All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 28 2014 // Nebraska officials say they will continue using a highway guardrail system that has been the focus of safety concerns until the Federal Highway Administration says it shouldn’t.The Lincoln Journal Star reports...
Oct 20 2014 // The Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled that a district court erred when it found that a federal law did not preempt the state’s prohibition against mandatory arbitration clauses in insurance contracts.In Speece v....
Oct 2 2014 // Independent Insurance Agents of Nebraska (IIAN) has selected Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. as the 2014 Five-Star Company of the Year for its dedication and service to independent agents. The award recipient is selected by IIAN...
Oct 2 2014 // The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled recently that a district court erred when it found that a federal law did not preempt the state’s prohibition against mandatory arbitration clauses in insurance contract.In Speece v....
Jul 14 2014 // Midwest Bank has announced it will rebuild its branch in Pilger, Neb., that was destroyed in June by a tornado that leveled much of the northeast Nebraska town.Doug Johnson, president and chief executive officer of Midwest...
Jul 14 2014 // Calls have gone out to glass and siding companies and insurance agents after a barrage of hail left a trail of broken windows, damaged houses and ravaged farm fields in parts of western and central Nebraska.Hailstones as...
Jun 30 2014 // Nebraska officials are still tallying the cost of the tornadoes that destroyed most of the town of Pilger, but it’s expected to climb into the tens of millions.The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency will send teams...
Jun 18 2014 // A storm packing rare dual tornadoes tore through a tiny farming town in northeast Nebraska, killing two people, crumpling grain bins like discarded soda cans and flattening dozens of homes.Pilger’s 350 residents...
Jun 17 2014 // The severe thunderstorms that spawned large hail and strong winds earlier this month left a lasting mark on many Nebraska communities.Aaron Volkman tells the Norfolk Daily News it will take weeks or even months to repair...
Jun 5 2014 // Baseball-sized hail pummeled homes and cars in Nebraska and Iowa on June 2 as powerful thunderstorms moved through a swath of Midwest states, also causing severe flooding and prompting reports of tornadoes.The National...
May 27 2014 // Two men wrongfully accused in a 2006 double murder are going after Douglas County’s liability insurance carrier to recoup a multimillion-dollar judgment against the county’s former crime lab chief.Attorneys for...
May 19 2014 // The Nebraska Supreme Court on May 2 upheld a lower court ruling that two farming brothers were not negligent in a 2007 fatal crash where tall corn created a blind intersection.The Oct. 6, 2007, crash in Saunders County...
May 13 2014 // Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Co. (ProMutual), a Coverys member company, has plans to acquire Preferred Professional Insurance Co. (PPIC), located in Omaha, Neb.PPIC supports Catholic healthcare systems across the...
May 6 2014 // A lower court was right to find that farming brothers were not negligent in a 2007 fatal crash where tall corn created a blind intersection, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled on May 2.The crash occurred on Oct. 6, 2007, in...
May 5 2014 // Federal regulators have ordered Union Pacific to reinstate an injured Nebraska worker and pay $85,000 in damages.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the railroad...
Apr 28 2014 // The state Public Service Commission has sent warnings to two ridesharing companies that they need the commission’s permission to offer services in Nebraska.The commission issued letters to Lyft and Uber, two San...
Apr 25 2014 // Federal regulators have ordered Union Pacific to reinstate an injured Nebraska worker and pay $85,000 in damages.The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the railroad...
Apr 21 2014 // The Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the finding of a lower court that a crop insurance agent breached the terms of her contract with a former employer when she went to work for another agency.However, in First Express...
Apr 14 2014 // An Omaha, Neb., clothing store manager shot up to nine times in an act of revenge for reporting an earlier robbery is entitled to compensation for drug and alcohol rehab and treatment of post-traumatic stress syndrome...
Apr 8 2014 // The Nebraska Supreme Court recently upheld the finding of a lower court that a crop insurance agent breached the terms of her contract with a former employer when she went to work for another agency.However, in First...