Douglas News

Screening for depression offered To gauge your emotional health or that of a loved one, take advantage of National Depression Screening Day Thursday.

New hours starting at nature center The Hitchcock Nature Center in Honey Creek, Iowa, will switch to new seasonal hours, effective Tuesday at the Loess Hills Lodge.

Douglas MacArthur was a fellow who apparently was born to be a leader of men. His grandfather, Arthur MacArthur Sr., a jurist in Milwaukee, and onetime governor of Wisconsin , was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

It's official: the Giant Piping Plover is named Pebbles. The Lincoln-based Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership's naming contest drew 279 different names from 182 different people.

On Saturday, October 10, 2009, troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol Troop A Headquarters- Omaha, will hold the fourth in a series of statewide 'Safety Saturday' initiatives.

Family, friends and community members gathered at First Plymouth Congregational Church Thursday for the funeral of former state Sen.

With temps flirting with 90 and high humidity on Wednesday, many were feeling the heat; and the Red Cross is once again preparing to help those in need when it comes to cooling down.

Go ahead and smile for your driver's license photo next month. But please, don't overdo it.

The Assessor's Office doesn't go inside houses when setting valuations. So the county won't know if your house has a cracked foundation or other serious structural problem.