-
-
-
Subscribe
Subscribe to our print edition for extra features and to our website for full digital access.
-
-
-
More Top Stories
-
-
Icon Poly, the Gibbon, Neb., company that produced the fiberglass trees used for Nebraska City public art project, is attempting a repair of one of the sculptures damaged recently by vandals.
-
Petroleum Marketers Applaud Iowa Legislature for Approving Right to Blend Homegrown Biofuels 7:08 amIowa consumers and the state’s economy will benefit from legislation adopted last night by Iowa lawmakers protecting the long-standing practice of locally blending biofuel products. Fuel distributors and retailers led lobbying efforts to pass the new law requiring major oil refiners to offer Iowa businesses unblended gasoline and diesel, so...
-
The resolution that was adopted will remove the restriction denying membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation alone effective January 1, 2014. Adult membership requirements however, remain unchanged.
-
The three ethanol cars were removed today from the Little Cedar River east of Charles City and are being analyzed to determine the amount of ethanol released.
-
The Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca girls’ track and field team racked up 28 points and a top 10 finish in the Class B standings of this year’s state track and field meet last weekend at Omaha Burke Stadium.
-
The Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca boys’ track team scored a relay medal and an individual medal during last weekend’s action at the state track and field championships at Omaha Burke.
-
Two people have been arrested after authorities found four dogs shot execution style.
-
Today, Gov. Dave Heineman returned LB 194 to the Unicameral with a line-item veto of funding for an Omaha golf tournament. LB 194 contains numerous funding adjustments for Fiscal Year 2012-13.
-
About 5 p.m. Tuesday, the DNR received confirmation that the partially submerged train that derailed Monday night near Charles City is leaking ethanol and diesel fuel into the Little Cedar River.
-
Nebraska City Mayor Jack Hobbie declared May 25 at National Missing Children's Day and urged the state's continued efforts to prevent the abduction and sexual exploitation of children.Whereas, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, an estimated 800,000 children are reported missing each year;...
-
City commissioners accepted Mayor Jack Hobbie's Monday appointment of David Partsch as the new city attorney effective July 8.
-
Search for Missing Iowa Teen Continues, Law Enforcement Solicit Information on Suspect May. 21, 2013The search for 15 year old Kathlynn Shepard continues this morning as many officers and volunteers scour rural lands in Webster, Boone and Hardin County. As officers continue the search on the ground, citizens are asked to submit any information they have surrounding Kathlynn's whereabouts or the whereabouts of her suspected abductor.
-
Cpt. Lonnie Neeman reported Monday afternoon that police have interviewed several youths, ages 9-11, and believe they are responsible for damage to the public art tree sculpture at Steinhart Park.
-
Mayor Jack Hobbie and representatives of Nebraska City Tourism and Commerce and Nebraska City News-Press awarded the 2013 prestigious tree award to Skip Hammond for the “treaty tree” during the community tree planting activities at the Lewis and Clark Center.
-
During the month of April 2013, eleven persons were killed in traffic crashes on Nebraska roadways, according to data collected by the Nebraska Department of Roads.
-
Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have risen 38.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $4.06/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has increased 8.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.67/g, according to gasoline price website...
-
As many fans look back on the 2012 Peru State softball season, they will remember it for being full of many ups and downs as the team was constantly searching for consistency. The season started out rough as they lost their first 11 games, most of which were close games. They were able to bounce back however, by finishing 15-15 over their last...
-
On May 17, 2013, 18 year old Dillen Eaves from Ft. Madison, Iowa, was arrested and charged with Conspiracy to Commit Terrorism, a class B felony, and Conspiracy to Commit Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon, a class C felony.
-
On Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at approximately 1:06 AM, Waterloo Police responded to a 911 call regarding a man with a knife near E 4th Street and Sycamore Street in Waterloo.
-
The Nebraska Department of Labor announced today that Nebraska’s preliminary unemployment rate for April is 3.7 percent, seasonally adjusted. The jobless rate is 0.1 percent lower than the March rate and down 0.3 percent from the April 2012 rate.
-
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent in April from 4.9 percent in March, and was well below the year ago rate of 5.2 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate for April eased down to 7.5 percent from 7.6 percent in March.
-
The Big Ten office announced the conference schedule for the 2014 football season today, as approved by the Big Ten Directors of Athletics. The 2014 schedule will consist of eight games for each of the Big Ten's 14 teams, feature a new division alignment, include the conference debut of Maryland and Rutgers and culminate with the fourth annual Big...
-
Four Louisiana men were found guilty of poaching Iowa deer from a case that started when someone made a call to the Turn in Poachers hotline.
-
Beverly Hermann fell asleep Tuesday night watching the televised Louisville baseball game, but was searching for new Rutgers University gear by noon.
-
Officers apprehended an inmate from the Otoe County Detention Center about a block away from where he dashed out of the courthouse Monday afternoon.Trace M. Schmitz, 17, of Nebraska City is suspected of breaking the courthouse door as he bolted from the building.
-
Otoe County commissioners agreed Tuesday to sell the county-owned nursing home to facility managers Roy and Holly Schneider.Roy 2 Holly LLC presented the sole bid for the nursing home buildings and the Duff Mansion of $400,010.
-
The Nebraska City and Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca boys’ golf teams wrapped up their seasons on Monday by competeing at the Class B-2 district meet at Tiburon Golf Course in Omaha.
-
Scam artists are trying to bilk Nebraska City Utilities and Omaha Public Power District customers out of money by falsely claiming to represent the Utilities’ billing department. A number of customers have reported receiving fraudulent calls over the past week.
-
Free Fishing and Park Entry Day on May 18 is an opportunity for everyone to enjoy fishing or a state park area in Nebraska without the requirement of a fishing or park permit.
-
Gov. Heineman is reminding Nebraskans that U.S. and Nebraska flags will be flown at half-staff on Wednesday, May 15 in observance of Peace Officers’ Memorial Day. President Barack Obama has sign a proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half-staff nationwide.
-
Nichole Goebel set a new mark this winter for the youngest member of the Nebraska City Emergency Medical Services and says growing up with a father volunteering for the rescue squad help prepared her to follow her heart.
-
Nebraska, May 13- Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have risen 23.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.68/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has increased 6.2 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.57/g, according to gasoline price...
-
Track and Field teams from Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca, Lourdes and Nebraska City High School were in action at district track meets last week.
-
Attorney General Bruning today announced Peter Draper, 48, of Naponee was convicted of causing the death of his two-year-old grandson Joseph Rinehart, Jr. He faces 20 years to life in prison for one count of committing intentional child abuse resulting in death, a Class IB felony, and up to 50 years in prison for one count of child abuse resulting...
-
The Nebraska State Patrol in conjunction with the Seward County Attorney has released the names of the suspects involved in a fatal pursuit on Friday, May 10.
-
Mayhew Cabin and Historic Village recently unveiled the renovated log schoolhouse that site director Bill Hayes will provide teaching opportunities for the abolitionist movement and Nebraska City's role in the Underground Railroad.
-
Hugh I. Abrahamson of Bellevue and Jeffrey J. Funke of Nebraska City have submitted applications for appointment as district judge in the 2nd Judicial District consisting of Cass, Sarpy, and Otoe counties.
-
The Nebraska City Arby's Restaurant is raffling a custom-made guitar this spring to benefit the Madonna School in Omaha.The strat-style electric guitar is assembled from American parts and designed by Rick Rodgers of Great Plains Guitars.It will be on display at the store and $5 raffle tickets are expected to go on sale this weekend.
-
According to a new AFL-CIO report, Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 39 workers were killed in Nebraska in 2011 with a rate of 3.9 deaths per 100,000 workers. Nationally, Nebraska ranks 26th with 1 being the best and 50 being the worst. Due to lack of staffing it would take the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 112 years...
-
Nebraska City attorney David Partsch and Lincoln attorney Graham Jura are finalists for the Nebraska City attorney duties.Partsch has been Otoe County attorney since 2007.Jura has been in private practice at Jura Law Offices since 2011.
-
Without Tommie Frazier's heroics, the Nebraska Cornhuskers would have won exactly zero national championships in the Tom Osborne era.
-
About two in three eligible blacks (66.2 percent) voted in the 2012 presidential election, higher than the 64.1 percent of non-Hispanic whites who did so, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released today. This marks the first time that blacks have voted at a higher rate than whites since the Census Bureau started publishing statistics on...
-
Nemaha Natural Resources District officials have set May 18-19 as Free Park Permit Weekend at three public recreation areas operated by the District.
-
Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area (SRA) is one of the state's premier destinations and will provide great water and extensive white sandy beaches this summer, but visitors are asked to be mindful of interior least terns and piping plovers who share the lake's sandy shoreline.
-
The Nebraska City News-Press/Syracuse Journal-Democrat/Hamburg Reporter newsroom has been awarded several honors in the Best of GateHouse 2012 Contest.
-
Pastor Juan Fernandez is offering a Spanish language worship service on Sunday afternoons at Calvary Community Church at Nebraska City.Fernandez, an Evangelical Free Church of America pastor, arrived in Nebraska City in 2010 from his hometown of Reynosa, Mexico.
-
Mother Nature has not been nice to all spring sport teams across the Midwest, whether it is collegiate, high school, or middle school teams. Bad weather this past weekend forced the cancellation of the remainder of the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) baseball tournament, thus ending hopes of the Peru State Bobcat baseball team of...
-
Nebraska City scored two runs on four hits and committed two errors in an 11-2 district tournament loss at Wahoo on Monday.
-
The Nebraska State Patrol, in conjunction with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office, is investigating the crash of a school bus and a semi-trailer truck, four miles west of Norfolk in Madison County.
-
Having to wait two days to play their first game in the post-season proved not to be a good thing for the Peru State Bobcat softball. Mother Nature forced the delay due to rain and cool temperatures, only to see the Bobcats fall to Evangel University 12-0 in five innings.
-
-
-
-
-
- Read more top stories
Top Stories -
- Financial Advice from Jim Cramer
- Read More
-