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Rick Cunningham, 54, also plans to streamline the department's services - zoning, permits and inspections - to make them more efficient.

An organization aimed at making a difference in the lives of young girl has a new facility.

If the heat is too much for you and you don't have air-conditioning, Sioux City's hospitals are offering some help.

Large hail from a severe thunderstorm Monday morning did some damage near York. Mark Christensen, the Public Works Director for the City of York said golfball-sized hail fell near Interstate-80, south of York, possibly causing some crop damage.

Iowa Governor Chet Culver and his administration have been touting the 830 million dollar I-JOBS program for several weeks now as the way to get Iowa's economy back on track.

Carvel's Flying Saucer and the chewy Chipwich better watch their stacks. Local pastry chefs are heating up the summer dessert scene by reinventing the cool but classic ice cream sandwich.

Andy Nelson, The Packera s markets editor, directs coverage for the weekly Crops & Markets section.

Montgomery County public and private schools have held their graduations. Here are snapshots of their classes, and what their top students had to say: Class size: 216 Number going to college: 70 Number joining military: 25 Total class scholarships: $827,000 Valedictorian Arthur Kelley said, 'I believe the class of 2009 was one of the finest of ...

Thirty-two dogs and one cat were taken from a Sioux City home earlier this week by Sioux City Animal Control.

The Nebraska senators who voted today to overrule the governor's veto say they want to make sure state officials know what they can and can't do.

Call it "PlateGate." The new winning plate. After days of questioning by reporters, Nebraska's motor vehicles director made a red-faced admission Friday that the online state license plate vote got pranked by a humor Web site.

The American Sprint Car Series Midwest Region gets a jump start on the upcoming Memorial Day weekend festivities with a pair of events in Nebraska on Thursday and Friday.

A York man has been sentenced to jail for giving tattoos without a license and practicing body art on minors.

City of Cozad residents and 1,311 customers of the Dawson Public Power District were without electricity for about six hours on April 27-28 as result of a 115 kilovolt transmission line and substation, operated by the Nebraska Public District at Cozad, which lost power and created the interruption.

As everyone knows, money is tight right now, but students in Siouxland are helping out children by collecting pennies for a good cause.

Nebraska lawmakers reached a tentative funding compromise Tuesday that could help the state's largest school districts, avoid hurting its smaller districts and resolve a major budget concern.

Nebraska lawmakers are moving toward a compromise on state school aid funding after an impasse threatened to jeopardize the whole budget.

A 17-year-old has been charged with unlawful disposal of human remains after a stillborn baby was found in a York landfill.

Krugman is a professor at Princeton University, as well as an author and New York Times columnist.

Larger school districts in Nebraska would get more money from the state than originally planned, under a proposal from a key lawmaker.