Mills County Officials have announced that L-68 (330th) south of H-46 (Paddock Ave.) is closed currently due to water over the road. Water is also over the road on Jabber Road north of Keys Avenue in Mills County.

Shelby County was placed in a Flash Flood Warning. River levels are continuing to be monitored by officials. We are working to implement plans in the event that the river levels continue to rise. Please be cautious in low lying areas and do not attempt to cross flooded roads. At this time there has been no highway closures reported to us from the DOT. We will continue to update everyone as details become available.

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Shelby County Emergency Management

Cass County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Kennon reports (as of 1-p.m.) driving conditions are deteriorating across the county, especially on rural roads.

Kennon says “We’ve had numerous reports of water standing on gravel roads.”

The low lying gravel roads are soft, but even the hills are rutted-out. Exercise extreme caution if you must travel on gravel roads, and remember not to cross ANY water standing on the roads, paved or otherwise.

Kennon says “Just be careful out there.”

Due to the amount of rain and the melting of ice and snow the Council Bluffs Police Department wants to remind you not to drive into flooded intersections and roads. We are working with public works to block as many flooded intersections and roadways as possible. Please avoid any roads with standing water. If you come across a road way that is flooded please contact Council Bluffs Public Works at 712-328-4641 or the Communications Center at 712-328-5737. Thank you.

The Audubon County Engineer’s Office reports says a bridge on 340^th west of F58 before Quail Avenue is closed due to damage by ice. The bridge will remain closed until it can be repaired. Officials are recommending the public not travel unless they absolutely have to, especially on the gravel roads, because the roads are treacherous due to the rain.

OSAGE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a school bus with 10 students on board went into a roadside ditch on an icy gravel road southwest of Osage in northern Iowa. The Iowa State Patrol said one person was taken to a hospital as a precaution after Wednesday morning’s accident. The name of the adult or student and other information about the bus and accident haven’t been released. Station KIMT reports that a power pole was lying atop the bus and that a firetruck was having trouble maneuvering on the slick roadway.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An investigation by The Associated Press has found that police departments routinely withhold video taken by body-worn and dashboard-mounted cameras of officer-involved shootings and other uses of force. To test the public’s ability to access police video under state open records laws for Sunshine Week, the AP made requests for roughly 20 recent incidents in a dozen states. The requests were met with denial after denial and failed, so far, to unearth video of a single incident that had not already been made public.

In rejecting or delaying the requests, most law enforcement agencies and prosecutors cited broad exemptions that allow them to keep records of pending investigations secret. Government watchdog groups say the exemption can be misapplied to hide embarrassing footage from the public.