LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Iowa and Nebraska legislators are preparing a new push for gun-rights laws next year, and they may be in a good position to succeed after past failures. Republicans will soon control both the Iowa House and Senate, and in Nebraska, a leading gun-rights advocate said he’s hopeful newly elected conservative senators will support a proposal that could overturn local gun restrictions in Omaha and Lincoln.

In Iowa, numerous attempts to pass gun-rights legislation have stalled in the Democratic-led Senate. That could change, however, once Republicans officially take the majority in January.

In Nebraska, gun-rights advocates will push again for a bill that would prohibit local governments from imposing gun restrictions that go beyond state law. A similar measure was narrowly defeated by a filibuster earlier this year.

Officials with the Cass County Health System (CCHS) report a Public Hearing will be held Tuesday morning (Dec. 6th) in Atlantic, with regard to the issuance of Revenue Refunding Bonds in an aggregate amount not to exceed $21-million . The Cass County Memorial Hospital (CCMH) Board of Trustees Special Meeting takes place in CCMH Conference Room 1, beginning at 8-a.m.

The purpose of refinancing, according to officials, is to take advantage of the current low interest rate. Following the Public Hearing, the Board will act on approving a Resolution “Authorizing and Approving Supplements to an indenture of Trust Providing for the issuance of Revenue Refunding Bonds in an Aggregate Amount not to Exceed $21,000,000 (21-million dollars), Bond Purchase Agreement Providing for the Sale of Bonds and Other Documents Relating to the Bonds.”

Sheriff’s Deputies in Montgomery County arrested a woman early this (Sunday) morning, on a warrant out of Page County, for Providing False Information on a permit to acquire a firearm. Authorities say 59-year old Patricia Lee Graham, of Villisca, was taken into custody at around 1:25-a.m., in Villisca. Graham was turned over to Page County authorities. She was being held at the jail in Clarinda on a $5,000 bond.

(Updated 5:26-a.m. 12/4/16) A 39-year old Council Bluffs Police Officer was injured, and another person died, when a vehicle struck the officer’s cruiser as he was handling traffic control Saturday afternoon. According to Bluffs’ Police, Officer Josh Horner, a seven-year veteran of Council Bluffs, was conducting traffic control on southbound Interstate 29 near 25th Street at around 3:30-p.m., when his vehicle was rear-ended. The officer was transported to the Creighton Hospital Emergency Room for treatment. The driver of the vehicle that struck his car was transported to Nebraska Medicine, where he died.

The victim was identified as 72-year old Bertram Ellis, of Houston, TX. The accident is being investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Department Traffic Unit.

A 39-year old Council Bluffs Police Officer was injured, and another person died, when a vehicle struck the officer’s cruiser as he was handling traffic control Saturday afternoon. According to Bluffs’ Police, Officer Josh Horner, a seven-year veteran of Council Bluffs, was conducting traffic control on southbound Interstate 29 near 25th Street at around 3:30-p.m., when his vehicle was rear-ended. The officer was transported to the Creighton Hospital Emergency Room for treatment. The driver of the vehicle that struck his car was transported to Nebraska Medicine, where he died.

The name of the victim had not been released as of late Saturday evening. The accident is being investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Department Traffic Unit.