Council Bluffs News

Courtesy photo/IWCC - Iowa Western running back Rodney Coe scores from six yards out to cap a 28-point first quarter for the Reivers.

A woman has been rescued from a sewer opening on the northeast side of Council Bluffs.

KETV reports two people walking by the spot heard her cries about 4:45 p.m. Sunday.

The Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce has announced its support of legislation that would lead to ending greyhound racing at tracks in Council Bluffs and Dubuque, Iowa.

It's a local version of a trend based on the 'flash mob' concept in which a group of people suddenly shows up at a given place and time for a pre-planned activity.

News, Weather and Sports for Sioux City, IA: KCAU-TV.comMan sentenced in Iowa fed court in tax fraud case DES MOINES, Iowa - A former Las Vegas body guard arrested on Interstate 29 in Iowa has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and fraudulent use of bank cards.

Jim Braden, left, department commander of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, and Command Sgt.

CT scans are an invaluable diagnostic tool, but experts acknowledge there is a low risk from repeated exposure.

Staff Sgt. Douglas Wiese of the Nebraska Air National Guard places a flag at a trouble spot on an Omaha levee in this July 2011 photo.

Roger Carlon, a member of the Nebraska-Iowa Kiwanis District, and Marvel Dunaway of Urbandale, Iowa, Kiwanis district governor, with snacks donated by Kiwanis Club members at the regional convention held last Saturday at Abraham Lincoln High School.

The ballroom at Harrah's Casino in Council Bluffs was decorated in red for a heartwarming Valentine's Dance sponsored by the Vocational Development Center.

A legislative leader says Gov. Terry Branstad and the GOP-controlled House have agreed to a plan to reduce commercial property taxes, limit the growth of local government and slow the projected increase in the taxable value of residential and agricultural properties.

Three people face murder charges in the shooting of a Marshalltown man who later died.

A Senate panel has approved a bill designed to help cities protect against flooding.

A system for netting and tagging walleye is helping Iowa Department of Natural Resources biologists track and study population trends of the fish that is one of the most popular game species in North America.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa - Liberty Bank has made a deal to sell four locations in northwest Iowa as part of its effort to meet demands from regulators.

Darrel Palser of Council Bluffs will portray Col. "Buffalo" Bill Cody in two presentations Saturday at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum.

There's no doubt about it. Ron Paul is cheap. When Republican rival Rick Perry stayed in Council Bluffs, Iowa, his campaign paid a $1,204 tab at the Hilton Gardens Inn.

An Omaha man has died from injuries sustained in a fall at a Council Bluffs casino.

Parts of Siouxland got hit with their first real winter storms last night, and here in Sloan Iowa, enough snow fell for driveways to be shoveled and snowmen to be made.