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18 hrs ago | Quad-City Times

CB robber sprays himself with pepper spray

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa - Council Bluffs police are looking for a robber who sprayed himself with pepper spray.

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE Metro

23 hrs ago | KELO-TV Sioux Falls

Iowa Lawmakers To Focus On Budget, Flood Recovery

Speaking Wednesday at a news conference, the Democrats who run the House and Senate also expressed doubt that proposals to expand gambling in Iowa would get far this session.

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Wed Jan 07, 2009

KTIV-TV Sioux City

Council Bluffs man arrested in deadly shooting

If you ask your kids a how to get to Sesame Street? They'll probably tell you, you can find it here in Sioux City at the Tyson Event Center.

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Related Topix: Sioux City, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA

Quad-City Times

Iowa hopes to build itself out of recession

State leaders are hoping Iowa can build its way out of a recession. Much of that hope rests with the federal government - the promise of hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild Iowa's disaster-damaged ...

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Related Topix: Iowa Government, Iowa, Dubuque Metro, Sioux City, IA

Tue Jan 06, 2009

KGAN

Iowa teen dies after contracting meningitis

A 15-year-old Council Bluffs girl has died after contracting meningitis. Donn Dierks of the Council Bluffs Health Department says Ashley Renee Andreasen likely contracted the illness over winter break.

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE Metro

hosted The Associated Press | The Associated Press

Iowa lawmakers to focus on recovery from floods

Despite a state budget crisis and a crumbling national economy, Iowa legislators will nonetheless take on one of the most expensive problems in state history _ flood recovery.

No one is sure of the price tag, but all agree it's enormous. And it comes at a time when Gov. Chet Culver is cutting the current budget and legislators are facing a shortfall in the upcoming budget that could top $600 million.

'There couldn't be a worse time for this to happen,' said state Sen. Wally Horn, D-Cedar Rapids. 'So here we are. It's just difficult.'

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Related Topix: Iowa Government, Iowa, Natural Disasters, Flood, Home, Mortgage

Mon Jan 05, 2009

WOWT-TV Omaha

Student Dies Of Meningitis

Parents with children at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs should be getting a letter concerning the recent death of a 15-year-old student.

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Sun Jan 04, 2009

KTIV-TV Sioux City

Warrants issued for arrest of owner of gun

It's that time of year when temperatures can fall well below zero. But, for Siouxland livestock producers that doesn't mean they get to stay inside where it's warm.

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Related Topix: Sioux City, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA

The Omaha Channel

Armed Robbery Leads To Police Pursuit

A suspected robber of a Council Bluffs, Iowa, Quik Shop lead police on a pursuit through north Omaha Saturday morning.

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Sat Jan 03, 2009

KETV

Police Eye Links To Council Bluffs Robberies

Police said two armed robberies in Council Bluffs on Friday appear to be connected.

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Fri Jan 02, 2009

KETV

Police Eye Links In Robberies

Detectives are looking into possible connections between a series of robberies in Omaha and Council Bluffs that happened just a few hours apart.

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Thu Jan 01, 2009

Waterloo Courier

Iowa court officials' debt-collection plan now five months overdue

Plans calling for Iowa courts to enlist the help of private collection agencies to recoup delinquent debt from scofflaws are past due.

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Related Topix: Chet Culver, US Governors, Life, Holidays, Lughnasadh, Coralville, IA

Wed Dec 31, 2008

KCCI

Missing Iowa 12-Year-Old Turns Herself In

A 12-year-old girl who went missing form Council Bluffs has turned herself in after seeing her photo broadcast on TV.

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE Metro

Tue Dec 30, 2008

KGAN

Authorities say missing western Iowa girl is found

Authorities say a western Iowa girl who had been missing for nearly two weeks has been found and is safe.

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Related Topix: Pottawattamie County, IA, Omaha, NE Metro

WOWT-TV Omaha

Robber Holds Up Council Bluffs Hotel

Council Bluffs Police are looking for the man who held up the Quality Inn & Suites at 35th & West Broadway early Sunday morning.

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Mon Dec 29, 2008

WOWT-TV Omaha

Missing 12-Year-Old Girl Sought

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public's help in finding a missing girl from the Crescent, Iowa area.

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Related Topix: Pottawattamie County, IA, Crescent, IA

Sun Dec 28, 2008

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Friends Remember Two Council Bluffs Accident Victims

An early morning car crash claims the lives of two Council Bluffs teenagers. Another young man was injured, but is expected to be okay.

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WOWT-TV Omaha

Two People Dead After Car Crash

Two people are dead after the car they were riding in crashed into a pole in Council Bluffs.

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Fri Dec 26, 2008

WOWT-TV Omaha

Iowa Boy Struck & Killed by Truck

An 8-year-old Iowa boy is killed after being hit by a truck, while walking along the highway.

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Thu Dec 25, 2008

Action 3 News

70-year-old Brutally Attacked

Beaten just feet from his house, a robber attacks a man out shopping for Christmas.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas

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