The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports a Nebraska man was sentenced Thursday to spend 15-years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. In addition 58-year old Steven B. Davis, of Omaha, will serve 3 years of supervised release following the term of his imprisonment.

On April 13, 2016, a jury in the Southern District of Iowa found Davis guilty of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. The charge against him was the result of an investigation by law enforcement of methamphetamine trafficking that took place between Omaha, Nebraska, and Audubon County, Iowa. The evidence at trial showed that from as early as June of 2014, continuing through August of 2014, Davis conspired with others to distribute over 500 grams of methamphetamine in the Southern District of Iowa.

The investigation was conducted by the Iowa Department of Public Safety, Division of Narcotics Enforcement, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The case against Davis was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.

Officials with the Council Bluffs Police Department say that on August 2nd, from 5-8pm, the Police Department will be hosting National Night Out in Target’s north parking lot at 3804 Metro Drive, in Council Bluffs. The CB-PD, along with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Department, Iowa State Patrol, and the Council Bluffs Fire Department will all have equipment on display.

They’ll be grilling hamburgers and hot dogs, handing out t-shirts and other items to the children and holding a small raffle for bicycles and small gifts from nearby businesses.

There will be free face painting and balloons for children, as well. The annual event is a neighbor/community building campaign that focuses on getting out and interacting with each other but this will also allow for neighbors to interact with their local law enforcement.

This is a free event for the whole family and it is open to the public. If you are unable to attend the event at Target, officials encourage you to use the nationally recognized night to get out and meet those neighbors you have not met yet, plan a neighborhood block party and build camaraderie between you and your neighbors.

Make it a common goal between your neighbors to make your neighborhood a safer and better place to live.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – An employee at an Iowa Lottery retailer is charged with stealing a winning $250,000 scratch ticket and working with her boyfriend and mother in an attempt to claim the prize. Investigators say 20-year-old Ashley Bosler worked at Casey’s general store in Sioux Rapids in northwest Iowa. She allegedly scratched the bar code off an instant ticket and determined it was a top prize winner after scanning it.

A prosecutor says Bosler hadn’t paid for the ticket ahead of time and wasn’t old enough to play the lottery, which has a minimum age of 21. Bosler allegedly paid for the ticket later after receiving money from her mother. Her boyfriend, Johnny Long Jr., tried to claim the prize. The lottery didn’t pay after discovering scribbling on the ticket that raised suspicions.

Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer reports a man was arrested Thursday evening on an assault charge. 25-year old Jesse Don Powell, of Shenandoah, was arrested after he turned himself-in just before 7-p.m. Thursday, on a Page County Warrant for Serious Assault causing bodily injury.

Jesse Don Powell

Powell was booked into the Page County Jail and immediately posted the $1000.00 surety bond through a bonding agency.  He was released pending further court proceedings.

Atlantic City Administrator John Lund today, reports the City’s Personnel & Finance Committee will be meet in a hastily-called session in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, to discuss a counter proposal from Noddle Development. The Omaha commercial property development firm owns buildings in the Atlantic Shopping Plaza, where Hy Vee, the Salvation Army and Pizza Ranch are located.

The company says it has had storm water drainage and sanitary sewer issues, and proposes the City contribute towards the repairs. The PF&C meeting takes place at 1-p.m.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office reports an Oakland man was arrested on an OWI charge at around 10:45-p.m. Thursday, after he was pulled over in Council Bluffs, on Highway 6 near McPherson Avenue. The deputy initially stopped 63-year old Charles Gordon Reed for having defective tires, but he was subsequently placed under arrest  OWI/1st offense, after he field tested well above the legal limit for intoxication (at .156). A subsequent test indicated a slightly less reading. Officials requested a blood test for intoxication be conducted on Reed, but the results of the test were not available at the time of the report. Reed was booked into the Pott. County Jail on the OWI charge, and cited for having defective tires.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Powerball players will have a shot at the nation’s eighth-largest lottery jackpot this weekend, but they’ll face long odds that have resulted in nearly three months without a winner. Anyone who matches all five balls and red Powerball on Saturday night could win a $478 million annuity paid over 29 years or opt for a $330.6 million cash prize. No one has matched all the numbers since the May 7 drawing.

This jackpot is less than a third of the record $1.6 billion Powerball won in January, but is the fifth-largest in the game’s history.