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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southwest Iowa on the Missouri River opposite Omaha, Nebraska. Named for a meeting between Lewis and Clark and a group of Native Americans (1804), it grew as a railroad center.
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- noun a town in southwest Iowa on the Missouri River across from Omaha
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In the evening passed high clean meadows, called the Council Bluffs, from the circumstance of Lewis and Clark having held a council with the Otto and Missouri
Brackenridge's Journal of a Voyage up The Missouri River, in 1811 1811
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The abduction took place in Council Bluffs, which is on the Iowa-Nebraska border, but authorities believe the alleged abductor might be headed to Illinois, via Interstate 80.
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Most were from the Quad-City region - especially rural Illinois - but one came from Council Bluffs, which is 300 miles across the cornfields of Iowa.
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Cities such as Council Bluffs have a claim form to fill out; other places, like Omaha, require only a claim letter.
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Cities such as Council Bluffs have a claim form to fill out; other places, like Omaha, require only a claim letter.
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Job postings from cities such as Council Bluffs and Sioux City, Iowa, Marysville, Kan., and Cheyenne, Wyo., and Yankton, S.D. for example, are now included in the download, expanding work search possibilities and more job prospects.
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A 10-mile section of Interstate 29 north of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was closed because of rising water on Thursday and freight rail lines along the river are also being affected.
A Summer of Sandbags on the Missouri Joe Barrett 2011
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In Council Bluffs, a city of about 60,000 across the river from Omaha, volunteers this week filled 200,000 sandbags to protect low spots and some people have evacuated.
A Summer of Sandbags on the Missouri Joe Barrett 2011
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A 10-mile section of Interstate 29 north of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was closed because of rising water on Thursday and freight rail lines along the river are also being affected.
A Summer of Sandbags on the Missouri Joe Barrett 2011
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Christie Graber of Council Bluffs, Iowa, said she just recently qualified for $350 in assistance for her heating bill after applying for LIHEAP for the first time.
White House Acknowledges 'Real Impact' Of Cuts To Energy Assistance Funding Arthur Delaney 2011
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