Project Lifesaver, the program that helps first responders quickly find people who wander away because of autism, dementia and similar conditions, will hold a public information session at 6 p.m. Nov. 9 in Oakland. The event will be held in the community room at Oakland City Hall, which is attached to the fire station, and local Masons will provide food. The program is run by the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, the Council Bluffs Police Department and the Council Bluff

A Masonic lodge that once stood along Highway 6 east of Council Bluffs can trace its history to the vanished community of Quick, Iowa, and a group of rural Masons who wanted a meeting place closer to home more than 120 years ago. Fred Gach, a member of Cobia Lodge No. 631 in Council Bluffs since 1980 and a former dual member of Cobia and Amber lodges, began researching Amber Lodge after being asked about its history. Much of what he found came from materials preserved in a ti