OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha officials have announced that the city’s police are now banned from using a knee on a person’s neck to restrain them. The announcement Thursday from Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer and Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert follows weeks of civil unrest across the country following the May 25 police-involved death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

The Omaha World-Herald reports that the update to the Omaha Police Department’s use-of-force policy was among several changes announced to beef up training, seek public input and improve diversity within city government. Schmaderer is also conducting a review of recent protests in the city and the police response to them, at the mayor’s request.

(Radio Iowa) — Just over 85-hundred Iowa workers filed an initial claim for unemployment last week. That’s about 500 fewer than the week before. According to Iowa Workforce Development, nearly 154-thousand Iowa workers received an unemployment check last week. About 40 percent of NEW unemployment claims last week came from workers in manufacturing, independent contractors and the self-employed. Updated federal data indicates about a thousand more Iowans were unemployed this past week compared to the week before.

Sheriff’s Deputies in Cass County arrested a central Iowa man Wednesday. 30-year old William Lloyd Sandstrom, of Runnells, was arrested on charges of Trespassing and Public Intoxication. Sandstrom was taken to the Cass County Jail where he was being held pending a hearing in front of the Magistrate.

Sheriff’s officials in Mills County report 35-year old Steven Jerrame Meyer, of Council Bluffs, was arrested today (Thursday), at around 3:15-a.m . Meyer was arrested for Possession of a Controlled Substance and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. His bond was set at $1,300.

Sheriff’s officials in Pottawattamie County arrested a Council Bluffs man on drug charges, Wednesday afternoon. 40-year old Joshua Allen Aldredge was taken into custody for Possession of a Controlled Substance/2nd offense, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was arrested while a “check location” for a wanted person investigation was conducted. Aldredges’ total bond was set at $2,300. He remained in the Pott. County Jail this (Thursday) morning.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police have made an arrest in the fatal shooting of a man in a Des Moines city park. Police say they arrested 20-year-old Lee Targblor, of Des Moines, on Wednesday in the Tuesday night death of 31-year-old Paye Blawou, of Des Moines. Targblor was being held in the Polk County Jail on suspicion of attempted murder, although that charge could be upgraded. Police say officers were called to Prospect Park around 8 p.m. Tuesday for reports of a shooting and found Blawou critically injured with a gunshot wound. He was taken to an area hospital, where he later died of his injuries.