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Couple accused of keeping food from sons take plea deals

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EMERSON, Neb. (AP) — A northeast Nebraska couple accused of child abuse for locking cupboards and a refrigerator to keep their sons from eating snacks have taken plea deals.

Dakota County Court records say 41-year-old Blaine Busker and his 38-year-old wife, Donella Busker, entered no-contest pleas Tuesday to one count each of misdemeanor child abuse. Prosecutors dropped second counts in return for the Buskers’ pleas. She’s scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 18, followed the next day by his sentencing.

A court document says the 14- and 15-year-old boys were allowed to wash their clothes only once a week and shower every other day. The parents padlocked the bathroom that contained the home’s only shower.

The two also were accused of disciplining the boys by sitting on them, making it hard for them to breathe.

13 students taken to hospital after bus crash in Kearney

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On November 6, 2018, at 7:25 p.m. Kearney Police Department officers along with Good Samaritan Hospital EMS and the Kearney Fire Department were dispatched to 800 Block of E. 56th St. in Kearney regarding an injury vehicle crash.

The crash involved a black, 2006, Honda Civic, and a Holiday Express bus from Grand Island. The car was occupied by a driver and the bus was occupied by approximately 30 students from the Grand Island Walnut middle school girls’ basketball team as well as at least one coach.

The investigation revealed that both vehicles had been eastbound in the inside lane in the 800 block of E. 56th Street and the Honda had slowed or stopped in the traffic lane in order to make a left turn. The bus was directly behind the Honda and the driver failed to notice that the Honda had slowed or stopped and the bus collided with the rear of the Honda causing severe damage to the Honda and minor damage to the bus.

13 student-athletes were transported by 7 ambulances. 10 were sent to Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney and 3 to Kearney Regional Hospital. It is believed that all 13 of the injured were treated and released from the local hospitals. The bus driver was issued a citation for following too close.

Agencies assisting with accident include the Kearney Police Department, Kearney Fire Department, Good Samaritan Hospital, Kearney Regional Hospital, Kearney Public Schools, and Grand Island public schools.

Authorities confirm mountain lion within Gordon city limits

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GORDON, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have confirmed the sighting of a mountain lion inside the Nebraska Panhandle community of Gordon.

A household security camera captured images of the big cat over the weekend and again early Monday morning. Sheridan County Attorney Jamian Simmons says a Gordon officer, a sheriff’s deputy and a U.S. Agriculture Department representative identified a location where the cat may have been bedding down and a short time later saw it inside city limits.

The mountain lion evaded them, but Simmons says efforts to track it will continue. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has been notified.

Interim university chancellor gets boost from system chief

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska president wants the interim leader at the system’s Omaha campus to be chancellor into 2022.

System President Hank Bounds said Monday that he’s asking the university Board of Regents to approve Dr. Jeffrey Gold as chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. If approved, Gold would be UNO chancellor until June 30, 2022, when the system would begin searching for his successor.

Gold has led UNO since May 2017. He replaced Chancellor John Christensen, who retired.

Gold already is chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Bounds says UNO and the med center will remain separate universities, “and we intend that each will have its own chancellor in the future.”

Lincoln County General Election Results 2018

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2018 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Updated 11-6-18 @ 12:25 a.m.

25 of 25 Precincts

U.S. Senator
Deb Fischer – R 8932
Jane Raybould – D 2863
Jim Schultz – L 600
Write-Ins 9
Congress – District 3
Adrian Smith – R 9530
Paul Theobald – D 2884
Write-Ins 12
Governor and Lt. Governor
Ricketts/Foley – R 9277
Krist/Walz – D 3146
Write-Ins 12
Secretary of State
Bob Evnen – R 8948
Spencer Danner – D 2951
Write-Ins 10
State Treasurer
John Murante – R 10173
Write-Ins 145
Attorney General
Doug Peterson – R 10228
Write-Ins 158
Auditor of Public Accounts
Charlie Janssen – R 8494
Jane Skinner – D 3223
Write-Ins 8
County Assessor
Julie J. Stenger – R 10465
Write-Ins 130
County Attorney
Rebecca Harling – R 10198
Write-Ins 103
County Clerk
Rebecca J. Rossell – R 10543
Write-Ins 103
District Court Clerk
Deb McCarthy – R 10343
Write-Ins 98
County Treasurer
Lorie Koertner – R 10115
Write-Ins 147
Register of Deeds
Lois A. Block – R 10267
Write-Ins 102
County Sheriff
Jerome J. Kramer – R 10743
Write-Ins 148
County Commissioner District 2
Kent C. Weems – R 2287
Randy Stubbs – D 1083
Write-Ins 4
County Commissioner District 3
Bill Henry – R 3568
Write-Ins 65
County Surveyor
Boni Edwards – R 10220
Write-Ins 105
Public Defender
Bob Lindemeier – D 8356
Write-Ins 325
Lincoln County Special Issue
Yes 6724
No 5368
Legislature – District 42
Mike Groene 8130
Judy Pederson 3964
Write-Ins 35
State Board of Education – District 7
Robin R. Stevens 8898
Write-Ins 107
Retain Julie A. Martin?
Yes 7968
No 2200
Retain James Michael Fitzgerald?
Yes 7735
No 2302
Mid-Plains Community College – District 4
Benjamin A. Lashley 5386
Write-Ins 53
Mid-Plains Community College – District 5
Karen L. Knisley 4098
Write-Ins 32
Twin Platte NRD – SubDistrict 1
Eric S. Hansen 1010
Jon Walz 783
Write-Ins 12
Twin Platte NRD – SubDistrict 2
Joe S. Wahlgren 1618
Lynn Frederick 1517
Write-Ins 13
Twin Platte NRD – SubDistrict 3
Douglas L. Stack 1024
Jake Tiedeman 1190
Write-Ins 15
Twin Platte NRD – SubDistrict 4
David Colvin 2075
Write-Ins 20
Twin Platte NRD – At Large
Dewey C. Schaffer 4433
Eric M. Brown 4622
Write-Ins 55
Middle Republican NRD – SubDistrict 2
Kevin Fornoff 123
Dan Estermann 287
Write-Ins 0
Custer Public Power – At Large
Tom Roberts 92
John P. Blakeman 105
Lloyd H. Ramsey 99
Write-Ins 1
Dawson Public Power District- Lincoln Sub
Rodger D. White 2517
Write-Ins 20
McCook Public Power District- SubDistrict 1
Todd Deatrich 122
Write-Ins 1
ESU 10 – District 9
Patrick Osmond 55
Write-Ins 0
ESU 11 – District 1
Kim R. Scoville 10
Write-Ins 0
ESU 16 – District 1
Julie Boettcher 1251
Write-Ins 17
ESU 16 – District 3
William C. McGahan 960
Write-Ins 15
ESU 16 – District 5
Nikki Bergeron 743
Write-Ins 6
ESU 16 – District 7
Mel McNea 1423
Write-Ins 22
ESU 16 – District 9
Jamie Picquet 165
Write-Ins 0
County Noxious Weed Board
Robert Nedrig 5550
Ron Aden 7841
Write-Ins 90
North Platte School Board – Ward 1
Ivan Mitchell 2456
Write-Ins 44
North Platte School Board – Ward 2
JoAnn Lundgreen 1369
Stewart Takota Clow 583
Write-Ins 14
North Platte School Board – Ward 3
Fiona Libsack 1147
Mark D. Nicholson 1773
Write-Ins 11
Brady School Board
Ryan D. Stearns 215
Ross Ridenour 174
Matt Hatch 177
Allie Smith 239
Write-Ins 1
Maxwell School Board
Write-Ins 191
Hershey School Board
Luke McConnell 636
Jodi L. Seamann 490
Jason Bode 527
Tom McGahan 358
Michael Eskelson 161
Write-Ins 26
Sutherland School Board
Ron D. VanSkiver 499
Tony Holm 525
Eric Peterka 485
Write-Ins 13
Wallace School Board
Jill Pelster 100
Palm Holm 123
Josh Friesen 221
Grant K. McClintock 114
Seth C. Hasenauer 150
Write-Ins 94
Arnold School Board
Joseph Cool 20
Merle Bierman 24
Shane Cool 12
Write-Ins 2
Gothenburg School Board
Jon Hudson 41
Devin Brundage 37
Nathan Wyatt 40
Write-Ins 2
Eustis/Farnam School Board
Michelle Fasse 4
Neil Jack 8
Mr. Shannon Rupe 6
Tyler Pieper 8
Sharon Portenier 3
Write-Ins 0
Maywood School Board
Russ Gerlach 88
Sheri Hartley 77
Brett Wood 80
Derrick Hansen 57
Shannon McCorkle 40
Dee D. Klein 31
Write-Ins 4
Medicine Valley School Board
Susan Nutt 21
Douglas Smith 23
Dana Lashley Lueth 9
Write In 4
Stapleton School Board
Franklin J. Kramer 57
Steven L. Schaeffer 58
Richard Burnside 69
Jason L. Faling 31
Write-Ins 0
McPherson County School Board
Toni L. Powers 3
Trent Neal 4
Clint Pettit 1
Yogi Jones 1
Luke B. Connell 6
Write-Ins 0
Paxton School Board
Cory J. Holm 0
Doug Wasserman 0
Write-Ins 0
North Platte City Council – Ward 1
James R. Nisley 1205
Write-Ins 34
North Platte City Council – Ward 2
Ty J. Lucas 1591
Larry E. Pedersen 878
Write-Ins 4
North Platte City Council – Ward 3
Cynthia Gutschenritter 728
James P. Carman 876
Write-Ins 15
North Platte City Council – Ward 4
Ed Rieker 925
Write-Ins 150
North Platte Increase Sales & Use Tax
Yes 2326
No 4846
North Platte Airport Authority
Michael Arney 3143
Michael B. Jacobson 3373
Darrel C. Smith 3493
Write-Ins 48
Brady Village Board
Arlee Gentry 140
Steve P. Hild 114
Write-Ins 6
Hershey Village Board
Thomas J. Wolfgang 162
Loren Johnson 174
Write-Ins 73
Maxwell Village Board
Linda Smith 95
Write-Ins 10
Sutherland Village Board
Kenneth Main 345
Samuel R. Haworth 388
Write-Ins 16
Wallace Village Board
Write-Ins 168
Wellfleet Village Board
Write-Ins 28
Initiative Measure 427
For 5337
Against 6558

Crash kills Lincoln woman, critically injures her daughter

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln woman has died and her teenage daughter is critically injured after their vehicle crashed into a tree in north Lincoln.

A Lancaster County Sheriff’s deputy found the 2005 Mitsubishi Outlander in a ditch around 1 a.m. Sunday. Authorities say 38-year-old Julie Schmieding died in the crash and 15-year-old Tylea Schmieding was injured.

Investigators aren’t sure why Schmieding’s vehicle veered off the road and struck an electrical box and smashing into the tree.

Tylea Schmieding is a sophomore at North Star High School.

Nebraska mayor candidate remains in jail on gun charges

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A mayor candidate in a small Nebraska town remains on the ballot even though he has been jailed since July in connection with a federal gun charge.

The Omaha World-Herald reports Joseph Melton is more focused on fighting the federal charges related to alleged violations at his gun silencer business than his run for Holdrege mayor.

But Melton says he thinks he would have had a chance to beat first-term incumbent Doug Young if he wasn’t sitting in jail awaiting trial.

Melton has been a frequent and vocal critic of the current mayor and city council in Holdrege.

Young says neither he nor his supporters had anything to do with Melton’s arrest. Both men are Republicans.

Patrol says 4 juveniles in custody for making threats

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SPALDING, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have taken four juveniles into custody following reports of threats against students in eastern Nebraska’s Riverside Public Schools in Spalding and Cedar Rapids.

The Nebraska State Patrol says the four range in age from 13 to 17 and were taken into custody last week.

Two will be charged in Greeley County and two in Nance County with three counts each of conspiracy to commit first-degree assault.

A Spalding student first reported threats on Oct. 28. The patrol and school district didn’t elaborate on the nature of the threats.

Lincoln trauma surgeon trying to get license reinstated

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln trauma surgeon whose medical license was suspended last year is trying to get it back.

Reginald Burton has applied to the state’s Board of Medicine and Surgery, which is scheduled to vote Dec. 7 on his application for reinstatement.

In October last year, he agreed to a 20-month suspension after allegations of unprofessional conduct with patients. The suspension was backdated to January.

A petition filed with state regulators listed nearly 20 concerns from Burton’s former co-workers at Bryan Health. Several of the allegations deal with alleged misconduct involving young adult male patients.

His attorney, Wayne Waite, has said the complaint was based “almost entirely on the fear of working with someone with a different sexual orientation,” referring to Burton being a gay man.

2 Nebraska State Patrol units involved in Omaha

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Patrol says two of its patrol units were involved in crashes on the Dodge Expressway in Omaha.

The patrol says the first crash occurred around 6:50 p.m. Sunday as the two units were headed east with lights and sirens activated. The first unit collided with a civilian car, and the patrol says that caused a secondary crash between the second patrol vehicle and a small pickup truck.

The patrol says medics were sent to the scene. None of the people involved was taken to a hospital. Their names haven’t been released.

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