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Lincoln starts new initiative to replace nearly 2,000 lead service lines
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and Meg McCollister, Environmental Protection Agency region seven administrator, kicked off the first phase of the city’s lead water service line replacement program in Lincoln’s Woods Park Neighborhood on Tuesday. The project is part of the Lead Safe Lincoln Initiative.
Crash leaves shuttle bus on its side in downtown Lincoln
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A crash in downtown Lincoln Wednesday afternoon has left a bus on its side. Lincoln Fire and Rescue responded a crash at the intersection of 10th and P streets around 3:30 p.m. A private shuttle bus that transports students living at 8N Lofts apartments near 8th...
Everything Nebraska's Matt Rhule Said From the Podium at B1G Football Media Days
"Our guys are getting it done in the weight room, they're getting it done in the classroom. Now we've got to get it done on Saturdays," says the Huskers' head football coach.
City council approves TIF for project in southwest Grand Island
GRAND ISLAND – Grand Island’s City Council voted 8-0 Tuesday, July 23, to approve Tax Increment Financing for a project that would add a hotel and restaurant/bar in southwest Grand Island. Council members Michelle Fitzke and Mark Stelk were absent from the July 23 meeting. The project requested...
Big Ten Wrestling’s 30 Best for 2024: Nos. 21-30
With the 2023-24 wrestling season done and over with, it’s never too early to look ahead to next season. So, we’re putting out a list of the Top 30 Big Ten wrestlers going into the 2024-25 season in three segments — starting with Nos. 21-30. Look out...
Quality Performance Leads Moo To Third Straight Win
Fremont, Nebraska- Robert O’Malley was dominate in six innings on the mound and Carter Sintek’s two-run home run sparked The Fremont Moo in a 12-1 victory over The Bison in Independence League Baseball Association action Tuesday night at Historic Moller Field. Fremont claimed the first two games of the series from The Bison and will go for the sweep, Wednesday night.
New state funding mechanism could boost community colleges showing enrollment growth
BEATRICE – When community colleges moved from being funded by property taxes to state funds under what’s called the Community College Future Fund…any additional state support is tied to student enrollment. That could bode well for Southeast Community College, where President Dr. Paul Illich says enrollment is...
Part-time Instructors Prepare for Fall Semester
NORFOLK, Neb. – Faye Kilday, dean of the Center for Teaching and Learning, speaks during an In-Service session for adjunct faculty at the Lifelong Learning Center on the Norfolk campus on Monday evening. The group of part-time educators comes together prior to the start of the academic year to...
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