Cass County Treasurer Tracey J Marshall is reminding residents that September taxes are due. This is for your first half tax payments of real estate and mobile homes.

The deadline for payments without penalty is Monday, October 1st and payments with a September postmark will be accepted without penalty.

You may also pay taxes online at www.iowatreasurers.org

State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald will be in Atlantic to meet with current and former public employees to discuss IPERS.  The goal of the meeting is to provide information about IPERS in general and answer any questions the group may have. The meeting is open to the public.

Tuesday, October 9th
6:30 – 7:30 PM
Atlantic Community High School Auditorium
1201 E 14th St
Atlantic, IA 50022

Treasurer Fitzgerald has served as an IPERS trustee and custodian for 35 years. In that time, IPERS has remained a secure, strong, and sustainable retirement system.

The Shelby County Emergency Management Commission, Executive Committee, announced Friday morning that Alex Londo will be replacing retiring EMA Coordinator Bob Seivert.

Alex is a current employee of the agency with a Bachelors Degree, in Criminal Justice and 2 years experience as a 911 dispatcher.

Londo is a 4 year volunteer with the Harlan Fire Department.

His duties as the EMA Coordinator will begin October 1.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of a Hamburg man in Pacific Junction on Thursday night at 7:49pm. Deputies made contact with 23-year-old Trenton Levi Jordan of Hamburg for a valid arrest warrant out of Fremont County for Violation of Probation. During a search of Jordan he was found to be in possession of methamphetamine, Marijuana, prescription pills, several baggies, a digital scale, and brass knuckles.  Jordan was arrested on the Fremont County warrant along with four counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Distribute and Carrying Weapons.

He was taken to the Mills County Jail and booked in without further incident. His total bond was set at $169,000. The Fremont County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit assisted with the investigation.

In a separate incident on Thursday, Deputies arrested 22-year-old Kayla Shae Richardson of Glenwood on a Warrant for Violation of Probation. Richardson was arrested at 5:58pm on Elm Street in Glenwood and taken to the Mills County Jail and held on $5,000 bond.

A Texas man plead guilty to two counts of Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree in Mills County District Court on Monday. The Mills County Attorney’s Office reports that 26-year-old Travis Carl Boyer of Canyon Lake, Texas entered the plea and requested to be sentenced immediately. Boyer was then sentenced by Judge Mark J. Everloff to ten years in prison on each count to be run consecutively. Boyer must also register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

Boyer was first charged with one count on July 23rd in Mills County and was later charged with the second count in Pottawattamie County on September 24th.