The Page County Sheriff’s Office reports a Union County man was arrested at around 8:40-a.m. today (Tuesday), for Violation of Iowa’s Sex Offender Registry. 28-year old Bradley Aeron Haley, of Creston, was arrested at Rapp Park, in Page County. Rapp Park is a county owned park that is approximately one-mile north of Shenandoah. Haley and his wife had been staying at Rapp Park for about eight-days. Bradley Haley is a Registered Sex Offender with the state of Iowa and did not register that he was staying there, in violation of the Registry. He was transported to the Page County Jail and was being held on a $2,000 bond, pending appearance in front of a Magistrate Judge.

Bradley Haley

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports 30-year old Eric Wayne Shinn, of Orient, was arrested June 10th, for Violation of a No Contact or Protective Order. He was taken into custody after he was in a residence with the female protected party from Corning. Shinn admitted he knew he was prohibited from seeing the woman. He was booked into the Adair County Jail and released the following day on a $300 bond.

Red Oak Police report 36-year old Joseph Aaron Nelson, of Red Oak, was arrested in the 1800 block of E. Summit Street at around 10:30 this (Tuesday) morning, on a charge of Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense. Nelson was being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

The Audubon School Board, Monday night, made an official invititation to the Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton District, for their students to join Audubon’s Wresting Program. Superintendent Eric Trager….

They also approved a Sharing Agreement with the Coon Rapids-Bayard School District for a Human Resources Director.

The Audubon School Board approved the District’s State-Mandated Emergency Management Plan.  Eric Trager said they already had one in-place, but brought it up-to-date and made it fit the State template.

Members of the Griswold School District’s Board of Education, Monday evening, tabled approval of a Resolution of Intent to sell the District’s Elliott Elementary property. Superintendent Dave Henrichs said it’s been put on hold for the second month in a row due to an issue with the legal description. He said an Abstract is being updated and it’s hoped the frst step in the sale process can be taken soon.

Henrichs said the Board, Monday, took the final step in the sale of the Lewis Elementary building. He said they approved the Deed and authorized delivery, so they are set to transfer ownership on July 2nd. The Board also approved a required Emergency Operations Plan. All district’s are required to have a plan which covers all possible hazards that a school may have. The deadline is July 1st. For each hazard, he says, there has to be three components to the plan. One is mitigation – or preventing an event from happening, the second is what will the district do during an event, the third part is what will the district do afterward?

Henrichs says the Board also approved an eSports Team as part of the District’s Culture Initiative. He said the eSports Team allows students to compete with other schools in the area of electronic gaming on a trial basis. About 40 students have expressed an interest in the program. The Board approved some new hires for the coming school year, along with other personnel matters.

In other action, the Griswold School Board approved a fuel bid by the Tiger Mart in Griswold, and a Tech Support bid of $40/hour from MITS, which is unchanged from the 2011-12 school years. They approved City Agreements for sharing of goods and services with Griswold, Lewis and Elliott, and a continued School Resource Officer. There were also some minor changes to the Student Handbook that were approved as well.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a northwest Iowa man was killed after his motorcycle struck a vehicle that had stopped for congested traffic in northeast Omaha. The crash occurred around 5 p.m. Monday. Police say 49-year-old Vernon Hunter was headed north on U.S. Highway 75 when he ran into the rear of the other vehicle. His motorcycle then spun into another traffic lane, where it was hit by a school bus. Police say Hunter was pronounced dead at the scene. He lived in Sioux City, Iowa. No other injuries have been reported.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man accused of fatally punching a Sioux City resident intends to argue self-defense at his August trial. Woodbury County District Court records say 24-year-old Ray Avila filed notice of that intent Monday and pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter, assault and flight to avoid prosecution. Avila was arrested last month in Jalisco, Mexico, where he had relatives. His trial is set to begin Aug. 20.

Sioux City police say Avila became involved in an altercation last July between Juan Espinoza and Peter Johnson. Police say Johnson suffered a skull fracture when Avila knocked him to the pavement.