Wood River News

One attraction of small town living is the lack of crime. So, what happens when that image gets kicked down? Well, one local village is fighting back.

Protecting lives, protecting property, and protecting the future was the key message behind the work the Central Platte Natural Resource District is doing.

US ethanol maker Biofuel Energy has added its name to the growing list of companies warning about possible bankruptcy.

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.

Taking mom and dad's car without permission isn't usually very wise. Crashing said vehicle, especially at 12 years old, is even less so.

On the ironic date of Friday, February 13th, the FDIC became the receiver of the failed Sherman County Bank.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- The Nebraska State Patrol said a traffic stop on Interstate 80 near Grand Island led to the seizure of 150 pounds of marijuana.

A total of $3,960 was raised for the March of Dimes as 203 items were bid on at Chipper Hall in Cozad.

The curious case of two rare cranes in central Nebraska is electrifying birders as the spring migration season looms.

As the sunshine hit the front of the newly named Heritage Bank, the first customers walked through the door, past a paper sign bearing the magic letters: FDIC.

The Attorney General's office confirmed the investigation Wednesday. Officials closed the Loup City-based bank on Friday because it didn't have enough capital reserves to cover margin calls on grain-trading ...

LOUP CITY, Neb. a ' Todaya TMs reopening of a bank taken over by government regulators is being billed as a nonevent and "business as usual" by bank officials and the customers at Joea TMs Market across the ...

Feb 13, 2009 3:00 pm US/Central Regulators on Friday closed Sherman County Bank in Nebraska and Riverside Bank of the Gulf Coast in Florida, marking eleven failures this year of federally insured banking ...

After two years at Northern Iowa, former Nebraska quarterback Scott Frost is returning to the Pac-10 Conference as wide receivers coach at the University of Oregon.

The Red Cross continued to help victims of a Friday night fire Saturday. Firefighters were called to 1524 Coventry Lane at around 4:30 Friday afternoon.

A trooper with the Nebraska State Patrol shot himself in the leg early Saturday in Wood River.

BIOFUEL ENERGY CORP. announced today that it had reached agreements in principle with Cargill and the two holders of its subordinated debt.