Cedar Rapids News

As the Fourth of July approaches, the Iowa DNR is reminding boaters and anglers to take a minute and check for any unwanted hitchhikers and protect Iowa lakes and streams.

In the first 5 Nebraska Heartland Honor Flights, 750 World War II veterans got to visit Washington, D.C. On Thursday and Friday, that total will double.

The National Weather Service says the risk for spring flooding in Eastern Iowa remains near normal.

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.

A meeting of Democrats who live in Nebraska's third congressional district will take place March 14 at the Broken Bow Country Club in Broken Bow.

By George C. Ford The Gazette While many Iowans prefer living on their credit or debit cards, they're finding that some merchants will not accept plastic.

In 1989, at a UFO and UFO abduction conference in Laramie Wyo, a woman reported that she had been abducted by a UFO from their farm in North Platte.

The drawing shows a city terrace downtown, looking toward May's Island, as envisioned by flood consultants Sasaki Associates of Watertown, Mass.

With the six-month mark of the June flood looming, city officials on Friday identified 192 flood-damaged properties they will buy out and 554 they might.