Omaha landscape company returns to Arkansas for snow removal jobs
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Some local snowplow crews are once again headed south for winter. Limited snowfall means lost revenue to landscape companies across the metro. A mild winter last year sent Owen’s Mowing crews to Bentonville, Arkansas for work. It’s an experience that Shane Holzworth of Owen’s Mowing...
Applications open for Steel Works Health Accelerator, a new public-private effort to support healthtech...
The University of Nebraska System, in partnership with Omaha health care strategy and entrepreneurship support firm CQuence Health, has launched the Steel Works Health Accelerator to help medtech startups grow and stay in Nebraska. The accelerator is a joint venture between CQuence Health, the tech transfer...
State planning to move boys from troubled Kearney youth center to Omaha
KEARNEY, Neb. — State leaders plan to move all boys out of Kearney’s state-run youth treatment center months after multiple allegations of sexual abuse there. The teens would go to what’s currently a youth prison in Omaha, as part of a wider plan to shuffle in-custody kids.
‘All Natives should stand up for what’s happening on our land’
OMAHA, Nebraska – Kylesse Walker didn’t need to dance Wednesday to make the jingles on her dress clang. Nearly 40 mph winds did the work for her. The 18-year-old Omaha and Ho-Chunk woman joined several other young Native women and dozens of other protesters on a busy street near downtown Omaha to protest the mass...
Bower Ag Expands Midwest Footprint With Farm Systems Acquisition
Omaha, NE- Bowser Ag announced earlier this week of its acquisition of Farm Systems, a Melrose, Minnesota-based dairy equipment and manure management company, strengthening its presence across the upper midwest, bringing construction, equipment, and service expertise together to better support dairy producers in the...
Omaha ‘Keep the Dream Alive’ walk to spotlight leadership milestones, spur civic engagement
OMAHA — An Omaha march on Jan. 31, with Mayor John Ewing Jr., the city’s first elected Black mayor serving as grand marshal, is to honor the dream and legacy of slain civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The third-annual “Keep the Dream Alive” event...
A Texas Standout Is Headed to Millard South—and Nebraska Fans Will Notice Fast
Millard South just landed a Texas standout and Nebraska commit, giving the Patriots even more firepower on offense—and putting the program right back in the spotlight.
USACE Seeks Public Input on Lower Missouri River Flood Resiliency Plan
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Omaha and Kansas City districts have released a draft feasibility report and environmental study aimed at revolutionizing flood risk management along the Lower Missouri River. The System Plan, detailed in a newly published Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement...
Accident determined to be cause of Omaha house fire, authorities say
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - An accident was determined the be the cause of a fire in Omaha that displaced four residents Friday night. An Omaha Fire Department report says crews responded to the scene near 52nd and Hickory Streets around 10:30 p.m. Friday. At the scene, crews found the fire...
One Killed in I-80 Crash Near Nebraska Border; Lanes Closed for Hours
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — One person died following a two-vehicle crash Saturday morning on Interstate 80 westbound near the Nebraska border, according to the Council Bluffs Police Department. Police said officers were called to the crash at approximately 11:15 a.m. on I-80 westbound near the Nebraska state line. When...

















