🌱 What Council Bluffs’ new interim superintendent means for local schools

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In today's newsletter:

• What Council Bluffs’ new interim superintendent means for local schools
• Why a Nebraska homicide suspect was arrested on Mynster Street
• How a Taco Ride tradition turned into $1.2M for mental health

Today's riddle: What do you call a fish with 3 eyes? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Monday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 91 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy; breezy, humid, temps: high: 90, low: 75.
• Wednesday: A severe p.m. t-storm; windy, with a high of 97 and low of 69 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

1. Deputy Superintendent departs Iowa City Community School District (1630kcjj.com) — Council Bluffs Community School District has hired Iowa City deputy superintendent Chace Ramey as interim superintendent, with Vickie Murillo’s contract ending June 30. Ramey will serve for a year while the district conducts a national search, as Iowa City schools grapple with financial mismanagement issues that prompted leadership changes there.
   

2. Nebraska Fugitive From Justice arrested Saturday in Council Bluffs (kjan.com) — Council Bluffs police helped U.S. Marshals arrest a Nebraska homicide suspect at an apartment on Mynster Street Saturday morning, then booked him into the Pottawattamie County Corrections Center as a fugitive from justice. The man is accused in a June 4 killing in Ralston, Nebraska, and now faces extradition proceedings while investigators continue looking into possible additional suspects.
   

3. Bike ride in memory of man who died by suicide raises $1.2 million for mental health support (3newsnow.com) — A cycling fundraiser tied to the popular Taco Ride from Council Bluffs to Mineola has generated $1.2 million to expand mental health services in the Omaha area. Started in memory of cyclist Mike Kutilek, the Bike with Mike event supports Community Alliance’s staffing and outreach while his family works to reduce stigma around mental illness and suicide.
   

4. Ties that bind: First Transcontinental Railroad brought nation closer together (altoonamirror.com) — Council Bluffs features prominently as the eastern terminus that helped make coast‑to‑coast rail travel possible once the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869. This historical deep dive explains how linking Council Bluffs into the national rail network reshaped travel, commerce, communication, and even what Americans ate, while also acknowledging the profound impacts on Indigenous peoples.
   

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📸 Around Council Bluffs

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Council Bluffs

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Tuesday June 9

• Aqua Interval
  Council Bluffs Branch YMCA - Group Fitness Pool
  9:00 am
• Board of Education
  Council Bluffs Comm School District Council Bluffs, IA 51503
  6:30 pm

Thursday June 11

• Group Active
  Council Bluffs Branch YMCA - Group Fitness Studio A
  6:45 pm

Friday June 12

• Aqua Interval
  Council Bluffs Branch YMCA - Group Fitness Pool
  9:00 am

Saturday June 13

• Total Body Conditioning
  Council Bluffs Branch YMCA - Group Fitness Gym
  7:30 am
• Baseball: 2025 Battle of the Bluffs (Varsity)
  Council Bluffs Comm School District Abraham Lincoln High School Jon Lieber Field
  7:59 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday June 9

• Mark "Sharky" Sanford →
  Prime Square Apartments, 822 S Main St #102, Council Bluffs
  2:30 pm
• Baseball: Treynor vs Underwood (Junior Varsity)
  Underwood Comm School District Underwood High School Eagle Field
  5:30 pm
• Voices in Action Advocacy Meeting
  Habitat for Humanity of Omaha Habitat for Humanity – Midtown North, 1701 N 24th St., Omaha, NE, 68110, United States
  5:30 pm
• Softball: Treynor vs Underwood (Junior Varsity)
  Underwood Comm School District Underwood High School Eagle Diamond
  5:30 pm
• Softball: Treynor vs Underwood (Varsity)
  Underwood Comm School District Underwood High School Eagle Diamond
  7:00 pm
• Baseball: Treynor vs Underwood (Varsity)
  Underwood Comm School District Underwood High School Eagle Field
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Are there any bars that would be willing to let a good friend of mine shoot a film scene in before business hours?
  No violence or special effects other than lighting needed (which he would provide), as the scene focuses on a businessman making contracts. Would… (Nextdoor Kanesville Tinley)
• Looking for summertime help with my lawn…weedeating, pulling weeds, overall maintenance.
  Also someone to pick up dog poop a couple times per week, one day being trash pickup and putting garbage cans to the curb. If interested would love… (Nextdoor Manawa)

• Camping World Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Sales Associate in Council Bluffs. Apply here.
• Texas Roadhouse posted a job opening for Server Assistant - Busser in Council Bluffs. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Council Bluffs here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A fiiish! (Thank you Ernie B. for sending it in!)
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