Новости за 19.07.2015

SIOUX CITY -- People participate in RAGBRAI in order to bicycle through Iowa towns, sample great homemade food and meet new people.

Noah Kulhanek pitched 8 1/3 innings, scattering five hits and striking out nine in leading JC Brager to a 9-0 win against Judds Brothers in the Class A Area 5 American Legion senior tournament…

COLUMBUS -- Elephants, giraffes, rhinos, oh my!

Jeff Fortenberry's weekend report to his constituents assessing the proposed Iran nuclear deal is measured and thoughtful.

Jeff Fortenberry's weekend report to his constituents assessing the proposed Iran nuclear deal is measured and thoughtful.

GRAND ISLAND — One Nebraska city is considering suspending its mercury control efforts at its power plant to save money while federal officials review the rules requiring that.

DAVID CITY — The Butler County Agricultural Society is known across the state for adapting to the changing times of county fair entertainment.

KEARNEY — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has announced a public meeting to discuss the removal of invasive trees and shrubs from the Bassway Strip Wildlife Management Area near Kearney.

LINCOLN — Nebraska lawmakers are once again looking to lower property taxes, but this time they're turning to the single largest expense on landowners' tax bills: school funding.

FREMONT — Keene Memorial Library children's librarian Laura England-Biggs' office is hidden away, off the main storage room in the back recesses of the library.

OMAHA — Six years after her husband was shot and killed, an Omaha woman still hopes someone will come forward with a tip to solve the crime.

OMAHA — The daughter's trip to the orthodontist? Not going to happen.

This is the morning routine of the new chief executive officer of the state's largest agency: Up around 7 after just a few hours of sleep.

As the Seventh-day Adventists established Union College in College View, southeast of Lincoln, they, like the Methodists in University Place and the Christian Church at Bethany Heights, turned…

WarrenWarren J. Rathje age 71 of York, died Friday, July 17, 2015, at Lincoln...

Edwin Eugene Gene Tegtmeier, 79, of Hickman, passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2015 in Lincoln...

James E. Roberts, 84, of Valparaiso, died July 17, 2015, in Lincoln. Services pending at Wadlow Rozanek Funeral Home, Valparaiso.

Alice E. Steyer, 91, of Lincoln, passed away July 17, 2015. Born August 22, 1923, in Milligan to James J. Novak and Elizabeth Beranek...

Josephus E. Joe Carnes, 84, Lincoln, passed away July 16, 2015. Services: 10:11 a.m., Tuesday, July 21, at Roper & Sons Chapel, 4300 O St.

Lucile M. Hahn, 97, of Lincoln, passed away July 16, 2015, at The Landing. Lucile was born August 12, 1917, to Theodore and Alma Hahn at DeWitt...

William "Bill" Brunsen passed away July 11, 2015. Born Aug. 18, 1940 in Friend to William & Lorene Brunsen. He served the U.S...

Eula Marie Schidler, 83, of Lincoln, passed away July 16, 2015. Born December 8, 1931 in Bennet to Emanuel Lee Roy and Dora Bernice (Rickard) Ennis...

Shirley F. Davis, 77, of Lincoln, passed into the arms of Jesus on July 12, 2015...

Bertha Zak, 94, of Dorchester, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015, Friend. Born Feb. 9, 1921, Dorchester...

MarkusMarkus K. OBrien, 48, of Lincoln, died Friday, July 17, 2015.Services pending, Lincoln Memorial Funeral Home.