Council Bluffs lost a great community supporter with the death of Jim Hawk, local officials said.

“Jim was a great guy,” Mayor Tom Hanafan said. “He raised a great family, was a great community supporter. He grew up in this town and stayed here. Jim was very supportive of the community.”

Hawk, who died Monday at the age of 91, founded the Jim Hawk Truck Trailer Co. in Council Bluffs, which initially had nine employees involved in the selling, repair and service of semi-trailer trucks. Four decades later, the company has expanded to...

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