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Governor and AG Issue Statements on Court’s Ruling to Uphold LB574
LINCOLN, NE -- Today, Governor Jim Pillen issued the following statement regarding the Nebraska Supreme Court’s decision upholding LB574, which the Governor signed into law in 2023 and which banned abortions after 12 weeks and prohibited irreversible sex change surgeries on children:. “I am grateful for the court’s thorough...
Ag advocates gather for CommonGround National Conference
Eight Nebraska CommonGround Volunteers recently attended the National CommonGround Conference in Des Moines, Iowa. CommonGround Nebraska is made of a group of farm and ranch women who have conversations with consumers about food and is supported by soybean and corn farmers. The conference included a panel of state ag leaders...
ESU 4 programs explained during NC Rotary Club meeting
Julie Davisjdavis@cherryroad.com Educational Services Unit (ESU) 4 provides supplemental educational services to schools across southeast Nebraska. The unit, based in Auburn, assists public and parochial…
First Ever Tenant Union Formed In NE
Nebraska's first tenant's union has been established in Bellevue. WOWT reports that residents at the Fontenelle Hills Apartments formed a union earlier this month. Union members have expressed concerns over alleged conditions at the apartment complex including compromised garage structures, potholes, non-working lights and a non-working laundry room.
Restaurant inspection update: Mold, green slime and ‘raw turkey tails’
Iowa restaurants and stores have been cited for hundreds of food-safety violations in recent weeks, including a Clayton County eatery cited for long-expired juice and milk, moldy cheese and an ice dispenser with green slime growing in it. “Employees on site could not answer basic questions regarding food establishment operations,” a state inspector reported during […]
92-year-old Nebraska quilter makes 33 quilts for great-grandchildren to share love and legacy
PETERSBURG, Neb. (KOLN) - Lois Zegers of Petersburg has marked major milestones in her children’s and grandchildren’s lives with handmade quilts. Recently, she decided to extend this tradition to her great-grandchildren. For the past six months, Zegers has devoted day and night to her sewing room, producing 33...
The improbable return of ‘the beer that made Omaha jealous’
In a time before Prohibition, tiny Wilber, Nebraska, produced something nearby metropolis Omaha envied. Today, more than a century later, Wilber is trying to make Omaha jealous again. In its heyday, the Wilber Brewing Company produced 40,000 barrels of beer per year, and almost all of it was consumed by...
Smoky skies over the Omaha-metro to improve over the weekend
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - If you’ve stepped outside at any point over the past several days you likely have noticed a layer of smoky haze in the sky. This is being pulled in from fires burning on the west coast of the U.S. and Canada. A ridge of high...
Man hospitalized after 25-foot workplace fall in northeast Nebraska
PILGER, Neb. (KOLN) - A Stanton man was seriously injured after falling off a sloped roof at work in northeast Nebraska Wednesday morning. The Stanton County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to an accidental fall at the Pilger Co-Op around 10:40 a.m. When deputies arrived, they found a 52-year-old man that fell more than 25 feet off a sloped roof of a storage building at the Co-Op.
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