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Cozad, NE

Severe thunderstorms swept through central Nebraska on June 29, 2024, producing strong winds, heavy rains, and large hail. The storm caused extensive damage to cars, homes and agricultural fields. At 01:27 LT on June 29, a thunderstorm with a wind gust of 113 km/h (70 mph) and hail ranging from...

Severe thunderstorms with large hail hit central Nebraska, causing extensive damage

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Nebraska Lake Crowned 'Best Lake' In The Entire State

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Historic flooding struck parts of Iowa over the weekend, damaging nearly 2,000 properties and prompting evacuations and disaster declarations. "I can tell you that the devastation is severe and it's widespread," Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said at a news conference Sunday afternoon in Des Moines. Flooding on Saturday and overnight...

Record flooding inundates northwest Iowa, prompts evacuations, isolates one city

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With the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reporting another great week for Nebraska corn, the state’s extension climatologist said the state’s corn crop has had a “Goldilocks start.”. Nebraska’s corn crop remains in great shape. For the week ending June 23, USDA rated 0% of Nebraska’s...

What is going on with Nebraska corn?

Crete, NE

The Mirror US

Billy Booth, 74, was found dead inside his Crete home with self-inflicted gunshot wounds and reportedly had a history of disputes with his Hispanic neighbors going back to 2021

Nebraska man shoots 7 neighbors, including 4 kids, after telling them ‘go back to where you came from’

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

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Severe thunderstorms are expected across the Central and Northern Plains, bringing threats of damaging winds, large hail, and a few tornadoes. Check below for further details, timing and much more information.

Damaging Winds, Large Hail & Isolated Tornado Expected; Central/Northern Plains; July 1, 2024

Sioux City, IA

Swathes of homes along the McCook Lake in North Sioux City were left devastated by the floods as a deluge of rain took authorities by surprise and left sunken streets, fallen utility poles and houses torn from their foundations

Residents flee homes screaming as devastating floods hit with warnings extended to more areas

The Associated Press

CRETE, Neb. (AP) — A white Nebraska man described as reclusive and confrontational shot and wounded seven neighbors who are Guatemalan immigrants, and investigators said they are not ruling out racist motives. About 15 people were at the victims’ home, mostly in the yard, when Billy Booth, 74, opened...

White Nebraska man shoots and wounds 7 Guatemalan immigrant neighbors

Montello, WI

Some people you never forget. Sandra Kilbride-Becker is one of those people whose face, voice and story have stayed with me for 38 years – since I knew her when I was the pastor of her church in Montello, Wisconsin. Sandy was mad at me once when, in her...

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Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Beach, FL

Jacksonville Today

The historic Beach Bowl in Jacksonville Beach will reopen this month after being closed for years. The bowling alley says on social media that it plans to reopen June 17. The bowling alley on Beach Boulevard opened in the 1950s and closed in 2019 when the property owners did not renew the lease.

Historic Beach Bowl will reopen this month

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Saint Johns County, FL

Hastings, FL

Eight people have been arrested on drug charges stemming from an undercover investigation at a convenience store in Hastings, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

8 arrested in Hastings drug and gambling bust

Colorado State

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Cripple Creek, CO

Colorado Jill

(Colorado) Colorado has many gems - Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Maroon Bells, and two of Thomas Dambo's wooden trolls. Dambo is a Danish artist, and his trolls are worldwide. Each troll serves as a unique tribute to the place they inhabit, honoring the history and culture of the location.

"Rita the Rock Planter" should be on your Colorado summer bucket list

Ali Carney, 46, of Newark, received a 65-month prison sentence for conspiring to distribute narcotics, including fentanyl and heroin, and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Gang Member Sentenced to 65 Months for Drug Trafficking

WyoFile

Within hours of the sighting on Wednesday, Frank van Manen caught word that there was a grizzly sow with five cubs in tow spotted in Yellowstone National Park. Five cubs following mom is so unlikely that van Manen, who leads the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, pondered an explanation.

Five grizzly bear cubs make the largest litter in Yellowstone-area history

Beyond the obvious and immediate challenges of excessive rainfall, wet weather may predispose livestock to a painful infection called foot rot. Foot rot is a bacterial infection of the foot characterized by swelling and pain, often in the interdigital space, and associated lameness. Iowa State University extension beef specialist Chris Clark said that following a wet spring and recent storms and flooding, there may be a greater risk for this disease in Midwestern cattle herds.

Watch for foot rot following excessive rain, wet conditions

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Rivers rise, fields flood in eastern Nebraska

Row, row, row your whatever you are driving that day gently towards the Missouri Ocean. Middle to late June is usually a joyful time of having...

Rivers rise, fields flood in eastern Nebraska

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