Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Natural Resource reports the residents of Soldier in western Iowa’s Monona County can drink their tap water again, as the boil advisory that was issued earlier in the week was lifted Friday afternoon. The DNR and the city lifted the boil advisory after two sets of water samples tested clean of bacteria. The boil advisory was issued Wednesday after a hole in a well pipe drained the water tower. Loss of water pressure has the potential to allow bacteria to enter the water system.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Council Bluffs residents dropped off tons of tree and wet basement debris after the city offered to accept the items at no charge for a week following an intense storm. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports the city offered to take the items for free after a June 3 storm pounded parts of western Iowa with hail, rain and high winds.

Public health director Donn Dierks says people dropped off more than 100 tons of tree debris and 14 tons of wet basement items, such as carpeting and drywall. Dierks says he expected people to bring in more soaked basement items and thinks the relatively small amount reflects that the city’s storm sewers worked well.

The special offer ended Wednesday.

A Pottawattamie County town is filling up their streets with antiques for the entire weekend. The Walnut Antique show began this (Friday) morning and runs through Sunday. Vendors from around the United States will fill up the streets with all types of antiques to buy, sell and trade. Gene Larson, Post Commander for the Walnut AmVets, says whatever you are looking for in antiques will be at the show. “There is 17 blocks of dealers and are lined up on both sides of the street. You can find anything you are looking for in antiques. All kinds of stuff, furniture, tools, toys, linen, books, magazines, I’m telling you anything collectable it will be here.”

Larson says food is a must have during the antique show. “We have 3 church stands and the optimist club. The best way to start the show is to come early and go to the fire hall. They have breakfast every morning at 6am.” He says if you walk around the show and browse the tables, memories are sure to come back to you. “Even if you aren’t an antique buff, I bet you will enjoy walking around looking at this stuff. Remembering what grandma or grandpa or even dad or mom had and it is pretty interesting to see what is out there.”

The AmVets believe between 25 to 30,000 people will visit the Walnut Antique Show. The annual show continues to be a free event with no admission or parking fees and will go on rain or shine today (Friday) 9am-6pm, Saturday 8am-6pm and Sunday 8am to 4pm.

(Joel McCall/KNOD)

Flight enthusiasts are ready to take off to Shelby County this weekend. The 69th annual Harlan Flight Breakfast will be held all weekend long at the municipal airport. The two day event starts on Saturday afternoon. Scott Pigsley, president of the 8-Ball aviation club, says plane rides begin at 4:30. “We give airplane rides for $10. If you want we have hot dogs, chips and a drink for $3. The ride is around 20 minutes long. We go the Harlan Community out to Prairie Rose and back to the airport. Everyone can see where they might live or just enjoy flying.”

For the breakfast on Sunday, Pigsley says if the weather cooperates, the airport could see up to 60 planes “We usually have planes come from different airports in Nebraska, Iowa and even Missouri. If the weather is nice we could see upwards of 60 planes.”

A breakfast of bacon, sausage, eggs, toast and a beverage will be served with tickets $5 for adults and children 10 and under eating for $2. The planes flying in on Sunday will hang around and be on display to check out. No matter the weather, the Harlan Flight breakfast will be served on Sunday.

(Joel McCall/KNOD)