Council Bluffs Police were dispatched to reports of a man that had been shot near “The Cube” bar at 162 West Broadway on Friday night at 11:19 p.m. Officers located the victim on the East end of the block sitting on a bench with security guards from “The Cube” standing around him.  The victim had a hole in his shirt and scratch where he appeared to have been grazed by a bullet.

Officers located evidence of the shooting in the entryway of “The Cube” and locked the scene down, closing the bar.  The victim was seen by medics on scene, but did not require a trip to the hospital.

This investigation is ongoing by the Criminal Investigation Division.  Anyone with any information that was in the area at the time of this incident is encouraged to contact  712-328-4728 or call Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.

A shooting early Saturday morning at a Council Bluffs bar sent one man to the hospital. Council Bluffs Police were dispatched to the O’Face Bar at 2400 9th Avenue at 12:56 a.m. for a shooting inside the bar. Officers found an injured male and were able to render aid until he was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Officers were informed that a black male wearing a red shirt, black coat, black pants and a red bandanna around his face walked into the bar and shot the victim.  The black male then left the bar in an unknown direction.

This investigation is ongoing by the Criminal Investigation Division.  Anyone with any information that was in the area at the time of this incident is encouraged to contact 712-328-4728 or call Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.

Two people were arrested Friday morning on felony, Theft charges, in Montgomery County. The Sheriff’s Office reports 41-year old Christopher J. Brown, of Council Bluffs, and 23-year old Janie J. Long, of Red Oak, were taken into custody for Theft in the 2nd Degree, after they were found in an SUV stolen from Omaha. The pair were being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 bond, each.

Authorities say at around 8:12-a.m., Friday, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a suspicious man attempting to solicit a ride near the intersection of L Avenue and 160th Street, northeast of Red Oak. Deputies arrived at the scene at found a 2002 Chevy Tahoe in the middle of 160th Street, about one-half mile west of the intersection. An investigation revealed the vehicle had been reported stolen from an Omaha auto dealership.

Steven W. Wells

Sheriff’s Deputies in Page County, today (Friday), arrested a College Springs man, for Driving While License is Barred. Steven William Wells , age 51, was arrested in College Springs and transported to the Page County Jail, where he was being held on $2,000 bond, pending further court proceedings.

MILLVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Officials say two people suffered only minor injuries when the small plane they were in crashed in northeastern Iowa. The Telegraph Herald reports that the crash happened Wednesday afternoon in a snow-covered field just east of Millville in Clayton County. The sheriff’s office says the 1963 single-engine Cessna attempted to make an emergency landing on a county road, but hit a snowbank and overturned.

Officials say the pilot, 44-year-old Joseph Bolton of Peosta, and his passenger, 43-year-old Eric Harbaugh of Russell, Kansas, suffered minor injuries that did not require medical attention.