COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Council Bluffs officials have passed an ordinance that will allow people from outside of Iowa to seek positions within the municipal government.

The City Council’s approval Monday will allow residents of the metropolitan area who live in Nebraska, or even farther in South Dakota or Missouri, to seek positions with the city, police or fire departments.

Republican state Rep. Mary Ann Hanusa of Council Bluffs co-wrote a law that passed this year allowing cities to seek employment from outside the state. Hanusa said Council Bluffs city workers had raised concerns about the same-state restriction.

Mayor Matt Walsh says Council Bluffs is limited in potential employees because it represents about 10 percent of the metro area’s entire population.

The ordinance goes into effect July 1.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say an 11-year-old boy has died after being struck by a sport utility vehicle in Fremont.

The accident occurred around 3:35 p.m. Monday. Fremont police say a 16-year-old was headed east on Military Avenue when the SUV he was driving struck the boy. Police say there was no crosswalk where the accident occurred.

Police say the boy was taken to a Fremont hospital and then flown to an Omaha hospital, where he died.

The 11-year-old was identified as Andrew Perez-Martinez, of Fremont. The teenage driver’s name hasn’t been released.

Fremont police and the Nebraska State Patrol are investigating the accident.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An arrest warrant alleging murder and four counts of attempted murder has been issued for an Omaha man recovering from burns.

Police said Monday that 32-year-old Antone Page will be taken into custody after he leaves a hospital. Court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for him.

Page is accused of stabbing 48-year-old Steven Edwards on Friday and then touching off a fire after splashing gasoline around an apartment and onto Edwards and others there. An Omaha police officer responding to a 911 call fired four gunshots at the apartment door lock so he and other officers could get in. Another officer used a stun gun to subdue Page and pull him from the apartment.

Edwards died at a hospital a few hours later.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska official says investigators have found no indication that a spinning carnival ride was malfunctioning when an 11-year-old girl’s hair got caught in it, ripping her scalp.

Nebraska Labor Department spokeswoman Grace Johnson also said Monday that investigators have no reason to believe the person operating the ride wasn’t paying attention Saturday afternoon when the incident happened on the King’s Crown ride at a Cinco de Mayo festival in Omaha.

The girl was taken to Nebraska Medicine — Nebraska Medical Center where she underwent surgery to repair her scalp.

Johnson says investigators are looking at the restraints on the ride.

WRAY, Colo. (AP) — Teens in the small Colorado plains community of Wray were getting ready to head to the prom when a powerful tornado clouded the picture.

The twister with winds up to 130 mph tore a path across the landscape about three miles away as seemingly everyone stopped to watch and take photos Saturday.

Clint Marintzer said his wife, Heidi, took pictures of their daughter Ali with her date Charlie Bator as the menacing tornado formed a backdrop, though a safe distance away. The image spread rapidly on social media.

The prom was briefly delayed to make sure everyone was safe.

It was the most powerful of four twisters that developed in the area about 100 miles east of Denver. There was some damage to three homes and two businesses outside of town.

The next day, Marintzer says residents pitched in to clean up tornado debris.

Officials say a tornado that swept through a rural southeast Nebraska town destroyed a home, while the homeowner hung onto a tree outside.

The National Weather Service in Omaha reported at least one tornado touched down Monday afternoon near Nehawka, about 30 miles south of Omaha.

Sandy Weyers, Cass County Emergency Management director, says the homeowner didn’t make it inside by the time a tornado arrived in the area so he grabbed hold of a tree and “rode it out.”

The man only suffered a few cuts and scrapes, but Weyers said the home was a total loss. No one was in the home when the roof and outer walls collapsed.

LYONS, Colo. (AP) — Two young brothers who died after falling into a fast-moving river in Colorado on Mother’s Day have been identified.

The Larimer County coroner said Monday that 7-year-old Daniel Foreman and 10-year-old Paul Foreman of Lyons both drowned in the Little Thompson River Sunday afternoon. Their deaths were ruled accidental.

Several emergency agencies rushed to the site after they fell into the waters near Pinewood Springs, which were cold from melting snow. The sheriff’s office said the boys were unresponsive when they were pulled out of the water.

The Denver Post (https://dpo.st/1T1vDCq) reports the boys were with other children when they somehow fell in.

The area, lined with granite rocks, is a popular swimming spot but signs warn people to enter at their own risk.

SOUTH YANKTON, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a collision that killed a Norfolk woman in northeast Nebraska’s Cedar County also claimed the life of her 2-year-old son.

The accident occurred about 10:15 a.m. Saturday on U.S. Highway 81 just south of Yankton, South Dakota. The Nebraska State Patrol says the northbound car crossed the center line and collided with an oncoming semitrailer.

The patrol says the car driver, 42-year-old Laura Suhr, died at the scene. Authorities say her 2-year-old son, Sean, died later at a hospital. An 11-year-old child traveling with them was taken to a hospital in Yankton. A hospital spokesman couldn’t immediately provide any information Monday.

The patrol says the truck driver wasn’t hurt.