The Madison Report believes readers should have access to the original documents behind our reporting whenever possible. As we build this page, we will be adding public records, board resolutions, contracts, court filings, correspondence, and other source materials currently linked in our stories.
Legal Filings related to the August 24, 2026 hearing covered in our article titled “Board Seeks to Disqualify County Attorney in Lawsuit Over Unpaid Legal Bills”
June 19, 2026: Petition for Writ of Mandamus and Request for Injunctive Relief
June 19, 2026: Motion for Leave to File under Seal
Documents related to the August 2026 article titled: “Judge Disqualifies County Attorney Swanson from Auditor Lawsuit, Citing Conflict of Interest”:
May 28: Petition for Writ of Certiorari and Temporary Injunction
July 20: Hearing (Video)
June 26: Defendants’ Return of Writ
June 26: Motion to Dismiss and Dissolve Stay
July 31: Swanson’s Resistance to Motion to Disqualify
August 6: Defendants’ Reply in Support of Motion to Disqualify
Declaration of Heather Stancil
Declaration of Melissa Schilling
August 14: Judge Greenwood’s Order Disqualifying County Attorney
Documents related to July 2026 Camera Server article series:
June 10 2025 Board Resolution – security policy
March 10 2026 Board Resolution – affirming Summit
July 2-10 2026 Email Thread regarding Cybersecurity Concern
July 9 2026 Special Meeting to discuss Cybersecurity Concern
July 14 2026 Board of Supervisors Meeting – Travis Daniels of Summit speaks
July 15 2026 Letter to AG – DCI referral regarding camera server concern
July 2026 Email to Auditor Brant regarding cybersecurity password reset request
Resources from past articles (work in progress):
April 27 2026: Email Thread: Solutions legal counsel addressing Swanson conduct toward their employees (from Escalating Dispute article)
Sept 21 2022: Swanson v. Oldenburger, No. 21-1176, Iowa Court of Appeals, 2022 (from Candidate profile article)
County Audit and Budget Files (not part of an article however handy to have here):
FY2027 Budget Presentation from County Auditor – April 21 2026
FY2024 Audit from Iowa State Auditor
FY2023 Audit from Iowa State Auditor

