The Omaha-based Better Business Bureau is warning people about suspicious phone calls regarding medical alert devices.
The BBB says consumers from across its service area have inquired about the calls. The people report that the callers say medical alert devices have been purchased for the people but the callers need more information about the recipients for delivery.
The BBB says it made return calls and was told by one person who answered that the alarm devices carried a fee of almost $35.
BBB President Jim Hegarty says the calls to consumers were “very suspicious due to the secretive nature and lack of full disclosure to their real purpose.”
The Omaha-based BBB service area includes Nebraska and southwest Iowa.
A new grain-loading facility will be built near Superior to help Nebraska farmers get their crops to market quickly.
The new project will have a storage capacity of 1.25 million bushels and enough railroad track to handle loading a 120-car train.
The Aurora Cooperative and CHS Inc. announced the project on Thursday. The grain-loading facility is expected to be completed around this time next year.
The new facility will also have a 10,000-ton storage tank for liquid fertilizer and space for a ground piling system for grain.
Aurora Co-op president and CEO George Hohwieler says this project will help farmers in Nebraska and Kansas access global markets.
The American Red Cross office in North Platte is offering Babysitter’s Training to help provide local kids between the ages of 11 and15 with the knowledge and skills they need to care for young children.
“Summer is the perfect time to take our Babysitter’s Training,” said Shelly Penner, Service Center Manager. “It not only gives kids something to do during the long days of summer break, but more importantly, it prepares them to be good leaders, role models and budding entrepreneurs.”
The babysitter course teaches young people how to care for infants and children, handle emergencies such as injuries and accidents, stay safe, recognize safety and hygiene issues, and communicate with parents. It also provides materials to help them begin their babysitting career.
“According to a Red Cross survey, parents have more confidence in hiring a Red Cross-trained babysitter to care for their children,” said Penner. “They prefer hiring a sitter who has taken a class and knows what to do when caring for their children.”
The training, which lasts just over six hours, will be offered at:
A new online course featuring investor Warren Buffett and baseball great Cal Ripken Jr. as speakers will teach the art of philanthropy by letting students give.
Students in the class will be able to recommend a charity to receive all or part of a $10,000 grant from the charity Warren Buffett’s sister, Doris Buffett, runs.
Alex Buffett Rozek, who runs the Learning by Giving Foundation, says this may be the first of many online sessions of the class. But he wants to see how the first session goes.
The “Giving With Purpose” online class that will be offered this summer is patterned after courses that are already taught at a couple dozen universities in connection with Doris Buffett’s charity.
A 27-year-old Nebraska woman has been given five years of probation following her conviction for having sex with her 15-year-old stepson.
The woman was sentenced for sexual assault. She’d pleaded no contest after prosecutors lowered the charge and dropped another. She was sentenced on Wednesday in Hall Country District Court.
The Post is not naming the Grand Island woman to protect the identity of her stepson.
Police say the boy was 15 when his stepmother began having sex with him. Investigators say the boy’s father called police to report he had seen his wife having sex with the boy, who is 16 now.
State law prohibits people 19 or older from having sex with anyone under 16 years old.
March 16, 2013 marks the tragic day that 19-year-old Emma Redinger lost her life as the result of a traffic accident.
Now the driver of the vehicle, 19-year-old Casey Lake of Grant, is charged with Vehicular Homicide.
The two teens were traveling on Interstate 80, when Lake lost control of the vehicle which rolled several times.
Redinger, the sole passenger in the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lake was also seriously injured.
The Nebraska State Patrol report states that Redinger was wearing her seatbelt, but it was not being worn properly. The report says Lake was not wearing her seatbelt.
Lake’s bail was set at ten percent of $50,000. She posted bond and was released from custody.
(AP)-Nebraska authorities say a 15-year-old passenger has died in a rollover accident on Interstate 80 after the vehicle she was in swerved to avoid a turkey carcass.
The Nebraska State Patrol says the accident occurred about 2:40 p.m. Tuesday near Shelton.
The deceased was identified as Daniela Rodriguez. She was driving with 16-year-old Bitia Organista Ojeda, also of Kearney.
The patrol says Ojeda swerved to miss the carcass and overcorrected after the sport utility vehicle ran onto the median. The SUV rolled twice, ejecting Rodriguez.
She was pronounced dead at the scene. Ojeda was taken to a Kearney hospital for treatment and then released.
According to a Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office report, Deputies were called to the Emergency Room at Great Plains Regional Medical Center at around 7:00 p.m on Monday, May 6.
It was reported to Deputies that Landon Schroeder was unresponsive. Hospital staff said it appeared that Landon had drowned. Staff said that lifesaving measure were taken, and they were able to revive Landon and life flight him to Denver.
Deputies spoke with Landon’s step-father, 28-year-old North Platte resident, Trevor Perry, who told investigators they had been fishing at a pond just off Newberry Access, just north of the railroad tracks at about noon. Landon apparently stepped away from the fishing area an made it into the water. Mr. Perry advised Landon had not been in the water for very long, and said he rushed him home and then to the hospital.
The Sheriff’s Office says investigators have been “working diligently with Mr. Perry and Landon’s mother to put the pieces of the case together. The case remains under investigation and no criminal charges have been filed at this time.
According to family members, Landon is being taken off some of the paralytic drugs and is making purposeful movements. An official donation site has been established at Wells Fargo in North Platte, located at 315 N. Dewey. Landon’s mom, Alicia, is an employee of the bank.
The family will be facing enormous medical bills, with the Life Flight alone costing $10,000.
His mother recently posted on the Prayers for Landon & Family page that he is nodding his head and responding to pain. Follow Landon’s progress and leave messages of encouragement on the page: https://www.facebook.com/PrayersForLandonFamily _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
One thing is clear from looking at Facebook photos of 3-year-old Landon Schroeder, he loved to fish.
According to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Landon was fishing with his stepfather at around 5:30 p.m. Monday at a pond near the Newberry Road overpass, when he apparently had a seizure and fell into the water, resulting in a near-drowning episode.
According to family members, Landon was taken to a Denver hospital via helicopter where he was placed in a medically induced coma. Postings on the “Prayers for Landon” Facebook page from family members Tuesday, state that Landon was on a ventilator and experiencing organ failure. The post also said that anytime Landon is moved, he goes into cardiac arrest.
An encouraging Wednesday morning update from the family said that Landon was crying, had a gag reflex and followed a toy horse with his eyes. However, he remains in extremely critical condition. At this point, the family is asking for prayers of healing for the young boy who only two days ago was energetic and full of life.
The Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial, 409 East Fonner Park Road, Grand Island will be the site of the 2013 Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial Day Ceremony. The public is invited to attend the ceremony which will be held beginning at 10:00 a.m., Monday, May 13, 2013.
Nebraska District U.S. Marshal Mark Martinez and Bishop James D. Conley of Lincoln will be the featured speakers at the ceremony. Representatives from the Nebraska State Patrol, as well as law enforcement personnel from agencies across the state will be in attendance.
Questions reference the Law Enforcement Memorial Day Ceremony should be directed to Retired Sarpy County Lt. Russ Zeeb, President of the Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial Committee (NLEMC), at < RZeeb@sarpy.com> or (402) 681-0929.
For more information about the Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial visit the Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial (NLEM) website at < www.nememorial.org >.
Nebraskans interested in finding out about additional Peace Officer Memorial Day ceremonies in their area should contact their nearest Nebraska State Patrol Troop Area Headquarters or their local law enforcement agency.
The Omaha-based Better Business Bureau is warning people about suspicious phone calls regarding medical alert devices.
