At the last council meeting, on a 5-2-1 vote, the council directed the city attorney to start the process of placing an additional half-percent sales tax before voters to pay for the $3.4 million downtown Streetscape project.

Researchers at South Dakota State University are trying to find out if they can squeeze one more product out of the ethanol process.

A broken window leads fire investigators to say the blaze is suspicious.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center has been attracting more research dollars and moving up in national rankings.

Plattsmouth City Council members received the preview for the 2009-2010 general fund budget this week. They were told the city tax rate is expected to remain about the same at 45 cents per $100 valuation.

Sandy Stricklin contracted with an auction company eight months ago.

Nearly $8 million in grants aimed at neighborhood revitalization will be going to various Nebraska cities.

RealtyTrac says the state's foreclosure rate ranked 46th in the nation in July, and stayed significantly lower than the national rate. Nebraska ranked 45th the previous two months.

Mike Fitzpatrick received numerous eviction notices from a lender foreclosing on the home where he lives. But Mike rents, he doesn’t own the home and his landlord says ignore the notice.

The Cassgram reports a plea agreement in pistol whipping case.

Iowa's top education official says students are doing better on math and reading tests, but gaps remains between white students and minorities.

A rabid squirrel, an "extraordinarily rare" condition for the species according to experts, attacked an Iowa woman last week.

No winner yet in the Powerball game. Estimated value by Saturday is $213 million.

Nebraska health officials say they are changing how they report the state's outbreak of swine flu to better track its spread and impact.

33 misdemeanors filed against a 51-year-old former Plattsmouth woman. She was arraigned on animal cruelty charges Tuesday in Cass County Court.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, the blunt-talking conservative who once was the No. 3 Senate Republican, will make appearances this fall in the early caucus state of Iowa.

Authorities say 65 pounds of marijuana with a street value of nearly $160,000 have been found on a railroad car at an ethanol plant near Lakota in northern Iowa.

A recent study shows tobaccos sales to teens down drastically from 1997.

The Nebraska Public Power District is projecting a revenue shortfall of up to $30 million this year.

Approximately 780 students will receive degrees at University of Nebraska-Lincoln commencement exercises on Friday and Saturday.

A family of six manages to escape an overnight house fire.

An Omaha college student's dreams of winning $1 million on ABC's "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" didn't quite pan out -- but $25,000 isn't bad.

Officers arrested 19-year-old Joseph Neumeister of Plattsmouth on Saturday.

Hollywood Studios are in a quandary as to whether they really want to support Redbox, the one-dollar a night DVD rental kiosk company.

Addiction experts from throughout the nation will be in suburban St. Louis this week for the sixth annual Midwest Conference on Problem Gambling and Substance Abuse.