A man has sued former Dodge County Attorney Oliver Glass, the county, the City of Fremont and others over his confinement in a mental-health unit following badgering phone calls and texts from Glass.
The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has arranged an audience with the Oba of Benin this fall in hopes of repatriating two pieces "to their rightful owners as swiftly as possible."
The ban, which had been instituted in March because of bird flu and extended in April, has now expired.
Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana and the ACLU of Nebraska said requiring petitions to obtain the signature of 5% of voters in 38 of the state’s 93 counties diluted the votes of residents in the more densely populated urban areas.
Several new “prairie ambassadors” are frolicking at the Crane Trust. Small and adorable baby bison will keep arriving through May at the habitat conservation area in central Nebraska.
Friends of bride and groom Grace Markovich and Jack Dunn have organized a fundraiser for Younes Dayekh. He was severely injured in a crash in Davenport on Friday, where he was visiting to serve as an usher in the wedding.
Jury Commissioner Troy Hawk said they've always had people here or there not show up. But in the past three to six months more people have been ignoring the summons they're required by law to fill out.
DeDra Robb refused to let cancer bully her."She survived 9 and half years, and she fought for every day of that — all for her kids," her husband said.
Police found that one of the seagulls struck by the shovel received a broken wing and was no longer able to fly. It was later euthanized from the severity of its injuries.
The Air Force Inspector General blacked out evaluators' scores and comments about the six finalists, but the magazine Breaking Defense reported Offutt's bid placed third.
Walter Hooker's boss, Andy Kaup, is donating a kidney to Hooker. The two pastors at Bellevue Christian Center shared their story with the church, which has rallied around Hooker.
A schoolmarm teaches subjects and skills as they might have been taught during the 1920s, the time period to which the school was restored.
The La Crosse convenience store chain is partnering with Coinsource to install Bitcoin ATMs at over 800 Kwik Trips in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa.
The longtime Nebraska prosecutor intends to retire at the end of May.
The older woman’s body was found well off the road in the 300 block of East Donald Street near the Cedar Valley Cardiovascular Center and day care center.
SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota Senate Republicans in a private 2020 meeting planned how to achieve an already-negotiated outcome to a committee investigating a pair of lawmakers for being intoxicated during legislative proceedings even before the committee had a chance to meet, according to a te…
LINCOLN, Neb. — A group that wants to legalize medical marijuana in Nebraska sued the state on Monday to try to overturn a requirement that makes it harder to qualify for the ballot by forcing petitioners to get signatures from a large number rural counties.
An Amazon-branded semi trailer that had been westbound on Interstate 80 near Greenwood on Sunday caught fire, injuring no one but forcing the interstate to close for more than three hours.
A 53-year-old South Dakota man has been convicted of distributing a powerful synthetic opioid that resulted in the deaths of two people. A federal jury on Friday found Jeffrey Moore, of Sioux Falls, guilty of two counts of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death and one cou…
Omaha World-Herald. May 15, 2022.
DES MOINES — A new state law that prohibits Iowa schools from requiring all students or staff to wear face masks can go into effect after a federal appeals court on Monday lifted a temporary injunction.
A jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of an Iowa State Patrol trooper last year. The jury on Monday also convicted 42-year-old Michael Lang of attempted murder and assaulting a police officer for his actions on April 9, 2021, that killed patrol Sgt. Jim Smit…
Des Moines Register. May 15, 2022.
Jurors also found Michael Thomas Lang guilty of attempted murder for shooting at armored vehicle driver, plus assault on an officer for an earlier struggle with police.
"It is by far the worst feeling of possibly not being able to feed your child, especially one that has such a severe intolerance," one mother said.