A 38-year-old Plainview, Nebraska man is being treated for a gunshot wound after ramming into a Nebraska state trooper's car with a tractor. The State Patrol says the altercation started Tuesday morning with Aaron White when he caused a disturbance at his children's school and made several threats at a convenience store. He then drove his semi-trailer rig to his farm near Brunswick and set it on fire. Then he started up the tractor and ran into outbuildings, a vehicle, and fuel tanks. When he rammed a patrol car, another state trooper fired and hit White. He was flown to Mercy Medical Center. The trooper was treated for minor injuries.
A Hospers, Iowa man is now charged after authorities say he made a threat on Facebook to shoot himself, his family and others in Hospers. Twenty-two-year-old Ricky Carver faces one count of harassment. His threat on Monday prompted a lockdown of MOC-Floyd Valley schools for about half an hour.
Penn National Gaming rolls out its proposals for a land-based casino. At a public event Tuesday night, Penn, which owns the Argosy Casino, outlined two plans which are both Hollywood themed. One plan would put a $160 million casino where the Holiday Inn on Gordon Drive now stands. The other calls for a $167 million casino to go near the Port Neal interchange along I-29. Two other groups are proposing casinos. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission will decide who gets the gaming license next April.
