Gretna News

What happened to that special season? It unraveled before our eyes on Saturday. Before the largest home crowd in school history and a national cable audience, Creighton laid a giant bluejay egg.

Nebraska and Iowa will likely see a relatively small impact from the $25 billion settlement with banks over foreclosure abuses because the housing crisis has not hit the Midlands as hard as it has many other states.

Emily Koesters of Gretna will benefit from research from the Little Giant Foundation fundraiser event on Feb.

April Kelly of Gretna created this piece of art and they, among nearly 25 pieces, will be on display at the Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha from Feb.

Customers after Happy Meals or Chicken McNuggets in the Omaha-Council Bluffs area may already have noticed the new, "cafe-like style" that McDonald's is implementing across the country.

Fiscal administrator Brian Hanson, who earns $105,778, would get an additional $7,635 by July and an additional $3,143 by July 2013.

Mayor Sally McGuire said Deputy City Clerk and Treasurer Chris Christensen resigned in mid-December. She said she could not elaborate on why Christensen left.

In practice, Nebraska men's basketball coach Doc Sadler practically begs Brandon Richardson to shoot more.

A pet owner's relief turned to disbelief. Two yellow Labradors got away from a rural Gretna home and were rescued from interstate traffic by a passing driver.

In this week's installment, a woman tells her employer that her daughter died in Costa Rica so she could spend two and a half weeks vacationing there.

Sarpy County farmers have been howling "unfair" for three years about a valuation practice employed by County Assessor Dan Pittman.

The Iowa high school wrestler lost part of a leg in a farm accident in October, but he certainly hasn't lost his zest for life or his determination.

Creighton squared all but two points of a 16-point lead Friday but hung on to post an 87-78 Missouri Valley win over Illinois State.