Audubon County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Jensen reports 350th Street will be closed for about 65 working days, effective Monday, Oct. 3rd, for a bridge replacement project. The bridge is located just west of the 2900 block of 350th Street, between Swift and Thrush Avenues, on the south side of Audubon Township Section 35…on the Audubon/Cass County line.

For emergency responders: The residence at 2951 350th Street will only be accessible from the east. Plan alternate routes for emergency response to nearby residents. If you have any questions, call the Audubon County Engineer at 712-563-4286.

Two Council Bluffs men were arrested Sunday morning on 1st Degree Robbery charges following the alleged robbery of a 16-year old male. Authorities say at around 5:30-a.m., Officers with the Council Bluffs Police Department responded to Jennie Edmundson Hospital Emergency Room for a subject later identified as 18-year old Darrel Thompson, of Council Bluffs, who was receiving treatment for what appeared to be possible stab wounds.

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In his possession officers located a wallet that did not belong to Thompson. Officers contacted the owner of the wallet, a juvenile, who reported being the victim of a Robbery that occurred in Valley View Park. The juvenile had multiple lacerations and abrasions primarily to the area of the head and face and later he received treatment at Mercy Hospital. He told officers that while at the park with the suspects, the suspects “Jumped him” knocking him to the ground and assaulting him.

While on the ground being beaten by the suspects he grabbed a knife from his pocket and began swinging at the suspects attempting to protect himself. The juvenile also told officers that the suspects took the knife from him. The juvenile told officers the suspects were armed with a handgun and threatened to “Kill him” while holding the gun to his face. The second suspect, 18-year old Jesse Shipley, of Council Bluffs, was identified when he was brought to Jennie Edmundson Hospital for treatment of injuries that he received during the incident. All parties involved were treated and released from the Hospital.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Christian college in northwest Iowa is starting a new vocational program that will prepare students for work while giving them a foundation in their faith. Dordt College President Erik Hoekstra told the Sioux City Journal the new two-year Pro-Tech program will fill a gap in Christian education offerings in the area.

The new program will enroll as many as 40 students next fall and offer them a combination of Christian education and vocational training. Hoekstra says he believes there’s a need for such a program because of the number of students graduating from Christian high schools who might want a two-year vocational degree but didn’t have a Christian option.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Council Bluffs officials are working to strengthen the levees protecting the western Iowa city before homeowners are forced to pay higher premiums for flood insurance. The Daily Nonpareil reports the city wants to complete the levee projects before the Federal Emergency Management Agency updates its flood maps sometime in the next several years.

Council Bluffs Mayor Matt Walsh says the city is racing to get the levee system upgraded and certified before the flood maps are redrawn. Council Bluffs is working to improve its levees because of the massive 2011 flood where water levels along the Missouri River remained high for months.

All of the city’s levees must be certified by FEMA. If they aren’t, then homeowners will have to pay significantly higher flood insurance premiums.