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Sonepar to Acquire Echo Electric Supply
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Sonepar announced Wednesday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Echo Electric Supply Company. Family-owned and operated since 1950, Echo Electric supplies electrical parts, equipment and services to contractors in the industrial, commercial and residential markets and ranked in the top 30 of Electrical Wholesaling’s 2024 list of the largest electrical distributors in North America. Operating in Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota and Missouri, Echo Electric will join Sonepar with 23 branch locations and more than 600 associates.
Nebraska football walk-on program fade into oblivion officially begins
If it hasn’t sunk in just yet, one of the most beloved aspects of the Nebraska football program is about to be a thing of the past. That is barring some sort of last minute change to how the schools around the NCAA are expected to settle a lawsuit that has to do with athlete compensation.
Matt Rhule Turning Heads With Comments About Five-Star Freshman QB Dylan Raiola
In what was arguably one of the biggest recruiting wins in all of college football during the 2024 cycle, the Nebraska Cornhuskers flipped five-star quarterback Dylan Raiola from Georgia. The No. 7 ranked recruit had a long lineage with Nebraska being that his dad played center and was named ...
Nebraska Woman Charged with Possession of Illegal Substances in Emmet County
Estherville, IA (KICD) — The Emmet County Sheriff’s Department has charged a Nebraska woman with possession of illegal substances. 30-year-old Alyssia Langer was pulled over around 11 o’clock Saturday night in the 1600 block of 410th Avenue – just East of Estherville. The arresting deputy says...
Register for Ag & Economic Development Summit
(KLZA)--The deadline to register for this summer- Ag & Economic Development Summit: One Nebraska is Friday, July 26. Registrations should be submitted online at govsummit.nebraska.gov. This year- event covers three days and includes breakout sessions on talent attraction, housing and childcare solutions, manufacturing, stewardship of water resources, the emerging bioeconomy...
Nebraska receives over $300 million in clean energy funding
The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) received $307 million from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fund projects aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Funds will go toward sustainable agricultural practices, like reducing livestock waste. Other projects will boost energy efficiency in businesses and low-income households. During a...
First human case of West Nile Virus confirmed in local area
Grand Island, Neb. — The Central District Health Department has reported the first human case of West Nile Virus in the area. They said symptoms of WNV begin 3 to 15 days after the bite and you may experience muscle weakness, stiff neck, disorientation, fever, headache, or convulsions. They...
Lincoln man arrested in auto thefts after being found asleep in stolen van, deputy says
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — A Lincoln man is accused of a multistate string of auto thefts. Joe Dorsey, 57, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of two counts of felony theft by unlawful taking. On June 22, Dorsey went to Cars 4 Less near 48th and Adams streets and got...
Gordon Veteran Memorial Park expands to honor veterans along Medal of Honor Highway
GORDON, Neb. - The nation’s longest road, running through northern Nebraska, is now officially known as the Medal of Honor Highway. Massachusetts became the 12th and final state to designate its portion of Highway 20 with this honorary title, following Nebraska’s designation in 2020. Travelers along Nebraska’s stretch...
New hotel proposed at GI City Council meeting
Grand Island, Neb. — Paul Younes is looking to expand his hotel prowess into Grand Island. At Tuesday night's Grand Island City Council meeting, a redevelopment resolution was proposed to add a hotel and restaurant to the northwest corner of Husker Highway and Prairieview Street in the southwest part of the city, caddy-corner from the regional medical center.
Ferguson to join UNK cross country, track & field programs as volunteer coach
KEARNEY, Neb. (KSNB) - Former Nebraska-Kearney star Wes Ferguson will stay in the area this upcoming season, joining the program as a volunteer coach for the cross country and track & field teams. He is also one of 60 athletes to recently receive a grant from the USA Track & Field Foundation, as announced on Wednesday.
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