Latest Nebraska Headlines
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New Trial Ordered in Suit Against Contractor Over Nebraska Library Sprinkler Damage
Jun 23 2020 // Wahoo city officials will get another chance to try to prove a contractor’s negligence after a sprinkler system in their local library burst and caused an estimated $160,000 in damage, the Nebraska Supreme Court...
Nebraska Farm Bureau: Potential Ag Losses from Pandemic – $3.7B
Jun 12 2020 // Nebraska potentially faces nearly $3.7 billion in agricultural losses from the coronavirus pandemic if economic conditions do not improve, the Nebraska Farm Bureau said. Its estimate projects revenue losses for this...
Remnants of Cristobal Bring Thunderstorms, Flooding to Midwest
Jun 11 2020 // The remnants of Tropical Storm Cristobal were moving out of the Midwest and into Canada on Wednesday, with gusty winds and heavy rain leaving behind flooding in Indiana, Wisconsin, Missouri and Iowa. High winds brought...
Nebraska’s Chadron State College to Pay $900K to Settle Title IX Lawsuits
May 27 2020 // The Nebraska State College System will pay $900,000 to settle two lawsuits alleging Chadron State College failed to prevent dating violence that led to a softball player’s 2015 suicide. Chadron State also will...
Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance Adds Gravatt as Regional VP
May 4 2020 // Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance Inc. (MIAA) has hired Clayton Gravatt as regional vice president for Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. Gravatt will be responsible for overall business development, membership service, and...
Corps Says Some Midwest Levees Damaged in 2019 Still Vulnerable
Apr 2 2020 // With flood concerns already high in the Midwest, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is warning that many levees on the Missouri and Kansas rivers that were damaged during devastating floods last spring remain vulnerable to...
Patriot Insurance Enters Nebraska with Addition of The Olson Group
Mar 18 2020 // Patriot Growth Insurance Service LLC (Patriot), a national insurance agency headquartered in Fort Washington, Penn., has added Omaha, Neb.-based The Olson Group (Olson) to the Patriot platform. The partnership with Olson...
Nebraska to Feds: Make Flood Control on Missouri River a Priority
Mar 3 2020 // Nebraska lawmakers have sent a nearly unanimous message to federal officials who control the flow of the Missouri River: focus on preventing floods above all else. Lawmakers voted 43-1 on a resolution calling on Congress...
Nebraska Theater Bar Could Lose License for Serving Tainted Drinks
Feb 20 2020 // Nebraska’s liquor control agency has called a movie theater bar in suburban Omaha to account for accidentally serving two customers cocktails that contained cleaning solution. The Alamo Drafthouse in La Vista could...
Employee Accused of Stealing from Nebraska Insurance Agency Fined $400
Feb 20 2020 // A woman accused of stealing from a Beatrice, Neb., insurance agency has been fined $400. Gage County Court records say Nicole Nelson paid the fine; the 45-year-old had pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor theft charge. She...
Nebraska to Get $109M in Federal Flood Relief Funds
Feb 3 2020 // The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has allocated nearly $109 million in federal funds in the aftermath of last year’s devastating historic floods, a news release from the agency said. The Community...
Cleaning Solution in Drinks at Nebraska Bar Sickens 2
Jan 31 2020 // Two customers at a movie theater bar in Nebraska were treated at a hospital after they were served cleaning solution in their drinks apparently by accident. The women, ages 45 and 51, took sips and soon began to feel...
Report: Nebraska, Iowa Sustained Billions in Weather Losses Last Year
Jan 16 2020 // Nebraska suffered more than $3.4 billion in losses from disastrous weather last year while the toll was $1.9 billion in neighboring Iowa, according to a federal report. The bomb cyclone in March caused most of the damage,...
Tax Break for Hiring Felons Included in Nebraska Bill
Jan 13 2020 // Nebraska businesses that hire felons could get a tax break under a measure that’s designed to make it easier for them to get jobs and reduce the likelihood they’ll re-offend. Supporters say the bill before...
USI Insurance Services Acquires Nebraska’s Marcotte Insurance Agency.
Dec 16 2019 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired the Omaha, Nebraska-based benefits, retirement and risk management advisory firm, Marcotte Insurance Agency Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1927,...
Hub International Acquires Nebraska Brokerage, SilverStone Group
Dec 5 2019 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired Nebraska-based insurance brokerage SilverStone Group (SilverStone). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With SilverStone, the company creates...
Holman Named Deputy Director, General Counsel at Nebraska Insurance Dept.
Nov 26 2019 // Matthew Holman has been appointed deputy director and general counsel at the Nebraska Department of Insurance. Holman has served the department as legal counsel since August 2011 and as general counsel since November...
Scores of U.S. Dams in Poor Condition Pose Danger to Thousands
Nov 7 2019 // On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock on his door. Two workers from a utility company in northern Nebraska had come with a stark warning: Get out of your house. Just a little over a quarter-mile...
Employee Accused of Stealing Over $100K From Nebraska Insurance Agency
Oct 10 2019 // A woman has been accused of stealing more than $100,000 while working for a Beatrice, Nebraska, insurance agency. Gage County Court records say 44-year-old Nicole Nelson is charged with felony theft. Her attorney...
As Many as 40 States Eye Probe of Facebook Over Antitrust, Privacy Concerns
Oct 8 2019 // An estimated 40 U.S. state attorneys general will participate in a probe of Facebook Inc., a source said on Monday, suggesting many more states want allegations of anticompetitive practices at the social media company...
