ST. PAUL, Neb. (AP) – A Howard County commissioner has been fined for taking campaign signs from a yard in St. Paul. Lauren Scarborough pleaded no contest on Wednesday to misdemeanor theft. Spokesman Allen Forkner of the Nebraska attorney general’s office said Scarborough was fined $500. The attorney general’s office handled the case because Howard County Attorney Bob Sivick declared that it would have been a conflict of interest for him to prosecute. Scarborough lost to Howard County Assessor...
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Howard county official fined for taking signs
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June - 17 - 2010
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Burwell Company Faces Fines
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June - 17 - 2010
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A Burwell company faces $293,000 in fines for safety violations at its grain-handling facility. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Wednesday that it has cited Loup Valley Alfalfa Inc. for 26 violations stemming from a December inspection. OSHA says the violations include failure to provide fall protection on open-sided platforms and operation of mechanical equipment while workers were in the grain bin, among others. OSHA also says the violations raise the risk of workers becoming engulfed...
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Railroad worker who fell into river still missing
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June - 16 - 2010
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NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) – Officials had not yet found a man who fell into the raging Elkhorn River after a railroad bridge collapsed. Norfolk Fire Chief Shane Weidner said Wednesday that air searches were being done because the area was too dangerous to search on the ground or by boat. Ground and boat searches will begin once the river recedes enough to make searches safe. Weidner says he would not guess whether the man was still alive. Three Nebraska...
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Blaine Co. residents with flood damage asked to report
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June - 16 - 2010
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The Blaine County is asking residents who’ve sustained flood damage from the recent rains to call the Blaine County...
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Gibbon thumps Ord Sr’s
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June - 16 - 2010
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by John Young The Ord Seniors travelled to Gibbon to play Gibbon-Shelton and were defeated 9-2. Ian Bish was...
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Burwell/Garfield County Requesting information about flood damaged homes
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June - 16 - 2010
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by David Sawyer – Director, Burwell Economic Development Burwell, Neb. – The Burwell Economic Development Office, in conjunction with...
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Water spills over, but dam mostly holds
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June - 16 - 2010
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by The Grand Island Independent SPALDING — Stories of dam breaks and bridge failures spread around Spalding Monday as residents watch to see if their dam would hold. The town, which has received 17 inches of rain since Memorial Day, is downstream on the Cedar River from the Ericson Reservoir in Wheeler County. When news of the Ericson dam failure hit town, people started preparing for the failure of its dam. The deluge came down the Cedar River and...
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NEMA establishes flood hotline; N.L. water ok to drink
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June - 15 - 2010
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News release from NEMA Joint Information Center A public hotline has been established for Nebraskans to call with questions about the flooding emergency around the state. The NEMA Public Information Hotline can be reached at 888-656-6045 , and will be staffed by National Guard troops at the Joint Information Center in Lincoln with assistance by Public Information Officers. The hours of the hotline are 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. daily until further notice. The National Weather Service indicates that...
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