NebraskaPedia™ - October, 2009 Archived News
» AgRelations Council's Lincoln conference to address animal welfare, environment
» The challenge of cutting $335 million from the state budget is immense
» NU Regents face tough choice on stem cell research
» Aurora lineman Rodriguez only Nebraskan selected for Army All-American Bowl
» Federal red tape slows the spending of local weatherization stimulus money
» Cap-and-trade legislation could hit farmers in the pocketbook
» For first time in a decade, Nebraska is completely devoid of drought conditions
» $5 million federal grant awarded for geothermal HVAC system in new Lincoln jail
» Award-winning Norfolk screenwriter hopes to make a living in Hollywood
» Lincoln-based organization pursues multifaceted plan to attack childhood obesity
» Americold plans to add 10 warehouse jobs in Fremont next spring
» Environmental group petitions to put Platte River caddisfly on endangered list
» 2 feet of October snow have fallen in parts of western Panhandle
» Former Vise-Grip plant in DeWitt is purchased by a developer
» North Bend begins capital campaign for a new library
» Next year's census numbers will make an impact on the local level
» 'Ben factor' helped Guardsman land summer job as Nelson's intern
» Obama names Hagel a special national security advisor
» October has turned winterlike in western Nebraska
» Privately funded, community-based daycare up and running in Aurora
» Re-opened pork trade with China is good news for state, governor says
» Teachers' union leader says mediation may decide Bellevue holdout
» Public power districts in Cuming, Stanton counties get stimulus money for smart grids
» Riverdale man punished for threatening trespassers with a handgun
» Metropolitan to file suit against all other Nebraska junior colleges
» Forecasting board: $335 million shortfall means Nebraska is at low point of recession
» Ricketts family's purchase of Cubs is latest chapter in Nebraska baseball tradition
» Platte County sees increased valuation, tax revenues in 2009
» Dip in attendance, increase in profit at Omaha's Qwest Center
» Consultant: Second Kearney hospital likely no threat to Good Samaritan
» Bible-based display returns to Lincoln's annual 'Boo at the Zoo'
» Nebraska's major soy biodiesel plant closes
» State senator's publicized motorboat exposes apparent tax loophole
» High court to decide if Fremont will hold illegal immigration referendum
» Unemployed Nebraskans line up to apply for state jobs
» North Platte native Woodhead makes NFL debut with Jets
» 40-year GI first-grade teacher wins leadership award
» Skepticism abounds about the need for four new Lincoln hotels
» UNL to host conference on human trafficking
» Additional bonds sold to help pay for $17 million Scottsbluff school project
» Omaha Fed officer suggests Nebraska well positioned to exit recession early
» New blood test at Lincoln cancer center helps indicate disease is spreading
» $8,000 tax credit has helped Lincoln housing market, some push for extension
» Norfolk taking small steps to develop a riverwalk corridor
» Habitat For Humanity plans to start in Columbus by next spring
» Cooler weather has helped reduce spread of West Nile virus
» Senators want Heineman's budget proposals 72 hours before special session
» Consultant tells Regents Phase 1 of Innovation Campus to cost $220 million
» NU president: We'll expand stem cell research if Regents don't act
» Education Committee favors making parents wait longer to enroll kids in Kindergarten
» State unveils new tourism theme at annual awards ceremony
» Kearney doctor-investors skeptical about Good Sam's planned $65 million addition
» Regents taking public comment on stem-cell research, UNMC announces breakthrough
» Rainy, snowy weather threatens corn and soybean harvest throughout state
» Wauneta rancher wins national award for his progressive methods
» YMCA tackle football for grades 3-6 growing quickly in Norfolk
» Family plans to rebuild its Imperial business that was devastated by fire
» Nebraska's unemployment rate drops, but there are fewer jobs than a year ago
» State attorney general's office asks court to stop Bank Shot
» Med Center wants to build a $30 million eye institute
» Turkey production comes to a virtual standstill in Nebraska
» Exchange student in Elwood experiences differences between U.S., Sweden
» Omaha teachers reject pay hike averaging $1,800 per person
» Cabela's in Sidney plans monument commemorating the Pony Express
» North Platte allocates lodging tax money for tourism, recreation projects
» Columbus aims to improve application process for downtown living
» New Bergan elementary school building to open a semester earlier than planned
» Study recommends new parking garage in Lincoln's Haymarket
» Alertness urged to help control invasive species in Nebraska
» Experts agree it's hard to predict droughts in the northern Great Plains
» Midlands are above average when it comes to marriage
» Family-owned Imperial business devastated by weekend fire
» Election Day registration would increase turnout, Avery says
» Beatrice plant will call 61 employees back to work
» Older workers deferring retirement means younger workers waiting for jobs
» UNMC researcher helps develop less expensive treatment for arthritis
» Cost of new Kearney hospital estimated at $20 million
» State employee furloughs could be on the table during upcoming special sesson
» GI front-line ambulance crews get bone drills
» Nebraska K-12 students gradually seeing more locally-grown food on their plates
» Governor goes to Fremont to promote charitable giving in a tough economy
» UNL ag law specialist sees more animal rights confrontations coming to Nebraska
» Mother of Nebraska's first set of quints has advice for mom of the second set
» AARP rep tells McCook seniors Senate health bill would not change Medicare much
» Talk of second Kearney hospital gets the attention of Good Samaritan exec
» Johanns played role in stopping TARP money from being used for highways
» Gale plans to run for third term as Nebraska's Secretary of State
» Tripadvisor.com names Carhenge second-wackiest U.S. attraction
» New book chronicles NP's history as town that 'fights about everything'
» Town hall meeting set to discuss potential sale of Burwell nursing home
» GI-to-Phoenix flights available Wednesdays through Saturdays
» Requests for aid are higher, earlier than normal at Omaha Salvation Army
» Nebraska's black students doing better on national math test
» Things look promising for a milder winter in Omaha
» Metro learning community considers 'green high school' in south Sarpy County
» October gets off to a record-cold start in Lincoln Early snowfall threatens soybean crop
» Wind power conference set for Nov. 9-10 in Kearney Ag heavyweights push development
» Doctors' investment group has new Kearney hospital on the fast track
» GI City Council delaying major purchase in anticipation of state aid cuts
» Lincoln Southwest principal: Westboro anti-gay picketers are a learning moment
» Hunter education classes seeing higher attendance than ever
» In public vs. private student loan debate, Obama makes his preference known
» Dual enrollment in high school helps students save time, money in college
» Nebraska Dem leader says Heineman mismanaged budget
» Scenic byways grant to help Nebraska encourage tourism
» North Platte hit with a 13.8-inch record October snowfall
» State GOP backs a return to winner-take-all in Nebraska electoral vote
» 2,600 Lincoln churchgoers hit the streets to do service projects in the snow
» Nebraska Right to Life plans to picket Regents' next meeting
» Health officials say antibiotics won't help flu symptoms
» Iraq vet tells G.I. grade-school pen pals their communication means a lot
» Senators urged to come up with cohesive, long-term water plan
» Board of Education supports more math requirements for high school graduation
» Orleans Fire Department gets new safety gear
» Up to 8 inches of early-season snow expected in Panhandle
» Special session in early November will result in leaner state government
» Omaha eyes its cash reserve as it struggles to finish 2009 in the black
» Central Nebraska experiences near-record low temperatures to start October
» Curbside recycling program begins in Fremont
» Fulton announces intention to run for state treasurer
» North Platte native leads Idaho football resurgence
» Mayo Clinic to refuse Nebraska Medicaid patients as of January 1
» Heineman plans Legislative special session over tax revenue plunge
» Enrollment is up in all of Grand Island's school districts
» USDA administrator tells NP audience smaller can be better
» Chinese journalist tells UNL audience Internet harming Sino-American relations
» Nebraska soldiers teach improved farming techniques to Afghans
» Falling tax revenues prompt call to state departments to brace for cuts
» Supporters of new Haymarket arena tout its economic benefits
» Paxton to vote on $8 million school bond issue
» UNL trying to find work for its laid-off employees with little success
» Broken Bow theater flexible enough for multi-purpose useage
» Growing number of Nebraskans want no federal funding of abortion in health reform
» Mexican national travels long road to becoming legal immigrant in Fremont
» More than 10 percent of Hershey's population are TeamMates mentors
» Nashville artist gives concert at Omaha homeless shelter her parents founded
» Cozad will try to find new owner for Tenneco plant
» Good Samaritan Society nursing homes celebrate their Christian roots
» Omaha begins huge overhaul of its sewer system
» Financial problems, infighting have community radio station on the ropes
» Kearney launches effort to save the World .. Theatre
» Government, business target people who text while they drive
» Private industry in Nebraska seeing wind energy as a good investment
» Ogallala native Gilg sworn in as Nebraska's new U.S. attorney
» Contents of DeWitt's old Vise-Grip factory have been auctioned
» Two death penalty opponents tell audience about their experiences
» Survey suggests economic recovery underway in Midwest and Plains
» Nelson hardening against public option, wants 2-part health care reform
» Study of Republican Basin terraces yields valuable water use info
» Homelessness hard to tally, many have no plan to change their life
» State's first shipment of H1N1 vaccine will be smaller than anticipated
» Norfolk ponders how to replace its aging swimming pool
» AgRelations Council's Lincoln conference to address animal welfare, environment
» The challenge of cutting $335 million from the state budget is immense
» NU Regents face tough choice on stem cell research
» Aurora lineman Rodriguez only Nebraskan selected for Army All-American Bowl
» Federal red tape slows the spending of local weatherization stimulus money
» Cap-and-trade legislation could hit farmers in the pocketbook
» For first time in a decade, Nebraska is completely devoid of drought conditions
» $5 million federal grant awarded for geothermal HVAC system in new Lincoln jail
» Award-winning Norfolk screenwriter hopes to make a living in Hollywood
» Lincoln-based organization pursues multifaceted plan to attack childhood obesity
» Americold plans to add 10 warehouse jobs in Fremont next spring
» Environmental group petitions to put Platte River caddisfly on endangered list
» 2 feet of October snow have fallen in parts of western Panhandle
» Former Vise-Grip plant in DeWitt is purchased by a developer
» North Bend begins capital campaign for a new library
» Next year's census numbers will make an impact on the local level
» 'Ben factor' helped Guardsman land summer job as Nelson's intern
» Obama names Hagel a special national security advisor
» October has turned winterlike in western Nebraska
» Privately funded, community-based daycare up and running in Aurora
» Re-opened pork trade with China is good news for state, governor says
» Teachers' union leader says mediation may decide Bellevue holdout
» Public power districts in Cuming, Stanton counties get stimulus money for smart grids
» Riverdale man punished for threatening trespassers with a handgun
» Metropolitan to file suit against all other Nebraska junior colleges
» Forecasting board: $335 million shortfall means Nebraska is at low point of recession
» Ricketts family's purchase of Cubs is latest chapter in Nebraska baseball tradition
» Platte County sees increased valuation, tax revenues in 2009
» Dip in attendance, increase in profit at Omaha's Qwest Center
» Consultant: Second Kearney hospital likely no threat to Good Samaritan
» Bible-based display returns to Lincoln's annual 'Boo at the Zoo'
» Nebraska's major soy biodiesel plant closes
» State senator's publicized motorboat exposes apparent tax loophole
» High court to decide if Fremont will hold illegal immigration referendum
» Unemployed Nebraskans line up to apply for state jobs
» North Platte native Woodhead makes NFL debut with Jets
» 40-year GI first-grade teacher wins leadership award
» Skepticism abounds about the need for four new Lincoln hotels
» UNL to host conference on human trafficking
» Additional bonds sold to help pay for $17 million Scottsbluff school project
» Omaha Fed officer suggests Nebraska well positioned to exit recession early
» New blood test at Lincoln cancer center helps indicate disease is spreading
» $8,000 tax credit has helped Lincoln housing market, some push for extension
» Norfolk taking small steps to develop a riverwalk corridor
» Habitat For Humanity plans to start in Columbus by next spring
» Cooler weather has helped reduce spread of West Nile virus
» Senators want Heineman's budget proposals 72 hours before special session
» Consultant tells Regents Phase 1 of Innovation Campus to cost $220 million
» NU president: We'll expand stem cell research if Regents don't act
» Education Committee favors making parents wait longer to enroll kids in Kindergarten
» State unveils new tourism theme at annual awards ceremony
» Kearney doctor-investors skeptical about Good Sam's planned $65 million addition
» Regents taking public comment on stem-cell research, UNMC announces breakthrough
» Rainy, snowy weather threatens corn and soybean harvest throughout state
» Wauneta rancher wins national award for his progressive methods
» YMCA tackle football for grades 3-6 growing quickly in Norfolk
» Family plans to rebuild its Imperial business that was devastated by fire
» Nebraska's unemployment rate drops, but there are fewer jobs than a year ago
» State attorney general's office asks court to stop Bank Shot
» Med Center wants to build a $30 million eye institute
» Turkey production comes to a virtual standstill in Nebraska
» Exchange student in Elwood experiences differences between U.S., Sweden
» Omaha teachers reject pay hike averaging $1,800 per person
» Cabela's in Sidney plans monument commemorating the Pony Express
» North Platte allocates lodging tax money for tourism, recreation projects
» Columbus aims to improve application process for downtown living
» New Bergan elementary school building to open a semester earlier than planned
» Study recommends new parking garage in Lincoln's Haymarket
» Alertness urged to help control invasive species in Nebraska
» Experts agree it's hard to predict droughts in the northern Great Plains
» Midlands are above average when it comes to marriage
» Family-owned Imperial business devastated by weekend fire
» Election Day registration would increase turnout, Avery says
» Beatrice plant will call 61 employees back to work
» Older workers deferring retirement means younger workers waiting for jobs
» UNMC researcher helps develop less expensive treatment for arthritis
» Cost of new Kearney hospital estimated at $20 million
» State employee furloughs could be on the table during upcoming special sesson
» GI front-line ambulance crews get bone drills
» Nebraska K-12 students gradually seeing more locally-grown food on their plates
» Governor goes to Fremont to promote charitable giving in a tough economy
» UNL ag law specialist sees more animal rights confrontations coming to Nebraska
» Mother of Nebraska's first set of quints has advice for mom of the second set
» AARP rep tells McCook seniors Senate health bill would not change Medicare much
» Talk of second Kearney hospital gets the attention of Good Samaritan exec
» Johanns played role in stopping TARP money from being used for highways
» Gale plans to run for third term as Nebraska's Secretary of State
» Tripadvisor.com names Carhenge second-wackiest U.S. attraction
» New book chronicles NP's history as town that 'fights about everything'
» Town hall meeting set to discuss potential sale of Burwell nursing home
» GI-to-Phoenix flights available Wednesdays through Saturdays
» Requests for aid are higher, earlier than normal at Omaha Salvation Army
» Nebraska's black students doing better on national math test
» Things look promising for a milder winter in Omaha
» Metro learning community considers 'green high school' in south Sarpy County
» October gets off to a record-cold start in Lincoln Early snowfall threatens soybean crop
» Wind power conference set for Nov. 9-10 in Kearney Ag heavyweights push development
» Doctors' investment group has new Kearney hospital on the fast track
» GI City Council delaying major purchase in anticipation of state aid cuts
» Lincoln Southwest principal: Westboro anti-gay picketers are a learning moment
» Hunter education classes seeing higher attendance than ever
» In public vs. private student loan debate, Obama makes his preference known
» Dual enrollment in high school helps students save time, money in college
» Nebraska Dem leader says Heineman mismanaged budget
» Scenic byways grant to help Nebraska encourage tourism
» North Platte hit with a 13.8-inch record October snowfall
» State GOP backs a return to winner-take-all in Nebraska electoral vote
» 2,600 Lincoln churchgoers hit the streets to do service projects in the snow
» Nebraska Right to Life plans to picket Regents' next meeting
» Health officials say antibiotics won't help flu symptoms
» Iraq vet tells G.I. grade-school pen pals their communication means a lot
» Senators urged to come up with cohesive, long-term water plan
» Board of Education supports more math requirements for high school graduation
» Orleans Fire Department gets new safety gear
» Up to 8 inches of early-season snow expected in Panhandle
» Special session in early November will result in leaner state government
» Omaha eyes its cash reserve as it struggles to finish 2009 in the black
» Central Nebraska experiences near-record low temperatures to start October
» Curbside recycling program begins in Fremont
» Fulton announces intention to run for state treasurer
» North Platte native leads Idaho football resurgence
» Mayo Clinic to refuse Nebraska Medicaid patients as of January 1
» Heineman plans Legislative special session over tax revenue plunge
» Enrollment is up in all of Grand Island's school districts
» USDA administrator tells NP audience smaller can be better
» Chinese journalist tells UNL audience Internet harming Sino-American relations
» Nebraska soldiers teach improved farming techniques to Afghans
» Falling tax revenues prompt call to state departments to brace for cuts
» Supporters of new Haymarket arena tout its economic benefits
» Paxton to vote on $8 million school bond issue
» UNL trying to find work for its laid-off employees with little success
» Broken Bow theater flexible enough for multi-purpose useage
» Growing number of Nebraskans want no federal funding of abortion in health reform
» Mexican national travels long road to becoming legal immigrant in Fremont
» More than 10 percent of Hershey's population are TeamMates mentors
» Nashville artist gives concert at Omaha homeless shelter her parents founded
» Cozad will try to find new owner for Tenneco plant
» Good Samaritan Society nursing homes celebrate their Christian roots
» Omaha begins huge overhaul of its sewer system
» Financial problems, infighting have community radio station on the ropes
» Kearney launches effort to save the World .. Theatre
» Government, business target people who text while they drive
» Private industry in Nebraska seeing wind energy as a good investment
» Ogallala native Gilg sworn in as Nebraska's new U.S. attorney
» Contents of DeWitt's old Vise-Grip factory have been auctioned
» Two death penalty opponents tell audience about their experiences
» Survey suggests economic recovery underway in Midwest and Plains
» Nelson hardening against public option, wants 2-part health care reform
» Study of Republican Basin terraces yields valuable water use info
» Homelessness hard to tally, many have no plan to change their life
» State's first shipment of H1N1 vaccine will be smaller than anticipated
» Norfolk ponders how to replace its aging swimming pool