Dodge County News

Investigators said more tests will be needed to find out what killed a Fremont woman on Thursday.

There will be no testing on June 29 to allow the driver's testing station to be moved to a different part of the courthouse.

An elder silverback passes a tree in the Volcanoes Park. Mountain gorillas are on the critically endangered species list, with approximately 700 remaining in the wild -- and none in zoos.

No special election on the Fremont immigration ordinance - at least not yet. The Fremont City Council opted Tuesday to appeal a judge's ruling that would have allowed residents to vote on a ballot measure to curtail the hiring or renting of housing to illegal immigrants.

In a surprise move, Fremont leaders have ignored a recommendation to move forward with a special election on a measure that seeks to curb illegal immigration.

In a surprise move, Fremont leaders have ignored a recommendation to move forward with a special election.

A judge has ruled that residents of a small Nebraska town can vote on a proposal to bar anyone in the city from hiring or renting to illegal immigrants.

A Dodge County District Judge on Monday dismissed the city's claim that it can't legally enact a proposed ordinance that seeks to bar anyone in Fremont from hiring or renting to illegal immigrants.

Property taxes are due in two weeks for Jerry and Maxine Bennett of Fremont. However the escrow company they trusted suddenly disappeared along with their $1,100 for property taxes and home insurance.

Dodge County Judge John Samson said he doesna t have a deadline in mind but that he will work quickly to issue a decision on whether Fremont can hold a special election to decide the fate of an ordinance aimed at preventing illegal immigrants from working or renting housing in the city.

FREMONT, Neb. - A Dodge County District Court judge promised Thursday to rule quickly on whether the City of Fremont must hold a special election to vote on an ordinance targeting illegal immigrants.

A Nickerson man has died of injuries suffered when he was thrown from his all-terrain vehicle.

Two Nebraska men died over the weekend in separate crashes. Michael Guthrie, 23, of Nickerson, Neb., died Sunday morning at an Omaha hospital after losing control of his all-terrain vehicle.

The driver of a Dodge Ram pickup truck was killed in a rollover crash Wednesday night.

Another man in the truck, 27-year-old Matthew Layman of Hooper was injured. Deputies say Ladd was thrown out of the truck, Layman was not.

Depending on the outcome of a court battle, Fremont voters might get to vote on a proposed ordinance that would make it illegal to hire or rent housing to people who are in the country illegally.

The City of Fremont wants a district judge to rule that voters cannot enact an ordinance aimed at barring illegal immigrants from living and working in the city.

The continuing and intense fight over illegal immigrants in Fremont continues as City Attorney Dean Skokan promises to ask the Dodge County District Court to rule on whether a special election a ' sought by ...

People living near the Platte River in Dodge County woke up in the middle of the night to water rising through their homes.

You can't put a price on some artwork. But Lee Poppe of Scribner recalls when a woman knew what she wanted to pay for one of his carvings.