Crescent News

"Looks like the coal train derailed midway through the track and the cars crashed into the freight train," said Chief Deputy Jack Williams of the Greene County Sheriff.

For the past year or so, some people in the greater Omaha metro area and some outlying regions have become familiar with the soaps and cheeses made from goats milk which are produced by Janna Feldman, who lives north of Crescent, Iowa .

A man on trial accused of a violent beating acted as his own lawyer Thursday in a Council Bluffs courtroom.

Bryan Bey told his jury pool he is the reason for the criminal justice system but that he does not trust anyone with the public defenders office.