Nebraska News

Iowa's strength is in its numbers as it enters the NCAA wrestling championships. The two-time defending champion Hawkeyes don't have a No. 1 seed at any weight entering the three-day tournament that starts Thursday at the Qwest Center in Omaha. But they ar... (source: Examiner) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Dana College will soon join the handful of private colleges that have been sold in recent years and converted from nonprofit organizations to for-profit corporations. College officials announced Wednesday that a group of investors and an unnamed private eq... (source: Examiner) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Residents of a north Des Moines neighborhood are packing their belongings and fleeing the area, which flooded in 2008. The Birdland neighborhood is again at risk of flooding this year. A reservoir up... (source: Big News Network) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

A former Farm Service Agency employee from Falls City has pleaded guilty to wire fraud over her handling of loan payments. Denise Schawang was indicted in May on 10 counts of wire fraud, but pleaded ... (source: Big News Network) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

For the first time in two decades, the City of Omaha may be hiring private contractors to help fill potholes.With the extra hands and extra hours, main roadways could be smoothed out in a month, said ... (source: Big News Network) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Former Omaha Fire Chief Robert Dahlquist was formally charged Wednesday with domestic violence and disturbing the peace. He was arrested last Sunday after his wife went to the hospital with bruises. ... (source: Big News Network) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

(AP Photo/Dave Weaver)Cornell's Troy Nickerson takes questions during a news conference at the the NCAA Wresting Championships on Wednesday, March 17, 2010, in Omaha, Neb. (source: Big News Network) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Dana College will soon join the handful of private colleges that have been sold in recent years and converted from nonprofit organizations to for-profit corporations.College officials announced Wednes... (source: Big News Network) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

Aurora graduate Darci Vetter has always had an eye turned toward natural resources, the environment and agriculture.The overlap between the three peaked her interest at an early age while she was grow... (source: Big News Network) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com

A little extra luck may be with everyone, as hundreds headed out to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. While everyone becomes Irish on this holiday, it's important to keep safety at the top of mind. (source: Big News Network) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

The Council Bluffs teen who ran away to Illinois with his underage girlfriend last month was in court Wednesday. Nineteen-year-old Steven Hecker faces charges of third-degree sexual abuse and sexual e... (source: Big News Network) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

While many celebrate St. Patrick's Day Wednesday, extra officers are out watching for drunk drivers. Clancy's Pub in Omaha is offering a safe and fun way to avoid those checkpoints and a potential... (source: Big News Network) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

A recent change in Iowa law may mean retailers and restaurants will be able to offer a wider range of beers with higher alcohol content. The "Iowa Beer Equality Bill" was part of the government reorg... (source: Big News Network) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

An amendment to a bill (LB1103) advanced to the full Legislature would allow women to get abortions after about 20 weeks only if not having them would put them at serious risk of substantial or irreve... (source: Big News Network) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

The investors and college officials said Wednesday they don't plan big staff or program changes at Dana, which was founded by Danes and has ties to the Evangelical Lutheran Church. (source: Big News Network) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) -- Authorities say a 23-year-old woman was fatally injured after her car rammed through a fence and into the back of a house near the Chalco Hills Recreation Area in Sarpy County. (source: Big News Network) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

YORK, Neb. (AP) -- A former employee of the United Farmers Cooperative has been charged with using the co-op's money to buy himself a $9,000 golf cart. (source: Big News Network) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

Police chase a suspect across three counties following an overnight robbery. Around three Wednesday morning, the Casey's General Store at 72nd and Cornhusker was robbed. The clerk was tied up and rob... (source: Big News Network) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com

A homeowner in Sarpy County called 911 early Wednesday morning after a car crashed through his fence and into the back of his house. The driver was seriously injured. (source: Big News Network) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com

It needs to be dry. That's the main requirement.City street crews filling potholes across Omaha do their best work when they don't have to battle melting snow and puddling rain.That'... (source: Big News Network) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com