SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – A Sioux City man has been found guilty of attempted murder and other counts in the shooting of a police officer. The Sioux City Journal reports that a Woodbury County jury found 19-year-old Isaiah Mothershed guilty Friday of two counts of attempted murder and four counts of first-degree robbery.

Authorities say Mothershed pulled a gun from a couch while his hands were handcuffed behind his back and shot Officer Ryan Moritz in a leg while being arrested Feb. 7. Police say that as officers struggled with Mothershed, the gun fired again, wounding Mothershed in a leg. Both have since recovered.

Prosecutors also presented evidence that Mothershed carried out several robberies and break-ins and fired a shot at a homeowner who interrupted a break-in. Mothershed’s sentencing date is pending.

MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa (AP) – The western Iowa city of Missouri Valley is looking annex dozens of parcels of land, including some where the city plans to build a new city hall and fire station. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports that the city is looking at annexing a portion of land east of the Harrison County town along U.S. Highway 30.

The area is mostly cropland, with some houses, and land owned by CHI Health that could be the site of a new hospital. It also includes land owned by the city were city hall and the station are planned. In all, City Clerk Rita Miller says, the proposed area includes 63 parcels of land.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – An Iowa firm has won a $1.9 million contract to complete work on a section of the Missouri River in southeast Nebraska. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded the contract to Western Contracting Corporation of Sioux City, Iowa.

The contract calls for widening out the top of the river to create an area about 200 feet wide. Sixteen new concrete structures will be built along river as well. The work is expected to begin this fall and be competed in the fall of 2017.

Fire Prevention Week across the nation is being observed from Sunday, Oct. 9^th through Saturday, Oct. 15^th. The theme for this year’s event is “Check the Date! Replace Smoke Alarms Every 10 Years.” The Atlantic Volunteer Fire Department kicks off the annual observance with a free-will donation breakfast Sunday morning at the fire station. Fire Captain Tom Cappel says the event runs from 7-a.m. until Noon. (Click on the left side of the audio bars below to listen)

(Cappel says they’ll be serving eggs, sausage, pancakes, juice and coffee. Then at 10-a.m. the Midwest Med-Air helicopter will land at the fire station. Everyone is welcome to check out the chopper and equipment at the fire station.)

The donation breakfast helps with Fire Prevention and Education efforts at schools and elsewhere, and ties in with this year’s theme of Fire Prevention Week, which reminds you to replace your smoke alarms every 10 years.

Firefighters will of course, be on-hand to show off their equipment and answer questions. Cappel says the department’s members are always training for safety and certification.

The big event coming-up at the end of the week is the Annual Fireman’s Picnic and Parade, on Oct. 15^th in downtown Atlantic. A picnic in the Atlantic City Park starts at 4-p.m. and includes clowns, face painters, bounce houses, a photo booth and much more. LifeNet will land at 5-p.m., as well. In addition the Sheltered Reality Drum Corps and Pleasant Green Baptist Church Marching Saints will perform.

A meal will be available for $7 in the park, and the parade starts at 6-p.m. For more information, contact the Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce or any Atlantic Firefighter.

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Union County was arrested Friday night on an OWI charge. 34-year old Ed Roger Wysocki, of Creston, was pulled over near Highway 148 and 11th Street in Corning, at around 11:15-p.m. After failing a Standardized Field Sobriety Test, Wysocki was placed under arrest for Operating While Intoxicated/1st offense. He was brought to the Adams County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.