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Death Investigation in Council Bluffs
(Council Bluffs) Council Bluffs Police and Council Bluffs Fire & Rescue responded to 1629 Avenue B at 7:31 Friday morning for a man down. Officers and medics found the male to be deceased. Detecti...
Mandy Billings Aug 08, 2025

Girls Tennis Results: Trojans Get Win over Knights But Fall to LC in Opener
Atlantic 5 Kuemper 4 Singles 1. Charlotte Schwabe 11 (K) def Jacobi Harter 11 (A) 8-3 2. Bella Lu 11 (K) def Lily Willrich 11 (A) 8-4 3. Reagan Garringer 12 (K) def Shauna Anderson 12(A) 8-4 4. Addie ...
Chris Varney Aug 08, 2025

Girls Tennis Results: Monarchs Beat Cyclones
Denison Schleswig 7, Harlan 2 #1 Singles: Leila Jaime (D-S) 8, Anastacia Kay (Harlan) 5 #2 Singles: Abby Ratliff (D-S) 8, Rebekah Christensen (Harlan) 1 #3 Singles: Lauren Schmitz (Harlan) 8, Claire O...
Chris Varney Aug 08, 2025

Girls Tennis Results: Panthers Sweep Timberwolves
Creston 9, Southwest Valley 0 Singles 1) Deklyn Mullen (11) vs. Kennedy Strider (11) Score 1-8 2) Hailey Randall (12) Marlee Stalker (10) Score 4-8 3) Sidney Crill (12) vs. Shaylee Coen (10) Score 1-8...
Chris Varney Aug 08, 2025

Busy Agenda for Exira City Council This Week
(Exira, IA) -- Exira's City Council met this past Wednesday and among the items on the agenda was to approve the submitting an application for the Housing Trust Fund. City Clerk Meg Andersen In additi...
Chris Varney Aug 08, 2025

Magda M Esbeck Obituary
Magda M Esbeck, age 90, of Elk Horn, IA, passed away on Friday, August 08, 2025. Magda was born on April 14, 1935, in rural Shelby County, Iowa. A daughter of Albert Albertsen and Martha (Hansen) Albe...
Mandy Billings Aug 08, 2025

Iowa Attorney General's Office Concludes Officers Acted with Legal Justification in Dubuque County Shooting
(Dubuque Co) The Iowa Attorney General's Office has ruled the July 1, 2025, fatal shooting of James Young Sherrill by Dubuque County Sheriff's Office, Dubuque, and Monticello police officers was legal...
Mandy Billings Aug 08, 2025

Iowa Baseball Coaches Name 2025 All State Teams
(Area) -- The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association named the All State Teams for the 2025 season. Garrett Luett from Underwood was named Co-Captain of the 2A team and also named to the Super ...
Chris Varney Aug 08, 2025

Water Summary Update: Iowa is drought free due to above-average rainfall in July
(Des Moines) Drought conditions improved statewide due to above-normal precipitation totals in July, according to the latest Water Summary Update. With more than double the expected precipitation, las...
Mandy Billings Aug 08, 2025
Bill Hildebrand Obituary
Bill Hildebrand, son of Virgil Ray and Florence Elaine (Smith) Hildebrand, was born on November 18, 1946 in Council Bluffs, IA passed July 29, 2025 at the age of 78 at his home in Thoreau, NM. Bill gr...
Jack McKee Aug 08, 2025







