The number of hunters who showed interest in participating in this year’s deer bow hunting season in Council Bluffs was excellent, according to Public Health Director Donn Dierks.

Iowa Rep. Steve King, R-5th District, criticized the action of Matt Campbell at a Sioux City town meeting Monday and announced there will be no debates between him and his Democratic challenger.

The United States Air Force Brass In Blue will perform a free concert in downtown Bayliss Park on Wednesday.

OMAHA – The American Red Cross encourages the community to pay tribute to those who defend the country’s freedom and safety during the ninth annual Patriot’s Day blood drives Sept. 10 and 11 in the metro.

LEWIS CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Kreft and Titan Hill elementary lunch menus: Milk offered daily. Monday – Kreft: Chicken patty w/ bun, French fries, peaches. Titan Hill: Cheeseburger w/ bun, French fries, peaches.

The Midlands Humane Society will hold its first-ever Dog’s Day Walk event on Saturday, Sept. 18, at the Dream Playground at Lake Manawa.

I am writing this at about the time classes are starting again for the new school year. I think all of us can remember the end of summer and the beginning of a new school year. I still remember it as a person who would be attending school, but my fondest memories are those of a parent when I knew school was about start. This brings me to my point: The beginning of new school year.

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Continuing its mission of education in the performing arts, the Donna Reed Foundation plans a series of weekend workshops to be held throughout the year. The first workshop will feature a former Denison native. It will be held Sept. 24 and 25.

The Ameristar Casino Advisory Committee offers local nonprofit groups the opportunity to be recognized and rewarded for their work in the community.

Blood donations through the local American Red Cross Blood Services Region have been declining this summer, and supplies are currently less than sufficient. All blood types are needed to ensure blood supplies do not drop to emergency levels.

Police suspect arson in a car fire reported Saturday at 12:46 a.m. at 102 S. Seventh St.

A robbery was reported Friday at 9:50 p.m. at 110 N. 35th St.

OMAHA – The Opera Omaha Guild will hold a class for metro area sixth-graders to teach dining, dancing and social amenities during the 26th Annual Opera Omaha Cotillion. The class is open to students in the Council Bluffs/Omaha region.

RED OAK – The State Historical Society of Iowa will partner with the Red Oak Historic Preservation Commission to hold the state’s annual historic preservation conference in Red Oak.

With only a few more hunters allowed to participate in this year’s deer bow hunting season, time is running out, Council Bluffs Public Health Director Donn Dierks said Wednesday.

Matt Campbell, Democratic candidate for Iowa’s 5th Congressional District, has agreed to debate incumbent Rep. Steve King in October in Sioux City.

RED OAK – Two southwest Iowa men were arrested Thursday on a litany of drug charges.

DES MOINES – A Council Bluffs woman was shocked to learn her Iowa’s $100,000 Cash Game ticket was a winner; she was even more shocked to learn just how much she’d won.

Boots is truly a “soft-pawed” cat – all of his claws have been surgically removed. He’s a 1- to 2-year-old shorthaired fellow that has already been neutered. Boots is all decked out in a shiny suit of basic black and white with a very distinctively marked face. He has a black face with a white tip on his nose, a white streak that runs up from the tip, a black triangle under his nose and a little white “bow” under the triangle. Boots has a white neck, chest and tummy with black legs and white feet. He needs to be an “only child” because he doesn’t get along with other cats or dogs, but he loves people.