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Recap: South Dakota eliminated from Little League World Series with loss to New York
South Dakota faces New York at 2 p.m. (CT) Saturday in a Little League World Series elimination game in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. ESPN will air the contest. South Dakota suffered a 2-1 defeat Wednesday against Florida, while New York dropped its opener Thursday versus Nevada. Follow here for live updates, analysis and commentary from Saturday's elimination game. ...
Legislative staffer was a great help to lawmakers and a proud Czech
Reuben Bezpaletz, who was one of the main staffers for the Legislative Research Council in our state Capitol for 42 years, died this past weekend at age 77. He was very kind and fair to all legislators, including Democrats. He worked hard to keep legislation between the staff and the legislator. There was no disclosure […]
Alerts for missing, endangered persons activated by FCC
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Federal Government is establishing a new alert code to raise awareness for any individual who may be vulnerable to going missing or murdered. When a child is abducted, the Emergency Alert Systems issues an Amber Alert to air on media and ring...
Tim Walz is returning to his home state where there’s a battle over a key Nebraska electoral vote
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Thousands of Nebraskans are expected to turn out on Saturday for native son Tim Walz on his first trip back to his home state since becoming the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Supporters hope Walz’s rural roots — he grew up in the small towns of...
Shaving off a couple degrees for Saturday’s forecast
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Taking a look at what you can see through the weekend. Smoke from wildfires will likely be across northern Nebraska Saturday into early Sunday morning. Seasonal temperatures look to stay consistent this weekend into the work week, with the best chances for showers and thunderstorms Sunday as well as late Tuesday night into Wednesday. Overall mostly dry conditions are expected the majority of the next seven days.
Manageable weekend heat with spotty rain Sunday
Saturday will be a mostly sunny day and we should be a little cooler than the temperatures reached on Friday afternoon. Highs will be in the mid 80s, and lows will be in the lower 60s Saturday night. Once again, locations north of Omaha will dip into the upper 50s.
Sasse responds to allegations of inappropriate spending at Florida
Former Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse has responded to allegations of excessive spending during abbreviated tenure as the University of Florida president. In a 1,700-word response on X, Sasse said it was false that there was inappropriate spending during his 17-month tenure at UF. Here is what Sasse posted on X...
Summit jumpstarts pipeline efforts with purchase of old land easement agreements
Summit Carbon Solutions has purchased old land easement agreements from a former rival company to help speed up its carbon pipeline construction project, Summit officials confirm. Summit’s former rival, Navigator CO2, attempted its own carbon dioxide pipeline project before backing out in October 2023. With Navigator out of the picture, Summit has purchased many of […]
$8M federal grant marks new funding stream for NE and rental aid for adults with disabilities
LINCOLN — An $8 million federal grant to Nebraska marks a new funding stream that will open rental opportunities for low-income adults with disabilities. The award is the result of a competitive application for the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s Section 811 Project Rental Assistance for Persons with Disabilities program, a program Nebraska had not […]
Alliance Drug Dealer Receives 10-25 Year Sentence
An Alliance drug dealer has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term following several meth related convictions according to KNEB News. In two separate Scotts Bluff County Court cases, 35-year-old Rueben Mendez pleaded no contest to two counts of Possession of Meth (28-139 grams) and one count of Delivery of an Exceptionally Hazardous Drug.
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