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.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says farmers and ranchers in Nebraska spent 5 percent more in 2008 than the previous year.

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.

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.

The Nebraska Corn Board says nearly 5,000 farmers sent postcards urging the Environmental Protection Agency to approve blending more ethanol with gasoline.

Two people in a minivan lead Council Bluffs Police on a chase that ends with serious property damage.

Severe, wet weather pelted the Omaha Metro area Friday morning leaving a messy start to the weekend in its wake.

StarTran will once again be providing shuttle service for all home Husker football games this year.

The University of Iowa is ticketing smokers who light up on campus.

The Iowa Board of Regents has approved a nearly $4 billion budget for Iowa's three public universities with expected layoffs and bigger classes.

National sports giant ESPN will broadcast Aplington-Parkerburg High School's opening home football game while it pays tribute to the team's coach, who was shot and killed in June.

CNN founder and philanthropist Ted Turner will speak at Midland Lutheran College's convocation ceremony later this month.

The Des Moines airport board doesn't want to change the airport's name.

The chancellor says the University of Nebraska at Kearney will have to eliminate at least 10 jobs to balance its budget.

A move is under way to ban bicyclists on county roads in Iowa. A group called Citizens for Safety Coalition of Iowa is circulating a petition and urging the Legislature to support a move to ban bikes on so-called farm-to market roads.