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updated: Fri Jul 18, 2008 09:20 am

Council Bluffs News

Local news for Council Bluffs, IA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

21 hrs ago | KXKT-FM Omaha

There will be a Metro Area Fireworks Amnesty Day on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until

The event will be held at three locations throughout the metro area for disposal of fireworks, ammunition and guns.

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Thu Jul 17, 2008

KCCI

Woman Gets Probation In School Board Assault

A judge has revoked the deferred judgment of a Council Bluffs woman convicted of assaulting a school board member after she harassed another school board member.

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

KETV

UPDATED: Gas No Longer Leaking From Tanker In Council Bluffs

Just after 3:30 p.m Tuesday Council Bluffs police stopped the leak on an overturned gas tanker.

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Tue Jul 15, 2008

Omaha World-Herald

Gasoline tanker overturns in Council Bluffs

A gasoline tanker rolled over Tuesday near 29th Avenue and the South Expressway in Council Bluffs, blocking traffic from at least two directions.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Press-Citizen

Bolkcom will study energy efficiency

Sen. Joe Bolkcom, D-Iowa City, has been appointed to a bipartisan legislative committee that will examine the energy efficiency plans and programs implemented by gas and electric public utilities and make ...

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Related Topix: Iowa City Metro, Iowa City, IA

Sat Jul 12, 2008

KTVO

Obama opens offices in Iowa

Democrat Barack Obama is opening 15 campaign offices in Iowa and sending staffers door-to-door to discuss his message.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Iowa, Fort Dodge, IA, Independence, IA

Fri Jul 11, 2008

Omaha World-Herald

Council Bluffs man hurt in crash with police car

A 20-year-old Council Bluffs man suffered severe cuts to his head after being ejected through a window of a car when it collided with a Council Bluffs police cruiser early this morning.

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Thu Jul 10, 2008

KWQC-TV Davenport

Charge dropped against Iowa dad in fireworks case

Prosecutors have dropped a child endangerment charge against a Council Bluffs man accused of allowing his 8-year-old son to light fireworks with a cigarette over the Fourth of July weekend.

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Related Topix: Pottawattamie County, IA

Wed Jul 09, 2008

CardPlayer.com

New WSOP Circuit Dates Released

The 2008-09 World Series of Poker Circuit schedule has been released and features 10 events in casinos scattered around the country.

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Related Topix: Games, Poker

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Rivals.com

Brown is delivering this summer

Council Bluffs St. Albert athlete Andrew Brown has already made a name for himself in a number of sports despite only entering into his junior year.

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Sat Jul 05, 2008

Des Moines Register

Teens killed by falling tree recalled as quiet, artistic

Jacob Hemmingsen and Skylar Shaw found their voices through their art. While their teachers at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs described the teenagers as quiet and low-key, often eschewing the ...

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Des Moines, IA

Fri Jul 04, 2008

KTIV-TV Sioux City

Man charged with setting fire to day care center

Associated Press - July 4, 2008 9:54 AM ET COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - A Council Bluffs man has been arrested for allegedly setting fire to a day care center Police say Bobby Jo Stevens set fire to the Mother Goose ...

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

WANE-TV Fort Wayne

Teens killed when tree falls on car

Two teenagers were picking up friends when a tree fell on their car. "I walked around the corner and I looked in and there was just a hand on the front side of the driver's, and I was like there's no way he's ...

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Weather

Wed Jul 02, 2008

WOWT-TV Omaha

Council Bluffs Cleans Up Day After

The storm that blew through Omaha Friday afternoon continued across the river in Council Bluffs where residents got to work Saturday on removing debris from their property.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

Usdoj.gov

IA: Council Bluffs Resident Sentenced To Ten Years For Distributing Methamphetamine

On June 23, 2008, United States District Judge James Gritzner sentenced 29 year old, William Donald MARTIN of Minden, Iowa to twelve and one-half years in prison followed by five years of Supervised Release for ...

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Related Topix: Minden, IA, Drugs, Omaha, NE Metro

Action 3 News

Deaths Confirmed in Council Bluffs Following Storms

Council Bluffs police report fatalities following the storm that swept through the metro earlier today.

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Legal group investigates wrongful convictions

A group of volunteer lawyers and legal students is working to investigate alleged cases of wrongful convictions in Iowa.

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Related Topix: Iowa

Sun Jun 29, 2008

KXKT-FM Omaha

Deadly Storm Slams Omaha

Two people were killed in Council Bluffs, when a tree fell onto a car. Friday, June 27, 2008 The storm turned deadly in Council Bluffs when two young men were killed and a third person was injured when an ...

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Sat Jun 28, 2008

CBS 2

Thousands remain in dark from Omaha storm

They're still working to restore power in Omaha, Nebraska, after yesterday's big storm.

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE Metro

Fri Jun 27, 2008

WHO-TV Des Moines

Storm Kills Two In Council Bluffs

June 27, 2008-- Severe thunderstorms have ripped through Iowa killing two people on the western side of the state and dropping baseball-sized hail in central Iowa.

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Related Topix: Weather, Earlham, IA, Des Moines Metro

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