Authorities in Council Bluffs are asking for your help in finding a special needs woman who jumped out the window of a facility at 2065 Nash Boulevard late Wednesday evening. Bluffs Police Sgt. Dave Dawson says 21-year old Kyla Jones left the area in an unknown direction after she leaped from the building at around 8:50-p.m., Wednesday.

Kyla Jones

The woman was last seen wearing a dark gray long sleeve shirt and grey sweatpants. She’s 5-feet five-inches tall, and weighs about 162-poounds. Jones left her cell phone behind when she took off, and police say they’ve exhausted all leads in trying to find her.

If you see Kyla Jones, call your local police department, immediately.

A juvenile was arrested and later cited into juvenile court, following an assault which occurred Wednesday afternoon on a school bus. Red Oak Police say 11-year old Jackson Michael Kelly, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 4:30-p.m. on a Serious Assault charge, for allegedly striking another student on the bus.

Kelly was later released into the custody of his mother, Holly Ann Kelly, and will appear in juvenile court at a later date.

A single-vehicle accident Wednesday afternoon just east of Marne, resulted in a passenger in the vehicle being flown to a hospital in Omaha. According to reports, 16-year old Lily Elliott, of Marne, was flown by LifeNet helicopter to Creighton University Hospital. The teen was injured when the van she was riding in slid through the intersection at 580th Street and Eastland Road, and crashed at around 2:35-p.m.

The accident happened, as the driver of the 2010 Dodge Caravan, 37-year old Jamie Elliott, of Marne, tried to slow down for the stop sign at the intersection. The van skidded into the north ditch and hit a utility pole. The driver and two other children in the van were not hurt.

Patrons of the Red Oak Community School District will be able to participate in the district’s facilities planning process, during a regular meeting of the Red Oak School Board on Dec. 15th, beginning at 6-p.m. in the Red Oak Technology Center. The Daily NonPareil reports, the district’s facility planning process, known as Tiger Vision, accelerated after Red Oak Community Middle School was temporarily shut down over the Labor Day weekend. Facility recommendations were made in September, and the board has since mulled how it wants to proceed on the project that could include a $12.5-million high school addition.

The addition would make room for middle-schoolers in the current high school classrooms. Tiger Vision proposes consolidating the district into a two-building campus instead of having separate, stand-alone buildings across the city for preschool, kindergarten through grade 3, grades 4 and 5, grades 6 through 8 and grades 9 through 12. Superintendent Terry Schmidt told the paper in an email that no decision would be made concerning “Tiger Vision” until another opportunity is given for public input – questions or concerns.

Governor Terry Branstad will be hosting his family’s Thanksgiving celebration today (Thursday). “Thanksgiving is a special holiday, it’s truly an American holiday where we really celebrate the founding of our nation, the pilgrims coming to America, the hardships that they overcame,” Branstad says. He says the holiday is a time to reflect on what we have.

“I think it’s also an important time for us to just say thanks to everyone who has done so much to give us the freedoms and opportunities that we enjoy in this country — especially our military veterans,” according to Branstad. The governor will be joined by his wife Chris, his kids and grandkids and some special friends for the holiday. He has this message for Iowans.

“We wish a very blessed and enjoyable Thanksgiving to all Iowa families,” Branstad says. Branstad pardoned two turkeys earlier this week in an annual ceremony, but he does plan to have the traditional turkey on his plate for the big dinner.

“I’m a white meat eater, and my role is carving the turkey. Chris basically prepares it and I carve it,” Branstad explains. “We have other members of the family bring other food items as well.”
The governor is attending the annual community Thanksgiving service at the Plymouth Congregational Church in Des Moines today where parishioners dress in period garb. That service begins at 10 a-m.

(Radio Iowa)