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Streets flood, tornado spotted in Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Storms caused flash flooding in some Lincoln streets overnight. Shortly after midnight Tuesday, a user of the NOW Local News App submitted a photo of cars partially submerged on 11th Street near F Street. Another app user posted a video of water in a road...
‘It was really scary’: Trees split in half during storms in northeast Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. — Storms sped into Lincoln late Monday night, bringing multiple trees, branches and power lines down. Two tornadoes touched down overnight in southeast Nebraska, including an EF-1 in Lincoln. That tornado didn’t hit northeast Lincoln, but the wind damage there was extensive. Fallen trees and broken...
Health Department shares precautions to stay safe from mosquito bites this summer
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department reminds community members to protect themselves from mosquito bites not just over the Fourth of July, but for the rest of the summer. This season’s first human case of West Nile virus was recently reported in eastern Nebraska, according to the...
Controlled explosions used to demolish old wind turbines in northeast Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lincoln Electric System announced that two wind turbines have been removed after nearly 25 years of operation. LES started the preparation process of the demolition midway through June and removed the wind turbines Tuesday morning. The first turbine collapsed due to a controlled explosion at its...
Missouri River flood impacts southeast Nebraska after overnight rain
Eastern Nebraska received several inches of rain Monday night and Tuesday morning, causing floods in the Lincoln and Omaha metro areas. According to the National Weather Service, 6.77 inches of rain fell in Papillion between 7 a.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday. Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue received 5.77 inches over the same time span.
Nebraska football turns up the heat on top Pennsylvania target
The Nebraska football team has been working hard on setting up pipelines all over the country. And one of the states that Matt Rhule has tried to make inroads into before is Pennsylvania. He’s made some effort to steal some of the area’s best players before because it’s an area he knows well. It’s an area he understands and he wants to plumb it for the Huskers’ program. This week, the Nebraska football team made a significant move by revisiting the Pennsylvania well, this time with the aim of recruiting the talented linebacker, Colsen Gatten. This could be a game-changer...
City of Lincoln provides advice on reporting and cleaning up tree debris
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Heavy rains and winds in Lincoln Monday night into Tuesday led to flash flooding and downed trees throughout the Capital City. At least one vehicle was swallowed up in the waters at 48th Street and Cornhusker Highway under the train overpass. On O Street early Tuesday...
Nebraska’s 2024 border deployments cost $1.27 million
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - This year’s two border deployments ordered by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen cost a combined $1.27 million. The state says it paid $1.2 million of that total using interest accrued from the second wave of $48 million in federal pandemic relief funds that Congress set aside for rental assistance.
Immigrant family helping to fill the child care gap in Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — An immigrant family is working to fill the need for child care in Lincoln. Melba Al-Sayagh is starting a day care with her niece and daughters. They will call it Estrellitas, which means little stars. Al-Sayagh said this is a dream that she had held...
History Nebraska Announces Access Program for Low-Income Families
Lincoln, NE - 07/02/2024 - Today, History Nebraska announced that three of its historic sites and museums have joined Museums for All, a signature access program of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), administered by the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM), to encourage people of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum-going habits.
Program paves way for more middle income housing in Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Often, the prices of homes today raise eyebrows and blood pressures, leaving many to think they might never have a chance at a white-picket fence life. That’s why the state of Nebraska and other groups have worked to boost the housing supply to meet the high demand. A program through the Lincoln Workforce Housing Investment Fund aims to do just that for middle-class earners.
Lincoln Health Department issues air quality advisory for fireworks smoke
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department issued a health advisory Monday due to anticipated high levels of smoke from fireworks. “The current National Weather Service forecast calls for a slight chance of rain with 5 mph to 10 mph winds both Wednesday and Thursday evenings between 8 p.m. and midnight,” said LLCHD Air Quality Section Supervisor Gary Bergstrom. “Low wind speeds may allow higher concentrations of smoke to linger in the area. Breathing smoke from fireworks can cause asthma attacks, worsen chronic bronchitis and emphysema and cause chest pain in some people with heart disease.”
NDOT’s 2025 road construction plan includes $51 million Lincoln West Beltway
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The Nebraska Department of Transportation on Monday laid out its construction plans for fiscal year 2025. The work will cover 805 miles of roadway and cost $772 million, according to NDOT. One of the biggest projects is the Lincoln West Beltway along U.S. Highway 77.
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