Avoca Couple Proud Parents of Council Bluffs New Year's Baby

Published: Jan. 4, 2019

The first baby born in Council Bluffs this year was welcomed to the world by her parents at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital at 6:35 p.m. Tuesday.

Lisa Johnson and Darrian Irlbeck, of Avoca, are the proud parents of Evalyn James Irlbeck.

She is the couple’s first child, weighing in at 6 pounds, 10 ounces and measured at 19 and a half inches.

"She's just a little thing,” Johnson said.