If you’ve ridden your bike along the Wabash Trace in Council Bluffs in recent weeks, you may have noticed signs promoting the “Bike with Mike” ride to Mineola, Iowa.
A year after shutting down, the ALtEn ethanol plant in Mead, Neb. finalized a pilot study work plan to determine the best way to dispose of 99,000 tons of hazardous corn waste that contaminated the environment.
South Omaha activist Ben Salazar says Generation Diamond is one of several nonprofit organizations in that area of town that serves the homeless, refugees and migrants.
The National Association of Realtors is reporting that existing home sales dropped from April of last year to April of this year by 23%. Here in Omaha, that number was more like 35%.
Supporters of an Indianapolis doctor voiced frustration Friday with the Indiana medical board’s decision that she violated patient privacy laws when she talked with a newspaper reporter about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on Friday signed an education reform law which includes prohibiting instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in schools for students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
Those looking up COVID-19 information for the Omaha-metro recently have likely noticed the Douglas County Health Department dashboard has received a major facelift.
Friday, Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley announced he has filed a formal complaint with the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission against the City of Madison’s Utilities Superintendent James Lewis.
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Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita’s complaint asked the licensing board to impose “appropriate disciplinary action” but doesn’t specify a requested penalty.
Some have good things to say, others have traded in the excitement they felt last week when the state’s two-year budget was passed by lawmakers, for disappointments. It comes after a series of vetoes made by Governor Jim Pillen on Wednesday.
This year, the goodbyes are doubly difficult for students and teachers at Crescent Elementary School. Every kid will go somewhere else next year since the school is being closed due to low enrollment.
Recent investigations by federal authorities found child workers exposed to dangerous conditions in meatpacking plants and automotive factories, industries that have struggled to find adult workers.
Beatrice Middle School was placed on lockdown Wednesday afternoon after one student began pointing a fake pistol at students on school grounds, Beatrice Public Schools said.
Two memorials beneath the Old Mormon Bridge Road overpass stand near the spot where Ilene Gowan’s body was found in frigid winter conditions, February 26th.
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