs said also parents should be aware the District is switching to a different provider for parents to use credit cards online for student fees, including lunches and books. He said there will be a fee charged to the user, which will in-turn charge persons who use credit cards for those purchases…much like an ATM fee.

The new provider is JMC, which has the districts student information system, and costs less than the current provider. With regard to student lunch fees, Brett Gibbs said the price of student and adult lunches increased 5-cents, and the cost of junior high mesh jerseys went from $22 to $25.

In other business, the Audubon School Board discussed student drop-off and pick-up at the Elementary School. Gibbs said they have some safety concerns, mainly in the morning. “EMC Insurance sent out a traffic [flow] expert come out and make suggestions on ways to improve the flow.” Those suggestions included proper markings on the pick-up and drop-off areas, and having the buses drop-off in a different location in the morning. If that doesn’t help, the next step is to look at putting a whole new bus pick-up and drop-off area on the east side, which would likely cost around $50,000. But they want to try all other ideas first, according to Gibbs.

(Radio Iowa) — The Iowa Department of Education has added some new features to the online system that tells how public schools are measuring up to federal requirements. Department spokesperson, Staci Hupp, says the information folds in with the data required under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. “It really made sense to have one report card for Iowa that meets federal and state laws, and also is intended to help Iowans understand how their schools are performing in certain areas,” Hupp says.

Hupp says they’ve added several items to the site. “The new data includes suspension and expulsion of students, chronic absenteeism — which is the percentage of students who missed ten percent of schools days for any reason. It includes things like post-secondary readiness,” according to Hupp.

There is also feature to compare school and district performance and includes data and ratings from the former Iowa School Report Card that was developed to meet a 2013 state law. “Parents and other Iowa education stakeholders can use the information to better understand how their schools are performing in certain areas,” Hupp says. “And while an online tool certainly never the whole story on our schools in Iowa — having access to this information really empowers parents and other stakeholders to better contribute to local conversations in their communities around improving schools.”

You can see the full report online at: iaschoolperformance.gov. Hupps says the new features do not change the school accountability scores calculated in December. Those scores will be updated later this year as part of an annual update to the website.

Audubon Police Chief Matt Starmer reports the arrest on Monday, of 29-year old Levi Alroy Kluver, of Audubon.  Kluver turned himself in on a warrant for two counts of child endangerment.  He appeared before a magistrate and was released. And, last Saturday, 38-year old Joshua Lee Larsen, of Audubon, was arrested and charged with Domestic Abuse Causing Injury, and Felony Child Endangerment.  Larsen was transported to the Audubon County Jail where he was held to appear before a magistrate.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has vetoed a measure that Republican lawmakers pushed through in the final days of the legislative session to stop the state’s Democratic attorney general from filing or joining lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s policies. The measure Reynolds vetoed Wednesday was targeted at stopping Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller from joining multistate lawsuits filed against the federal government. Republicans argued Miller had sued Trump too much.

The proposal would have required the attorney general to get the permission from the governor, legislature or state executive council before filing any out-of-state court action. Iowa would have been the only state in the nation to approve such limits. Reynolds says she wanted to be cautious about changing the attorney general’s duties and noted he was elected by voters.