Pottawattamie County Sheriff Mike Kerns, his wife, Nina, and 9-year-old daughter, Mandy, were greeted late Tuesday night with loud cheers from supporters gathered at election headquarters. The Kerns family arrived at the courthouse at about midnight…
"After three years in this job, I think I listen to people better than I did before. You learn to make judgements about people, and you learn something about your own morality. You learn about the weight of your decisions and how they can influence…
Sunlight And Shadows...and a girl give Prairie Rose State Park near Harlan a look of lake-and-woods enchantment. The silhouetted girl cleaning mud from bare feet is Marty Andreasen, Harlan High senior.
On The Block . . . is the old Kiel Hotel. The hotel is to be auctioned off Saturday by Hunter Auction Co. One of the original operators of the hotel is a distant relative of the prominent Spetman family, many of whom still live in Council Bluffs.
Evelyn Kahl, sister of Col. Melvin J. Killian, hold a 1945 picture of her brother taken shortly after he received his wings from the U.S. Army Air Corps. Killian was 23 at the time. Mrs. Kahl's husband, Otto, is at right. Killian's remains were…