GERING, Neb. (AP) – About 400 Vietnam veterans from Nebraska,
North and South Dakota, Colorado and other states are expected to attend the 27th annual Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Reunion.  Most of the events are scheduled for Aug. 11-14 at the Gering Civic Center.  Speakers include veterans service officers and a readjustment counseling therapist. Among the other events are a golf outing, history tours and a steak feed.  More information is available on the reunion website, www.vetsreunion.com.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson has voted against the debt ceiling deal in the Senate, making him the only member of
Nebraska’s congressional delegation to vote against the measure.  Nelson, a Democrat, objected to the plan “because it will cut
Medicare, a promise we’ve made to Nebraska seniors that I intend to
keep.”  The measure had already gathered the 60 votes needed to pass the emergency debt limit bill by the time Nelson cast his “no” vote Tuesday.  Without the legislation, the government’s ability to
borrow would run out at midnight.  Republican Sen. Mike Johanns, Nebraska’s junior senator, voted for the measure.

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) – Officials say no one was seriously injured
when Amtrak’s eastbound California Zephyr hit an irrigation system
that moved on the tracks in southeast Nebraska.
The Hastings Tribune says the train hit a
center pivot Monday morning just west of Exeter.
Fillmore County Emergency Manager Donna Mainwaring describes it
as a “minor traffic accident.” She says she doesn’t know why the
irrigation system moved from a field and crossed the tracks.
Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says the train, which travels
between San Francisco and Chicago, had two locomotives and 10 cars.
He says the locomotives were damaged.
Magliari says no serious injuries were reported among the 247
passengers and crew, but two engineers in the lead locomotive were
treated and released from a local hospital.