Tuesday Aug 12 | Omaha World-Herald
Should laptops be issued to middle schoolers?
With iPods in their hoodie pockets and cell phones in their backpacks, middle and high school students are immersed in technology.
Venture into the terrifying Black Forest with Snow White and her friends this Saturday when the Missoula Children's Theatre and more than 50 local students perform "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Billed as ...
Sliced arm leads to man's arrest
A man who sliced his arm on glass has been charged after a break-in at a local dental office.
I mentioned the other day that I got my first ride on a tractor, and it's happened again... another first ride but this time in a combine.
Murder charges follow death at meat plant
Flowers and candles at the Cambridge plant. A suspect charged in the death of a local veal processing plant worker is in police custody after an appearance in Kitchener provincial court.
By Jan Schultz The Imperial Republican Test results are in on the fluoride levels in the city of Imperial's drinking water, and they show the water is within acceptable ranges.
Council peeved by plans to combine YMCAs
The A-word is being used again in this city, this time by a city councillor to describe the current collaboration between the Cambridge and K-W YMCAs.
New high-speed rail initiative launched
Will Britain get a second high speed railway? Birmingham alone could benefit to the tune of 2.24bn from a high speed rail link according to work conducted by Greengauge 21.
Some reservoirs low despite rains
Refilling some of Nebraska's drought-stricken reservoirs and lakes is a tall order - even for the recent rainstorms that have hit parts of the state.
Good Neighbors & Trusting Business
We've got great neighbors. Yesterday one of them showed up with his tractor and the biggest box spreader I've seen and made short work of a fair sized pile of gravel we had yet to spread.
Possible gas leak at Cambridge hospital
A section of a hospital in Cambridge, Ont. has been evacuated because of a possible natural gas leak, according to 570 News. via Toronto Sun
Police investigate two-vehicle crash
Today: H 7 /L 0 Police are investigating a collision in Cambridge last week after a pickup truck struck another vehicle. via Cambridge Times
Ground broken on latest Habitat for Humanity home
“It depends on where we're at in the process how many people we can put to work.”
It's been a particularly long winter for the Lucero family of McCook, waiting for the ground to thaw and the weather to warm enough to break ground at the lot on West Fairacres. via McCook Daily Gazette
Driver charged with unsafe turn
Today: H 19 /L 12 Clear 5 Day Forecast A driver faces a charge of not making a safe turn before a collision occurred on Conestoga Boulevard on the weekend. via Cambridge Times
McConville goes the distance at Med. Valley Invite
Grant Strunk/McCook Daily Gazette An exhausted Layne McConville gets a victory kiss from little sister Avery, after winning her last event of the day. via McCook Daily Gazette
Candidate prizes his position as an outsider
“I knew it would be a formidable race when I got in but I haven't thought about not winning”
One thing about Pat Flynn - he's not a seasoned politician. And he likes it that way. via McCook Daily Gazette
Spring storm system moves through central plains
Interstate 80 @ Sutherland Thurs @ 11:45 AM, from NDOR WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1119 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 A MAJOR SPRING STORM HAD PUSHED INTO ... via KRVN-AM Lexington
“We will conduct an appropriate search at that time”
State legislature passes bill to pay surface irrigators, governor signs it By Russ Pankonin The Imperial Republican Two senators from southwest Nebraska received praise from the governor Tuesday following the ... via Imperial Republican
Christensen: Override doubtful
“If we don't use the tax increase, it's Western Nebraska which will have decreasing road quality”
There may not be enough votes to override Gov. Dave Heineman's veto of a increased gas tax that lawmakers approved in the state budget, said Sen. via McCook Daily Gazette
Christensen 'frustrated' over school funding
“The reduction-in-force date needs to be moved to May, or at least until after the state is done fooling with the (state aid) formula”
Nebraska Sen. Mark Christensen said this morning he is pleased with some things in his District 44 -- money for an educational wing at the college in Curtis ... money to pay farmers for irrigation water -- but, ... via McCook Daily Gazette