Saunders County News

By JOE DUGGAN / Lincoln Journal Star Saturday, Jul 04, 2009 - 11:47:12 pm CDT Rinse, spit ... and flush.

TO Nebraska, where a man has drowned while mowing the lawn. Bob Thorson, chief deputy of the Saunders County Sheriffa s Department, tells one and all that 85-year-old Albert Kavan Sr.

It's 36-months in jail for the Creighton, Nebraska, man, who took off with his wife and kids after domestic abuse questions by police.

An 85-year-old Nebraska man drowned after being thrown from his riding lawnmower at his home near Cedar Bluffs.

Rescue crews took one person to the hospital after a two-vehicle crash west of Wahoo.

Voters overwhelming approved a school bond issue for the Ashland-Greenwood School District during a special election Tuesday.

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.

A news release from the office of Sen. Ben Nelson says the money will go toward maintenance, operations and construction work.

BRIDGEPORT, Neb. - On the Web site for his 3-Strikes Mustang Ranch, Jason Meduna talks about the obligation a man has to his horses.

A missile-like object flown by helicopter will be in the air over Nebraska for about a week beginning Sunday.

You've heard of the Birdman of Alcatraz. But have you heard of the Recycling Lady of Saunders County? Her name is Nancy Meyer and she lives in Cedar Bluffs.

Mayor Beutler announced Wednesday $400,000 in federal stimulus money will help low income youth get work this summer.

Mayor Chris Beutler today announced that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 will provide $408,803 for a summer jobs program for low-income youth ages 14 to 24.

Police in Norfolk, Nebraska are asking for the public's help in finding the car involved with a fatal hit and run accident over the weekend.

At 5:02 National Weather Service radar was tracking a confirmed tornado near Murdock, about 20 miles east of Lincoln.

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Raising a child can be tough. Now, imagine what its like for the parents of the 6,000 U.S. children born, every year, with Down Syndrome.

More than three dozen teenage ``prisoners'' have volunteered to help Saunders County authorities get ready for their new Wahoo jail building.

The state giveth and the state taketh away. For nine Nebraska counties, that could mean getting back the responsibility - and the cost - of assessing homes, farms and businesses for property tax purposes.

Search crews found 20 year old Jeffrey Julian's body Monday near Fremont. Tuesday, March 17, 2009 According to the Saunders County Sheriff's Department, autopsy results Tuesday showed the Omaha man died of exposure.