A year after voters approved Iowa Western Community College’s $55 million bond issue, the college’s new Transportation & Logistics Building is rising on the Council Bluffs campus, and President Dan Kinney says it should be substantially complete by October 2027. Crews began moving dirt the day after the November 2025 vote. Kinney said a rainy September put the project a few weeks behind, but he does not expect it to miss its target. “To really build the workforce that we need

Pottawattamie County will rebuild 11.6 miles of Old Lincoln Highway between Council Bluffs and Honey Creek with the help of a $19.9 million federal safety grant announced Oct. 30. The grant, from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All program, is the largest awarded in Iowa this year and the fifth largest of nearly 300 nationwide. “The fact that we were able to punch above our weight is really exciting,” said County Engineer Andy Wicks. The cou

Cindy Estrada says she applied for REV Pitch 2026 because it scared her. Estrada, who runs the Típico Helado ice cream shop at 157 W. Broadway, is one of five finalists who will present their businesses Thursday, Nov. 5, at PACE’s Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center. More than $21,000 in prize money is at stake. Tickets are $15 and are available at tsbank.com/rev. Típico Helado was founded in South Omaha by Jesus “Chuy” Mata and his wife, Crystal, and is known for Mexican-style

Adam Magill of Treynor will ask the judges at REV Pitch 2026 for equipment that would let his custom apparel business do its own printing. Magill, who runs Mascot Merch, is one of five finalists who will present Thursday, Nov. 5, at PACE’s Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center. More than $21,000 in prize money is at stake. Tickets are $15 and are available at tsbank.com/rev. Magill’s wife started the business in 2018 after a Treynor coach complained that team orders from outside

Janna Selander of Glenwood, Iowa, will ask the judges at REV Pitch 2026 for help buying equipment for her fast-growing photography business. Selander, owner of J Selander Media, is one of five finalists who will present Thursday, Nov. 5, at PACE’s Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center. More than $21,000 in prize money is at stake. Tickets are $15 and are available at tsbank.com/rev. The business does portrait and real estate photography, and most of its work comes from real estat

Michael Wheeldon of Council Bluffs will ask the judges at REV Pitch 2026 to back a business that uses music to help people with Alzheimer’s disease. Wheeldon is one of five finalists who will present Thursday, Nov. 5, at PACE’s Hoff Family Arts & Culture Center. More than $21,000 in prize money is at stake. Tickets are $15 and are available at tsbank.com/rev. His company, Syndicate of Sound and Synapse, builds music programs around each patient’s own tastes, with the aim of r