A 13 year old boy accused of sexual assault on two younger children won’t spend the 4th of July behind bars. His attorney Steve Lefler filed a motion to block a detention hearing.

The sounds of the 4th of July are already being heard across the metro. But fireworks do more than provide a little explosive entertainment. They help fund programs for kids in our area. But some groups had tough times when their major fund raising event was taken away.

Levee work needed at Lake Waconda is detailed. Excerpts from an SID #1 Board of Directors’ statement provide details.

Officials in Civil defense siren tests which are scheduled to sound at 10:00 a.m. on the 1st Saturday on the month have been suspended.

The Iowa DNR is restricting boats operating on Lake Manawa to no-wake speeds effective immediately.

April 24th turned out to be a pretty rough night for a Lincoln man. He says he met a woman at a downtown Lincoln bar. After spending some time at his apartment, the woman left. But she returned a short time later.

A 56-year-old Fremont man received the maximum sentence Monday for sexually assaulting his young relatives.

Thirty-six-year-old Jamey Crawford of Fremont was sentenced 10 to 15 years in prison for possession of a controlled substance-methamphetamine with a habitual criminal enhancement in Dodge County District Court.

Mentors can come from all walks of life and in this case they come in the form of an Omaha couple.

A shouting match erupted between supporters of two young sexual assault victims and the mother of an accused 12 year old outside Douglas County Juvenile Court Monday afternoon.

The Corps is installing 12 seepage blankets along problem spots in the levee. They'll be about 1,800 foot long, 25 foot wide. They are designed to redistribute the weight and pressure from the other side of the levee.

President Obama has signed a federal disaster declaration for Pottawattamie County this afternoon, that's according to Don Gross, Public Information Officer for the City of Council Bluffs.

A fog seal project will begin June 28 on Highway 66, according to the Nebraska Department of Roads.

Officials say that floodwater seeping into the turbine building at a nuclear power plant near Omaha on the banks of the Missouri River is not a safety risk.

With the water levels at the height they are, even a small rainstorm can put strain on homes and businesses. But over the weekend, a few inches left feet of standing water. This was most evident at a business near the river.

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Several roads in Mills County already have water spilling over. Many of the people living here have already moved out. But when the evacuation notice many people getting the last of their belongings hoping to return home soon.

The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will visit Nebraska's two nuclear power plants Sunday and Monday to check out the measures they've taken to battle flooding along the Missouri River.

The City of Omaha is calling for a new round of volunteers to fill sandbags at Levi Carter Park.

Here are nine steps to avoid fungal, bacterial and viral diseases if you grow tomatos.

A old building that had already collapsed part of the way, collapsed all the way late Tuesday in Oakland.

The Hamburg levee isn't the only "wall" being closely monitored. Those living behind a levee anywhere up and down the river are keeping an eye out. Many people are trying to keep track of the levees themselves, which officials say is not safe. It’s actually the job of the National Guard in Iowa and Nebraska.

The Iowa Department of Transportation may have found itself on the defensive after closing a stretch of Highway 2 in southwest Iowa. The section closed links Interstate 29 in Iowa with the city of Nebraska City, Nebraska.

On & off showers can be expected today with generally cloudy and cool conditions otherwise.

A legendary baseball player was in Omaha Monday for the College World Series. Pete Rose, a 17-time Major League all-star, signed autographs and posed for pictures over the lunch hour.