Pottawattamie County News

Parts of southwest Iowa received 3 to 4.5 inches of rain this morning, sending water running over roadways and prompting a flood advisory in Pottawattamie County.

These are the sorts of questions the United Way of the Midlands, the Omaha Community Foundation and the Iowa West Foundation will try to answer over the rest of this year in a first-of-its-kind joint assessment of needs in the metro area.

A federal judge has significantly narrowed the scope of a lawsuit filed by two Omaha, Neb., men who claim the city of Council Bluffs and two former police detectives lied and hid evidence leading to their conviction on murder charges.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - A 23-year-old Iowa woman accused of taking her child without permission has surrendered to police and returned the infant to authorities.

May is National Foster Care Month, a time to raise awareness about the needs of over 400,000 American children in foster care and to recognize those who make a difference in their lives.

Pamela Bartling Buffett, the widow of Warren Buffett's cousin, gives a multimillion-dollar donation that comes from wealth built on Berkshire Hathaway investments.

Before unveiling a gigantic symbolic check marking the $300 million milestone on Wednesday, representatives of several organizations talked about the foundation's impact.

Questioning witnesses in his own trial Tuesday, Bryan Bey accused an Omaha Police Department property room employee of lying and an Omaha police detective of placing evidence at the scene of the beating of Tabitha Proplesch.

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.