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Omaha Detective Remembers Officer Kerrie Orozco

Omaha Officer Kerrie Orozco
She gave the ultimate sacrifice to protect this community. - Omaha police officer Ken Fox

She was only one day away from going on maternity leave. On this news buzz edition of River to River, Omaha police officer Ken Fox remembers his fellow officer and Council Bluffs resident, Kerrie Orozco.

"We're grieving tremendously," says Fox. "I think that all we can take away from this is the support from the community, and also seeing what Kerrie did, what she lived every day. We can try to match up to what her vision was for this department."

Also on the show, analysis on the Iowa Supreme court ruling over whether Governor Branstad illegally closed a state school for troubled teen girls, Dennis Goldford offers his thoughts on the burgeoning field of presidential candidates, the latest in the controversy over the Field of Dreams' playing field, a native Iowan who calls Ireland home gives his perspective on the same-sex marriage referendum there, and IPR's Sarah Boden gives an update on the impact of the bird flu.

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Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River