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COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - The Council Bluffs Police Department is training some potential new recruits this week. Those recruits are getting started at an early age. According to a study from The International Association of Chiefs of Police, 75% of police agencies say that recruiting is more difficult today than...

(Valley) -- Get ready for more severe weather in KMAland--with two storm systems expected the next two days. After a line of strong storms moved through southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa early Thursday morning, conditions are ripe for more activity. Chris Franks is meteorologist with the National Weather...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — On June 10, dozens of masked federal agents filed into the Glenn Valley Foods meatpacking plant in South Omaha, presenting a warrant to company officials to conduct an immigration raid. As agents entered the production floor, stunned workers in hard hats and hair nets were told in Spanish to raise...

OMAHA — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested a man Wednesday from El Salvador that ICE described as one of that country’s most wanted criminals and said they had found him hiding in Nebraska’s largest city. ICE did not identify the man, telling reporters the investigation was not yet complete. But in a...

Tanika Cannon remembers the excruciating pain of labor when she was a teenager, pregnant with her first child. She remembers learning at the hospital that her baby was OK, but the hospital was full. Staff suggested she go to the hospital where her doctor practiced. At the second hospital, pain...

OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — A lightning strike and thunder woke up two West Omaha families Monday night with a loud bang. The strike hit a tree branch and went through the tree and into the ground, damaging the gas line underneath the properties. It’s an event KETV NewsWatch 7...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - First responders in Council Bluffs just launched a new tool to help protect some of the city’s most vulnerable residents. The program, called “Project Lifesaver,” is designed to help quickly locate people with cognitive disabilities — like autism, Alzheimer’s or dementia — who may wander...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha firefighters responded to a house fire Tuesday afternoon while a resident had to be treated for injuries. Firefighters were dispatched to a home near 58th and Frederick Streets at about 3:41 p.m. and discovered a fire in the bedroom. A working fire was declared. Crews...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Recently, an outbreak of violent killings has captured the attention of people in the Metro. The parade of the accused began in March. One person, standing before a judge, was accused of killing her neighbor by stabbing her more than a dozen times. In June of...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Council Bluffs Police Department has advice on where to park on Saturday for those attending The River and/or Stir Cove concerts. The CBPD said 89.7 The River is hosting a live concert for their 30th anniversary at Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park. At the...