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(AUDIO) Sasse Statement on E-15 Year-Round Rule Change
U.S. Senator Ben Sasse released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final E-15 (Reid Vapor Pressure) rule to allow for year-round gasoline to be blende...
May 31, 2019
Highway from Mullen to Merritt Reservoir SRA closed temporarily
LINCOLN, Neb. - Merritt Reservoir State Recreation Area in Cherry County currently is only accessible via Nebraska Highway 97 from Valentine. The highway north from Mullen to Merritt is closed tempora...
May 30, 2019 Morien Jones / CC
All Motor Driven Cycles Welcome to Baker and Crome Old Time Motorcycle Extravaganza in Ord
The 2nd Annual Baker and Crome (CHROME-EE) Old Time Motorcycle Extravaganza will be held on Sunday, June 9th from 9 am to 4 pm at Bussel Park in Ord, Nebraska. Check in for bikes will be at 8 am on th...
May 30, 2019 Brian Turner / CC
Investigators: 1 killed in early morning Hastings house fire
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - Authorities say one person has died in an early morning house fire in Hastings. The Nebraska State Fire Marshal's Office said in a news release that the fire was reported about 4...
May 30, 2019
Soggy fields leave Midwestern farmers with few good answers
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Between the country's trade dispute with China and the seemingly endless storms that have drenched the central U.S., Iowa farmer Robb Ewoldt has had plenty of time to think abo...
May 30, 2019 In this May 29, 2019 photo, Jeff Jorgenson looks over a partially flooded field he farms near Shenandoah, Iowa. About a quarter of his land was lost this year to Missouri River flooding, and much of his remaining property has been inundated with heavy rain and water from the neighboring Nishnabotna River. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
West Nile Virus Dead Bird Collection
O'NEILL, NE - West Nile Virus season has arrived. The North Central District Health Department is once again providing surveillance throughout the nine-county district that includes: Antelope, Boyd, B...
May 29, 2019 Courtesy/http://www.nebraskabirdlibrary.org/passeriformes/corvidae/black-billed-magpie/
Troopers Complete Greeley County Drunk Driving Enforcement
MAY 28, 2019 (GRAND ISLAND, NEB.) - Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol conducted a special enforcement operation focused on removing drunk drivers from the road in conjunction with a concert even...
May 29, 2019
Turnpike Troubadours Cancel Show for Comstock Windmill Festival
It has been announced by the Comstock Windmill Festival that Turnpike Troubadours will not be performing in the concert line-up for the festival this year. Comstock Windmill Festival posted on their F...
May 29, 2019
Man shot by Kearney police to get $300K settlement
KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) - A man shot by a Kearney police officer during a 2016 traffic stop will receive a $300,000 settlement from the city. The Kearney Hub reports that 36-year-old Jose Klich will receiv...
May 28, 2019
3 injured in fire that destroyed Nebraska fertilizer plant
HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) - A lightning strike at a Nebraska fertilizer plant set off a large fire that injured three truck drivers sleeping in the parking lot and destroyed the unoccupied factory, official...
May 28, 2019 The Cooperative Producers Inc. dry fertilizer plant near U.S. Hwy 6 and Showboat Blvd. in Hastings, Neb., burns Thursday, May 23, 2019,. Hastings Fire and Rescue responded about 11:30 p.m. and called for mutual aid from neighboring fire departments. No injuries were reported and the extent of damages to the plant weren't clear. (Will Vraspir/The Hastings Tribune via AP)
