02/10/2012 - Exploited
Recent allegations against a Dubois man accused of taking more than $600,000 from his elderly uncle highlight what officials say is a growing problem in Nebraska.
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02/10/2012 - Update: Ag Land Prices Soar, Record Sale in Clay County
A record breaking farm sale in south central Nebraska this week has added to the conversation ag groups and producers are having about rising land values.
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02/09/2012 - Neb. Foreclosure Rate Remains 1 Of The Lowest
A new report from a real estate data research firm says Nebraska had one of the lowest foreclosure rates in the nation in 2011.
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02/09/2012 - Nebraska Had Fourth-Lowest Foreclosure Rate In 2011
A new report from a real estate data research firm says Nebraska had one of the lowest foreclosure rates in the nation in 2011.
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02/07/2012 - Nebraska's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 17th Annual National Awards Program
Hope Edwards, 18, of Lincoln and Madison Cunningham, 13, of Papillion today were named Nebraska's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
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01/30/2012 - Drought forces Texas cattle north
The drought ravaging Texas has done what the Dust Bowl could not: forced ranchers to ship cattle more than 600 miles north to Nebraska.
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01/30/2012 - Insight: The great northern migration -- of U.S. cattle
CHICAGO (Reuters) - For more than a century, through a dozen dry spells when lakes disappeared and the land died, thousands of cows from the Swenson Land & Cattle Co have roamed the fields of Texas. Yet the drought currently ravaging the southern Plains has done what the Dust Bowl could not: chased them off this land and driven them more than 600 miles north to Nebraska. ...
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01/30/2012 - County buys two buildings
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners signed a real estate purchase agreement this morning to buy the last two privately-owned properties north of the courthouse in the 500 block of Norris Avenue in McCook.
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01/25/2012 - Death tax showdown heads to Warren Buffet’s home state
While President Barack Obama touted the “Buffet Rule” at his State of the Union address, even inviting Warren Buffet’s secretary as his guest, the billionaire pro-tax advocate’s home state of Nebraska was hard at work trying to cut taxes and, in particular, finish off the last vestiges of the state’s death tax.
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01/18/2012 - Diaz hits late FTs, Nebraska upsets No. 11 Indiana
(01-18) 18:10 PST Lincoln, Neb. (AP) -- Jorge Brian Diaz made two free throws with 11 seconds left to give Nebraska the lead, Indiana couldn't score on its last possession, and the struggling Cornhuskers upset No. 11...
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01/14/2012 - Jim McKee: 719 P St. and the Burkholder Project
If Anne Burkholder stood on the present site of her artist's studio and home at 719 P St. in 1865, a totally unrecognizable scene would have been available for one of her amazing Nebraska landscape paintings.
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01/13/2012 - Kerrey takes jab at Rove
The former Nebraska governor already is exchanging political barbs with Republicans.
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01/11/2012 - Supervisor to serve on CEOB board
Gage County Supervisor Matt Bauman has recently been appointed to the Greater Nebraska Chief Elected Officials (CEOB) board.
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01/03/2012 - Expert discusses steps to keep farm in the family
University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor of Agriculture Economics Ron Hanson spoke to Wyoming agriculturalists during the Wyoming Stock Growers Association “Making a Plan, Wyoming Agriculture Succession and Estate Transfer Workshop” on Dec. 12 in Casper, Wyo.
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12/05/2011 - MSU notes, quotes from win over Neb.-Omaha
The Spartans hit the glass, pushed the ball on the break and shot 61.3% from the field to run Nebraska-Omaha out of Breslin.
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11/29/2011 - Roses & Wheat Real Estate Auction
Pivot Irrigated Cropland in Chase & Perkin Counties. Auction is 1 PM Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Imperial Inn, Imperial, Nebraska. Agri Affiliates, Inc - Providing Farm and Ranch Real Estate Services.
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11/07/2011 - Woman convicted of murder in Iowa neighbor's death
Two decades of what authorities describe as a Nebraska woman's fraudulent, bizarre and alarming behavior came to an end Monday when a jury rejected her claim of being a hero who resisted a home invasion and found her guilty of murdering a neighbor as part of a plot to frame her ex-husband.
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11/04/2011 - Bank Failure: Mid City Of Omaha Taken Over
Mid City Bank of Omaha was closed Friday night by the Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver.
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11/04/2011 - Mid City Bank Fails; Purdum State Bank Takes Over Assets
The Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance closes Mid City Bank in Omaha.
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11/01/2011 - Injured funeral home worker can sue employer's other company: Neb. high court
LINCOLN, Neb.—An injured funeral home employee can sue her employer's real estate holding company for negligence, the Nebraska Supreme Court said, even though the company argued that workers compensation was the exclusive remedy in her case.
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10/28/2011 - Woman may sue over elevator injury
A woman seriously injured in a fall down an empty elevator shaft at her workplace can sue a real estate company operated by her employers, the Nebraska Supreme Court said Friday.
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10/28/2011 - Court says woman can sue over elevator shaft fall
The Nebraska Supreme Court says a woman seriously injured after falling down an elevator shaft can sue the owner of the building where it happened.
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10/29/2011 - Woman Wins Right to Sue after Elevator Injury
The Nebraska Supreme Court says a woman seriously injured in a fall down an empty elevator shaft at her workplace can sue a real estate company operated by her employers.
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10/18/2011 - Hancock officially named city manager
McCOOK, Nebraska -- The McCook City Council approved an employment agreement with J. Jeff Hancock for the McCook city manager position, Monday evening, during a regularly scheduled meeting at council chambers.
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10/07/2011 - Gov. Heineman Announces New Senator
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has announced his appointment of a new District 2 legislator.
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10/07/2011 - Gov. Picks Plattsmouth Mayor as New State Senator
Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has selected the mayor of Plattsmouth to replace Louisville Sen. Dave Pankonin in the Legislature.
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10/06/2011 - Soaring Farmland Prices in U.S. Midwest Bring Fed Scrutiny of Rural Banks
When regulators come knocking at the Bank of Newman Grove, Nebraska, inquiring about loan risks, Chairman Jeffrey Gerhart has a “stress test” ready to show how his portfolio would fare if rural land prices dropped 25 percent. Or 50 percent. Or 75 percent.
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10/04/2011 - Herman Cain memoir hits top 10 on Amazon.com
share: digg facebook twitter The former head of Godfather's Pizza has been widely regarded as a longshot for the nomination, but is now among the GOP leaders in new surveys from North Carolina, West Virginia and Nebraska.
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09/29/2011 - Neb. population growth beats US growth rate again
New Census estimates show that Nebraska's population grew at a faster rate than the total U.S. population for two years in a row between 2008 and 2010.
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09/28/2011 - Chomping at the Mitch: As the Big-12 turns
One day, years from now, in a college athletic landscape that will look drastically different from today’s, alumni from the universities of Nebraska and Colorado will look back and say, in a very hips
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09/25/2011 - College senior starts student social events site
DES MOINES (AP) - A new business designed to help college students track and share social events on and around campus has launched at seven campuses in Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin this year and plans are to expand to as many as 300 schools.
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09/23/2011 - Schleswig native promoted by Deloitte & Touche LLP
Deloitte & Touche LLP announced the promotion of Brandee Schultz to director in its audit practice in Omaha, Nebraska.
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09/20/2011 - Water and sewer rate increase finalized
McCOOK, Nebraska -- A councilman's comparison of eating vegetables and paying higher water rates raised the hackles of at least one citizen at Monday night's meeting of the City Council.
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09/20/2011 - Norfolk firm gets id to build bridge
McCOOK, Nebraska -- Red Willow County, Nebraska, commissioners Monday morning awarded a Norfolk firm the bid to build a new bridge over Red Willow Creek north of the former Republican Valley Junior/Senior High School between McCook and Indianola.
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09/19/2011 - Clarification and Moore: Want to Make $1,000?
The prospective new owner of the Pima County nursing home facility, Posada del Sol, checked in late last week to ask for a correction in the story “ Under-Sold? .” The piece at one point identified two other properties actually owned by William “Avi” Rothner in Nebraska as being owned by Hunter Properties Investment. The properties are indeed owned by William “Avi” Rothner, which the story made ...
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09/12/2011 - Comment on Denver housing market tightens
This is a cliche'. The majority of transplants I know have come from the midwest: Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Kansas and Nebraska. Have you even asked your neighbors where they are from, or are you just assuming they're from CA or TX? But you're on the right track. The reason Denver's housing prices haven't been hurt as much as the rest ...
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09/13/2011 - Nebraska Democratic Party Files Bruning Complaint
The Nebraska Democratic Party alleges in a complaint that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jon Bruning failed to disclose his ownership interest in a $675,000 vacation home.
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09/09/2011 - White Lodging Moves into Nebraska Market with Addition of Omaha Hotel
Through an agreement with Apple Real Estate Investment Trust, White Lodging has assumed the management contract of the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Omaha/Old Market. Â This marks White Lodging's first foray into the Nebraska market and brings the total number of properties in the company's portfolio to 156.
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09/08/2011 - Nebraska Blood Bank Receives $9,100 Check
The Nebraska Community Blood Bank has received more than $9,100 that the state had held as unclaimed property.
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08/31/2011 - Robert Kleege, United Nations official and World War II veteran
Robert Karl Kleege was a teen when he left the Nebraska farm where he was born and raised and went with his parents back to their homeland in Latvia where his father accepted a job with the country’s department of agriculture. In 1939, at the age of 18, with the World War II escalating, he was advised by the U.S. Consulate that he had 72 hours to leave the country...
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08/11/2011 - Index: State At No. 47 In Business Creation
Despite its reputation as a business-friendly state, Nevada has fallen to No. 47 on the latest State Entrepreneurship Index comparing business creation. The index was developed at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln's Bureau of Business Research and Department
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08/05/2011 - Report: Ag land values still going up, up, up
LINCOLN — Nebraska’s farm real estate values rose this year to record highs, and ag land rents followed suit, according to the Nebraska field office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Ag
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07/26/2011 - State Records Board Awards $222,000 in Grants
The Nebraska State Records Board has awarded $222,000 in grants to 11 governmental entities for development of projects to improve online access, according to Secretary of State John Gale, board chairperson.
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07/19/2011 - State Fair tickets available online
GRAND ISLAND - If securing tickets for the Nebraska State Fair is another item on what seems like an ever-growing to-do list, why not take care of it right now? Even before that second cup of coffee.
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07/16/2011 - Ardis Butler James, Quilt Collector, Dies at 85
Mrs. James and her husband, Robert, established what has become the world’s largest public collection of quilts, at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
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07/05/2011 - Law mandates standards for document filings
COLUMBUS - The Nebraska Legislature's bill requiring consistent formatting on all legal instruments filed with registers of deeds in Nebraska goes into effect Aug. 27.
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06/30/2011 - Conference realignment now official, teams feeling their way along
Goodbye Texas Two-Step, hello Wisconsin bratwurst. At least for Nebraska, whose new rivals are the Badgers and Buckeyes. Dennis Dodd finds the Big Ten, like the Pac-12 and other leagues, muddling through their new homes.
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06/20/2011 - New Newman Center, sorority also part of the credit union deal
Building a new University of Nebraska Credit Union and a new fraternity is just part of the story, the part that will use property tax dollars, said David Landis, director of the Urban Development Department.
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06/14/2011 - Bechtel appointed publisher of Lincoln Journal Star
After nearly six years as publisher of the Quad-City Times and a champion for many community causes, Julie Bechtel has been appointed publisher of the Lincoln Journal Star and Lee Enterprises’ regional executive in Nebraska.
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05/28/2011 - Reluctant landlords find some benefits
When Spencer Strahl and his wife, Maureen, decided last summer to relocate to Nebraska, they had what they thought was a solid plan.
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