Dee Ann Diehl Bartlett, 54, of North Platte, died July 21, 2012, at Hilltop Estates in Gothenburg following a battle with cancer. Services are pending with Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel of Gothenburg.
Month: July 2012
Gloria M. Way
Gloria M. Way, 73, of Lexington, died July 23, 2012, at Lexington Regional Health Center in Lexington. Services will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, July 27, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lexington with Pastor Rob Kuefner officiating. Burial will be at the Elwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, July 26, at the Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington. Online condolences to the family may be left at reynoldslovefuneralhome.com. Memorials are suggested to the family for later designation. Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington is in charge of arrangements.
Planned Parenthood Plans on Offering Adoption in Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Planned Parenthood of the Heartland says it has made arrangements to offer adoption services in Nebraska.
The agency has had a partnership with Avalon Center, of Mason City, Iowa, to provide adoption services in Iowa since 2004.
The center provides counseling and adoption services to people facing unintended pregnancies. The center has received licensing so it can offer the same services in Nebraska.
Avalon Center will have offices at Planned Parenthood’s health centers in Lincoln and Omaha, with office hours and a 24-hour phone line. Staff members also can meet with people anywhere across the state.
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland has education and resource centers in Lincoln and Omaha and in Des Moines, Iowa.
Another busted in Omaha, selling Crack Cocaine
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 20-year-old man has been given five years in federal prison for selling crack cocaine in Omaha.
Prosecutors say Larry Johnson, of Omaha, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp. Johnson must serve four years of supervised release after he leaves prison.
Prosecutors say Johnson was arrested after he sold crack to a witness who was cooperating with law enforcement authorities.
Weather Update: Cold Front is Finally Here!
Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. North wind 8 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. North wind 11 to 16 mph becoming light northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 95. Northwest wind 3 to 8 mph.
Iowa man gets busted selling 500 grams of Meth, off to prison
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 30-year-old Iowan man has been sentenced for selling methamphetamine in Omaha.
Federal prosecutors say Darrell Adams, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Monday was sentenced to 121 months in prison. He’d been convicted of conspiring to sell 500 grams or more of meth. Adams must serve five years of supervised release after he leaves prison.
Prosecutors say Adams was arrested after selling meth to a witness who was cooperating with law enforcement authorities.
Game and Parks commissioners will meet to consider rules of Waterfowl 2012
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Game and Parks commissioners will consider staff recommendations for 2012 waterfowl and crow hunting regulations when they meet this week.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Friday at Game and Parks’ Lincoln headquarters.
A public hearing for the waterfowl recommendations is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.
Commissioners will consider several other recommendations, including changing the special deer depredation permit bag limit from one deer to one antlerless deer, creating regulations for the new Hunters Helping the Hungry program, and allowing hunting at various park areas across the state.
North Central Fire Expanded to about the size of Lincoln
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s 3rd House District congressman says he’s ready to respond to any requests for federal assistance to help contain several wildfires in his vast, rural district.
Rep. Adrian Smith says any Nebraskans in need of help can contact his Grand Island office.
Smith’s statement came as wildfires burning in north-central Nebraska threatened to force the evacuation of the small town of Sparks.
On Tuesday, the main Fairfield Creek fire expanded to about 92 square miles — an area just bigger than the state capital of Lincoln. Two other smaller fires about 20 miles to the east had burned more than six square miles.
The fires have destroyed at least 10 homes. A cold front expected to move in the area Wednesday could provide some relief.
One Room House Fire Kills One in Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT, Neb. (AP) — A woman has died in a house fire in Bridgeport in western Nebraska.
The the Morrill County Sheriff’s office says 67-year-old Ilene Christensen died in the fire Tuesday morning.
Bridgeport Fire Chief Brad Mueller says while the fire was contained to one room, the home had extensive smoke and heat damage. The fire likely burned for a while before it was reported by a neighbor.
The Nebraska Fire Marshal is investigating the cause.
City of 1,000 people must follow city’s water rules, or face losing the water.
HARVARD, Neb. (AP) — The south-central Nebraska city of Harvard is taking precautions to ensure a water crisis may be avoided.
The city has ordered restricted water use for even-numbered residences on even-number days and vice versa. Service can be shut off for those who don’t comply.
Harvard Mayor Michael Boyd says that the city has not reached crisis point.
He says there are indications, however, that the city needed to begin restrictions to “an alarming situation” can be avoided.
Harvard is a city of about 1,000 people.