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Iowa Parents – Think Twice Before Posting Your Kids’ Back-to-School Photos
Very soon, kids across our neighborhoods will scramble out of bed, bleary-eyed but excited, well some of them. Others will be bleary-eyed and complain about getting up and how going to bed earlier wouldn’t help. Or, maybe that’s just me this morning. Backpacks will be filled with new supplies, breakfasts gulped down between last-minute shoe tying and tooth brushing, and jackets will be zipped up against the morning chill. Who are we kidding, jackets are zipped if you’re lucky. It’s not all that far away,
Expected Heat Wave Alters Council Bluffs Garbage Collection Next Week
(Council Bluffs, IA) -- The City of Council Bluffs says, in anticipation of forecasted high temperatures, the trash and recycling collection schedule for Council Bluffs residents using city waste services will be adjusted next week. Council Bluffs residents are asked to have their carts set out daily by 6:00 a.m....
Fire damages Red Oak residence
(Red Oak) -- Red Oak's firefighters battled a house fire Thursday morning. Red Oak's fire department was dispatched to 305 South 6th Street shortly after 8 a.m. following a report of a house filling with smoke. Fire Chief John Bruce says the house's lone occupant escaped without injury. Firefighters entering the residence found a large amount of smoke coming from the basement area. Bruce says a power cord located in the basement ignited, causing a fire extending to adjoining floor joists, causing minimal damage.
Shenandoah couple arrested Thursday on felony Neglect/abandonment of a dependent person charges
(Sidney, Iowa) – Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope, Thursday night, two people were taken into custody on felony charges of Neglect or Abandonment of a Dependent Person, and Aggravated Misdemeanor charges of Child Endangerment. 26-year-old Dustin Carl Lee Perry, and 26-year-old Lindsey Barbara Marie Hamilton, both of Shenandoah, were being held without bond in the Fremont County Jail, pending an initial appearance before a Magistrate Judge. Additional charges are pending.
Sheriff's wife facing charges after assaulting her daughter
Hall County, Neb. — The wife of a local sheriff has been charged with assaulting her daughter. Daniela Deaver, 53, of Ord, is charged in Hall County Court with third-degree assault causing bodily injury. She is the wife of Greeley County Sheriff Paul Deaver. Court records do not list...
Missouri lawsuits allege abuse by priests, nuns; archdiocese leader in Omaha among those accused
Sixty people allege in new lawsuits filed in Missouri that they were abused as children by dozens of priests, nuns and others, and the man who now leads the Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska, is among the accused.
Lincoln man facing $5 million bond in connection with bank, auto parts robberies
LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) - A Lincoln man was formally charged with two counts of armed robbery Thursday in Douglas County Court. Sherman Wade, 43, of Lincoln was extradited to Omaha this week in order to make his first appearance related to two crimes: a robbery of an auto parts store in February, and another robbery of a bank earlier this month.
Two Arrests After Omaha Field Club Neighborhood Crash
Omaha Police take two people, who fled from the scene of a traffic crash early Thursday morning, into custody. The crash was at 32nd and Woolworth Avenues, near the northwest corner of Hanscom Park and the Gerald R. Ford Birthsite. 911 communications indicated a vehicle had crashed into a retaining...
Iowa’s July Might’ve Been Cooler Than You Realize
I hate to be bearer of bad news but before we could even blink, we're almost to the month of August. Maybe parents with kids on summer vacation think these past 2 months have slowly crawled by but I already feel like I hardly remember June!. Students are have around...
West Nile Has Been Found in Iowa Mosquitoes
The good news is that at the time of writing, no humans in Iowa have yet tested positive for the West Nile virus. Mosquitos on the other hand have been found containing the virus in central Iowa. According to KCRG, mosquitoes were trapped at a park in West Ames sometime in mid-July. The park where these mosquitoes were found is sprayed or fogged every Wednesday night. Some of these mosquitoes contained the West Nile virus.
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