Updated: 5:10 PM Interstate 29 Onawa area north and southbound rest areas will be reopened by Friday morning and remain open for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Posted: 4:44 PM The Fremont city council unanimously passed a 4 percent hotel and lodging occupancy tax, and gave 6-2 approval to a 4 percent telecommunications occupancy tax.

Posted: 4:38 PM A panel of federal cancer experts says the best-selling cancer drug in the world should no longer be approved to treat breast cancer because it is ineffective and causes dangerous side effects.

Posted: 4:35 PM Scientists have found a common gene mutation in ovarian cancer tumors.

Posted: 4:04 PM One small city accepting reports of nuisance activity by neighbors.

Updated: 4:12 PM Over a year ago, Louisville, Nebraska started offering a $4,000 economic development housing stimulus to those building a new house on an empty lot in town.

Posted: 3:54 PM Toyota Owners: Recall Alert! It also includes some Lexus vehicles.

Updated: 12:08 PM The North Platte City Council is debating whether to impose the city's communication tax on cell phones as a way to cut property taxes.

Posted: 11:42 AM A 47-year-old man was rescued in northwest Iowa after being stuck in corn up to his chest inside a grain bin.

Updated: 12:07 PM The Nebraska Court of Appeals says a state trooper was right to stop a recreational vehicle - later found to be hauling drugs - after the vehicle's wheels briefly drifted onto the shoulder of a road.

Updated: 1:08 PM Omaha police Thursday morning released the name of a man shot Wednesday morning in the area of 23rd and L streets.

Updated: 3:23 PM Nebraska great Ndamukong Suh is endorsing a new device that might help protect the running backs and quarterbacks he tackles from concussions.

Posted: 4:24 AM A restored, World War II-era B-17 bomber is visiting Lincoln next month for ground tours and flights.

Updated: 4:49 AM The strong armed robbery of a fireworks stand overnight has several teenagers facing loss of their independence. About two in the morning Tuesday the suspects threatened an unarmed security guard with a board.

Updated: 7:16 PM 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.

Updated: 11:20 PM 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.

Posted: 5:15 PM Levee work needed at Lake Waconda is detailed. Excerpts from an SID #1 Board of Directors’ statement provide details.

Posted: 1:59 PM 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.

Posted: 12:47 PM The Iowa DNR is restricting boats operating on Lake Manawa to no-wake speeds effective immediately.

Updated: 3:22 PM 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.

Posted: 9:28 AM A 56-year-old Fremont man received the maximum sentence Monday for sexually assaulting his young relatives.

Posted: 9:26 AM 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.

Updated: 8:54 AM Mentors can come from all walks of life and in this case they come in the form of an Omaha couple.

Updated: 5:28 AM 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.

Updated: 11:25 PM 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.