WEST POINT, NEBRASKA CITY COUNCIL AGENDA – Tuesday, April 2, 2024 5:30 o'clock P.M. Municipal Building, 444 South Main Street All agenda items are for discussion and action will be taken as deemed appropriate. The City Council reserves the right to go into closed session in accordance with Section 84-1410.…
The Nebraska softball team hit a season-high four home runs to win an 11-7 slugfest Friday in the opening game of a three-game series at Wisconsin. The four homers came from Nebraska's Nos. 4, 5 and 6 hitters Samantha Bland, Sydney Gray and Talia Tokheim. Bland and Gray each hit…
OMAHA, Neb. - The Omaha Supernovas have announced that middle blocker Danielle Hart has been moved to the season-ending injured reserve. Hart, a Wisconsin graduate, played in six matches in her debut season for the Supernovas, racking up 34 kills, 18 digs and 11 blocks. Hart’s season highlight came in the first Pro Volleyball Federation…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours around the state. At Mobile Office Hours, Ricketts’ staff will be on-site to assist Nebraskans with their casework needs. If Nebraskans can’t get an answer in a timely manner or feel they have been treated unfairly, Ricketts and…
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen joined leaders from the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), and advocates in announcing the elimination of the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Registry to better support Nebraskans with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). “This is a breakthrough…
LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen, state senators, and the Nebraska Hospital Association (NHA) held a ceremonial bill signing at Methodist Fremont Health to celebrate a new law that will qualify the state’s hospitals for approximately $1 billion of additional federal Medicaid funds each year. “Our state’s hospitals provide outstanding…
Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) were represented by nearly 50 directors and staff in Washington, D.C., March 18-20, 2024. Nebraska’s NRDs advocate for strengthening tools to preserve and fund natural resources projects, which includes engaging policymakers from the grassroots level with a unified voice. This grassroots advocacy culminates with a…
A teen boy was arrested after he allegedly pointed a gun at a woman in Woodland Park. A man trying to use a fake $100 bill in Norfolk was arrested for that and on an arrest warrant for trying to do the same thing last month. It's Vietnam War Veterans…
As of March 1, there were 74.6 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 1% from March 2023 but down 2% from Dec. 1, 2023, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Other key findings…
OMAHA, NE. — Brooke Nuneviller set the franchise record for most kills and digs in one match as her standout performance led the Omaha Supernovas (9-4) to a 27-25, 20-25, 30-28, 25-22 win over the Grand Rapids Rise (6-6) Thursday night at the CHI Health Center. Nuneviller was the star of the show pacing the Omaha…
