The Cass County Board of Supervisors will hold two meetings in the coming week. On Monday, they’ll hold the last meeting of 2018. Action items on their agenda include allowing or disallowing, family farm credits and agricultural land credits, in accordance with the Code of Iowa. And, they’ll review a draft of the new Cass County Employee Handbook, followed by approval of the Handbook and Policies.

Wednesday morning, the Supervisors will handle several, annual administrative matters. That includes: A Resolution approving the number of and appointment of, Administrative Assistants and deputies for each of the following…County Attorney, Recorder and Treasurer; Also the appointment of two township trustees for each of the 14 townships in Cass County, whose officers are appointed rather than elected; The Supervisors will also appoint members of the Board to serve on committees, and appointments to various county councils, commissions, and other governmental subdivisions. In other business, the Supervisors will set the 2019 (plus 2020 New Year’s Day) Holiday Schedule, and mileage reimbursement rate for employees and for sheriff’s civil processing.

Both meetings begin at 8:30-a.m. in the Supervisor’s Board Room at the Cass County Courthouse.

Police in Creston arrested one person on drug charges, another on warrants, Thursday. Just after 8-a.m., 47-year old Justin Paul Dunleavy, of Swanzey, NH, was arrested at the Rodeway Inn, in Creston, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana-1st offense, and Possession of Meth/1st offense. Dunleavy was later released on a $2,300 cash or surety bond. And, a little before 5:30-p.m., Thursday, Richard James Kaster (address unknown) was arrested in Creston on two outside warrants, and one Union County warrant. Kaster was being held without bond in the Union County Jail, until seen by the judge.

Several central and northern Nebraska highways remain covered with snow, but Interstate 80 and U.S. Highway 30 have been reopened. The Nebraska Transportation Department listed nearly two-thirds of the highways as partially or fully covered with snow Friday morning from a winter storm system that howled through the state Thursday. The department pulled its plows from clearing highways in parts of northeast Nebraska because visibility was so limited. Several cities declared snow emergencies, and many businesses remained closed for the day. Numerous traffic accidents were reported as well.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The attorney for a man charged with the 1979 slaying of a Cedar Rapids high school student says his client will plead not guilty. Leon Spies is the attorney for Jerry Lynn Burns, and Spies told The Des Moines Register Thursday that Burns will enter the plea at his arraignment. The 64-year-old Burns is being held on $5 million bail . Police arrested the Manchester resident on Dec. 19, charging him with first-degree murder 39 years to the day after 18-year-old Michelle Martinko was killed. Her body was found early the next day inside her family’s car parked at a shopping mall.

She had stab wounds to her face and chest. Police say they matched a blood sample from the crime scene with a sample taken from the suspect.