Heavy rain forced the Council Bluffs Iowa police to call out the hazardous materials team today.

It’s a 24 hour challenge to give to charity and it’s happening this Wednesday.

Billionaire Warren Buffett isn't just Berkshire Hathaway's chairman and CEO. He's also the chief salesman.

Parents are pleading with the Omaha Public School Board to reconsider a decision to move eight principals to different elementary schools.

Lawmakers have rejected an attempt to repeal a new Nebraska law that lets cities raise their local option sales tax rates, as long as they secure voter approval.

Casualty numbers are starting to come in from the Oklahoma City area, where a monstrous tornado has left a scene of devastation.

A 12-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after getting hit by a car in Treynor, Iowa.

The deadline for farmers and ranchers to sign-up to participate in the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) this year is May 31, just ten days from now.

On Monday a jury found William Bush not guilty on all counts for the murder of Kyle McCroy.

Retired Col. Robert King will serve as the next head of the Iowa Department of Veterans Affairs.

Gov. Terry Branstad says he is prepared to work on a compromise plan for how Iowa delivers health care to low-income residents.

Meeting Warren Buffett is exciting, but 10-year-old Matthew Meyer says winning $5,000 and 10 shares of stock in Buffett's company made Monday the best day of his life.

One person is dead after being hit by a train on Monday afternoon. Authorities are still investigating what the individual was doing on the tracks in the first place.

Regina Jimenez, age 60, of Clinton, Iowa, was sentenced to 21 months imprisonment on two counts of filing false tax returns, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. United States District Judge Stephanie M. Rose also sentenced Jimenez to one year of supervised release and ordered her to pay $332,465.00 in restitution.

Strategic Air & Space Museum announced Monday the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and 1,800 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2013.

The open Door Mission is out of bottled water.

Lincoln police said the body of a 25-year-old man was discovered Saturday in an apartment near 17th & F.

Sunday's storm that blew through the area missed Omaha and Council Bluffs, but areas south of the metro weren't so lucky.

A young owl is saved because a lot of people gave a hoot.

Mid afternoon storm on Sunday causes problems in Cass county.

One more election to report. This one south of the metro.

The metro's largest public observatory is closing down. Stargazers will have to travel to Ashland to look through the telescopes again.

A group that wants to buy the historic Benson Theatre near 60th and Maple St. is participating in the city's first 24-hour on-line giving event.

Drivers not wearing a seat belt are not only jeopardizing their own lives, but it may cost them financially as well.

A Council Bluffs doctor turned himself in Monday. He is accused of sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl.