Jerry Hayes of Atlantic was one of the veterans on the Cass County Honor Flight to Washington DC June 16-17, 2014.  Jerry shot lots of video from the trip.  Click these links to see them!

Laying of the Wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns

Send off from Atlantic

Flight and Washington Welcome including Water Cannon Salute

Washington and Home again with mail call

THANK YOU VETERANS & THANK YOU JERRY!!!

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Omaha Public Power District officials say it will reduce power as it prepares for rising water on the Missouri River. The district’s Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant sits on the west bank of the river about 20 miles north of Omaha and was surrounded by water during the flooding three years ago. OPPD says the plant isn’t required to shut down until the river reaches the level of 1,004 feet above mean sea level. The U.S. Weather Service expects the river to hit that level on Saturday.

The district says sand-filled temporary berms have been erected around critical equipment. Flood doors and mobile pumps are ready to be employed. OPPD says its preparations for the possible flooding are guided by lessons learned three years ago.

Omaha Television station WOWT reports two people were taken into custody early this (Friday) morning, following a chase involving a stolen vehicle that ended in Pottawattamie County with a crash. The vehicle was taken from Bellevue, NE. During the pursuit, which ended in the 2200 block of Veterans Memorial Highway in Council Bluffs, the suspect vehicle traveled the wrong way for a time before it left the road and flipped over

The chase ended at around 1:20 a.m. No further details are currently available.

Two complaints against the Red Oak Community School District were filed Thursday with the Iowa Public Information Board. The Omaha World-Herald reports the Board accepted the complaints from Red Oak High School Principal Jedd Sherman and Red Oak resident Don Rogerson, both of whom allege the Red Oak School District violated state law when the Red Oak School Board held discussions in closed session about Sherman’s contract.

The Red Oak School Board voted on May 5th to consider the termination of Sherman’s contract. He appealed that decision, and his case is set to go before an administrative law judge on July 2nd. The Iowa Public Information Board is a separate entity, which seeks to resolve disputes about open-meeting and public record law.

That Board will have to consider whether the School Board had the right to exclude the public from discussions on April 14th and May 5th, when Sherman did not request a closed hearing.