Pottawattamie County News

Clarity sought on sex offenders New rules may go unenforced until after an explanatory conference.

Council Bluffs area fruit and vegetable growers and representatives of metro area supermarkets met this week to talk about how they can bring more local items to shopping aisles and other venues.

Efrain Umana Sr., a pastor who served congregations in Council Bluffs and Lincoln, will plead not guilty to sex abuse charges, his attorney said Wednesday.

Pottawattamie County officials must return $22,600 seized from a convicted drug trafficker and pay his legal bills under a state appeals court ruling that blames "a significant flaw in the prosecutor's handling of this case." The problem is, the cash has already been spoken for.

One man is dead and five others hurt after a pickup collided with a van near Griswold, Iowa.

One person was killed and several injured in eastern Pottawattamie County Thursday night when a van hit a pickup truck head-on. The crash happened just west of Griswold on Highway 92.

Getting a buyout has become an act of patience. "Going through all of this is an act of patience, it just keeps building more," said Laurie Barrick.

Marty Roenigk, 68, co-owner of the 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa and the 1905 Basin Park Hotel in Eureka Springs, was killed Thursday night in a two-vehicle accident in southeast Iowa near the community of Griswold.

One person was killed, and five others injured in a head on collision in Pottawattamie County Thursday night.

Associated Press - June 18, 2009 6:05 PM ET COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - A minister who led churches in Lincoln, Neb.

What a difference a year makes That is what many were saying in front of old state capital in Iowa City, Monday.

He said he wanted three girls and their mother to disappear forever. The sheriff's sergeant who investigated him "dead as a doornail." Thursday a jury found Terry Leggio guilty of hiring a fellow inmate to murder five people.

An Iowa sex offender accused of trying to hire someone to kill five people, including his alleged victims, is on trial.

In the first month since same-sex marriages have been legal in Iowa, local county recorders and marriage planners said they've been very busy.

A Pottawattamie County Sheriff's deputy and another driver were in critical condition after a crash near Underwood, Iowa.

A man was charged Wednesday in Council Bluffs for allegedly breaking into homes while the occupants were at funerals, authorities said.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office is asking people whose homes were burglarized while they were attending funerals to identify items that authorities have recovered.

Same-sex couples from outside Iowa have flocked to border counties since the state legalized gay marriage.

Planned Parenthood attorneys have asked for a federal court injunction over sanctions that makes doctors tell women seeking abortions that the procedure ends a human life.

TheOmahaChannel.com updated May 21, 2009 OMAHA, Neb. - KETV.com Authorities believe they're on the tail of a prolific burglar who targets homes whose owners are attending funerals.