A traffic stop in Omaha has resulted in the recovery of a Council Bluffs child taken from Iowa Department of Human Services foster care, and the arrest of his biological mother. Authorities in Council Bluffs said Sunday evening that police in Omaha had arrested 40-year old Dana Smith at around 1:50-p.m., Sunday, and Smith’s son, 4-year old Nicholas Patterson was taken into protective custody. Smith was being held in the Douglas County, NE., jail on charges of 3rd degree kidnapping and 2nd degree burglary.

Officials say a citizen who saw a news release about the missing child and his mother recognized the pair, even though the boy was disguised in girls’ clothing. The child had been placed into protective custody, but on Friday, his mother allegedly took him without authorization. Nicholas has since been placed back into protective custody, through the department of Human Services.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 16-year-old Omaha boy is getting the rank of Eagle Scout for a project that honors a Boy Scout killed when a tornado hit Little Sioux Scout Ranch in Iowa five years ago. Marcus Ehlinger built a 60-foot, partial suspension bridge at the Eastern Nebraska 4H Center and will dedicate it in honor of Sam Thomsen, who died in at the ranch in 2008. The American flag that was at the camp when the tornado struck will also be displayed Sunday at the bridge when the Eagle Scout ceremony is held.

Fifteen-year-old James Kopsa, of Omaha, also will be receiving his Eagle Scout rank. He primed and painted 32 telephone poles along the Lincoln Highway for his project. Both Ehlinger and Kopsa were in Boy Scout Troop 26 with Thomsen.

A Cass County woman was arrested Saturday night in Montgomery County, following an incident which allegedly occurred at Pilot Grove, west of Grant. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 43-year old Tammy Darleen Flathers, of Cumberland, was charged with Disorderly Conduct. She was booked into the Jail in Red Oak, and later released on $300 bond. Sheriff’s deputies were assisted in conducting the arrest, by officers with the Montgomery County Conservation Department.

A Red Oak man was arrested late Saturday night. Authorities in Montgomery County report 43-year old Brian Keith Hale was taken into custody in the 900 block of north 5th Street, on a charge of Public Intoxication, at around 10:40-p.m. Hale was being held on $300 bond pending an appearance before the magistrate.