Cass County Auditor Dale Sunderman reports today’s Special Election for the CAM Community School District will proceed as scheduled. The polls are open from Noon until 8-p.m.

Patrons of the CAM Community School District will vote on extending and increasing the Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL). The levy can be used for a number of expenditures including construction of buildings, purchasing property, buses and technology equipment, and energy conservation expenditures. The levy cannot be used for staff salaries or supplies – those expenditures must come from a school district’s General Fund.

The district currently has a voter approved PPEL in the amount of .67 cent per $1000 of property valuation. The district is asking for a .67-cent increase, to $1.34 per $1000 of property valuation. District officials say they plan to use the funds to improve and maintain their current facilities, purchase school buses and purchase technology for students and staff.

The polling center for CAM patrons living in the Grant, Franklin, Benton, or Lincoln Township in Cass County , in Adair County or Audubon County, will be held at the Anita Community Center. Voters’ residing in Union, Bear Grove, Noble, or Edna Townships in Cass or Adams County will vote at the Cumberland Community Building. Voter’s residing in that portion of the CAM Community School District residing in Massena or Victoria Township in Cass County or in Adams County will vote at the Massena Public Library.

The results of the vote will be canvassed by the Cass County Board of Supervisors, Thursday, beginning at 1-p.m.

LEON, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say two Missouri men have died after falling through thin ice on Little River Lake in southern Iowa. The Decatur County Sheriff’s Office says rescue crews were called to the lake just north of Leon when someone reported seeing a person fall through the ice around 2 p.m. Sunday.

Officials who initially arrived said the ice was so thin that rescuers could not stand or crawl on it. The Midwest Regional Dive Team was called, and members were able to pull 63-year-old David Adair, of Knob Noster, Missouri, from the lake. Adair was flown to Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Hospital spokesman Gregg Lagan says Adair died at the hospital later Sunday.

Crews also pulled the body of 33-year-old Joe Adair, also of Knob Noster, from the lake.

Ted Cruz won the Iowa Republican Caucus Monday night, while Hillary Clinton pulled-off a very slim victory over Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Caucus. Locally, 28.4% of Cass County Republicans voted for Donald Trump. Ted Cruz received 24.4% of the vote. Marco Rubio garnered 19%, Ben Carson 15.4%, and Jeb Bush 3.7-percent.

Cruz, Trump and Rubio finished one-two-and three in votes cast in Audubon, Guthrie, Adair and Shelby Counties, while the second and third place finishes flip-flopped in Adams and Montgomery Counties, where Rubio placed second and Trump came in third.

Cass County Democrats cast 60% of their vote for Hillary Clinton, while 38% voted for Sanders. Just 2-percent voted for Martin O’Malley. In the surrounding counties, Clinton won over the caucus voters in Audubon, Guthrie, Adair and Adams Counties. Sanders won in Shelby, Pottawattamie and Montgomery Counties.

The results for each county in Iowa are available at the Iowa Secretary of State’s website at https://sos.iowa.gov/

Blizzard conditions are causing all sorts of travel problems on the ground and in the air in Iowa today (Tuesday). Travel is not recommended by the D-O-T in many areas and tow bans are in place. National Weather Service Meteorologist Kelsey Angle says it’s a storm that is going to last awhile. “We have a big area of low pressure that moving threw the plains and the Midwest. And with temperatures cold enough, as well as well enough moisture, that is producing snow across Iowa,” Angle says.

He says the storm is bringing in colder temperatures. “Well we do expect temperatures to remain below freezing for much of the week,” Angle says. “And with strong winds we will see blowing and drifting of the snow continuing throughout the day, as well as tonight.”

The National Weather Service predicts the strong winds in western and northern Iowa will increase throughout the day. The winds have already caused problems in western Iowa, as American Airlines gate agent Troy Martin says their flights out of Sioux City were canceled. “It’s just a lot of heavy winds, a lot of heavy snow. Visibility is less than a half mile, and we are not going to be flying today,” Martin says.

He says the flights tomorrow morning may be canceled too if the planes cannot get in from Chicago.He says the airline will be rebooking people and they can call and find out what flight they are on if they haven’t gotten a call from the airline. There’s either a blizzard, winter or ice storm warning for most of Iowa. Parts of the state will get six-to-twelve inches of snow, as well as extremely hazardous travel conditions.

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THE CITY OF AUDUBON WILL BE DELAYING GARBAGE/RECYCLING PICKUP BY ONE DAY. PICKUP THIS WEEK WILL BE WED/THURS DUE TO THE STORM.

Public Works is issuing a SNOW EMERGENCY NOTICE that will become effective on Wednesday from 5-am to 4-pm. The code reads as follows: In the event of a snow emergency proclamation, no person shall park, abandon, or leave unattended any vehicle on any public street, alley, or City-owned off-street parking area during any snow emergency unless the snow has been removed or plowed from said street or alley or parking area and the snow has ceased to fall.

During such emergency, parking shall specifically be prohibited between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. expect that parking shall be allowed after the snow has ceased to fall and cleaning operations have been completed.

Also: parallel park in the business district if there is a windrow of snow in the street.

The City of Corning has extended its Snow Emergency Declaration for 12 hours, effective tonight (Tuesday), at 8-p.m.  At that time, all parking restrictions will be in effect the same as a new snow emergency. No parking will be allowed on marked snow route streets during the first 12 hours of the snow emergency.

Except for the business district in Corning, parking during the first 12 hours on all other streets will be on the south and west side only. For the remainder of the snow emergency, parking will be allowed on the north and east side of the street, if not prohibited by signs. All NO PARKING signs and direction of travel parking, will be enforced.

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• 1 lb. small potatoes, halved
• 2 tablespoons Old Bay seasoning
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 4 cod fillets (4 oz. each)
• 12 extra large shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg white
• 6 tablespoons seasoned dry bread crumbs
• 3 tablespoons cornmeal
• 2/3 cup canola oil
• tartar sauce

1.  Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.  In a large saucepan, cover the potatoes with 2 inches of water.  Add the Old Bay; boil over medium-high heat until tender, about 15 minutes.  Drain; toss with the butter.
2. Meanwhile, season the cod and shrimp with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.  On a large plate, mix the flour, garlic powder and cayenne.  In a medium bowl, whisk the egg and egg white.  On another large plate, mix the bread crumbs and cornmeal.
3. Working with one fillet at a time, dredge the cod in the flour mixture; shake off excess.  Coat with the egg mixture; shake off excess.  Transfer to the bread crumb mixture; press to adhere.  Place on a baking sheet.  Repeat with the shrimp.
4. In a large non-stick skillet, heat the oil over medium-high.  Cook the cod until opaque in center, 3 to 5 minutes per side.  Transfer to a rack set in a baking sheet; place in the oven.  Cook the shrimp in the skillet until golden, 1 to 1 1/2 minutes per side.  Serve with the cod, potatoes and tartar sauce.

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A Creston woman has reported to police the theft of two bicycles. A black and orange Mongoose Pacific bicycle, and a Mongoose Freestuke Outerlimit boys BMX bicycle were stolen from a residence in the 600 block of W. Adams Street someone around 7-p.m on Jan. 29th. The loss was estimated at $200.