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OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) — The Douglas County Board of Commissioners voted to continue its contract with Duet, a non-profit that had been facing financial uncertainty. Duet provides housing, medical and other assistance to those with developmental disabilities. The Douglas County Board of Commissioners held the vote on Duet’

Come for the free activities and live performances, stay to support downtown Omaha’s struggling businesses. On Sept. 5, “Rally on the Route” will fence off 16th Street between Farnam and Harney streets for a block party that will include family-friendly activities during the afternoon and adult-centered entertainment i

A group of western Iowa businessmen are being sued over an alleged “brazen and coordinated scheme” to take over highly classified work for the federal government by poaching employees and stealing trade secrets from their employer. Oaklea Simpson Security, a Westminster, Maryland, company, is suing several former emplo

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A proposal to build a new hotel at 10th and Harney streets has been denied TIF funding and rejected by the Omaha Planning Board, sending the request to city council for a final decision. Drury Development Corporation submitted the proposal to the planning board in May....

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - A construction worker was hospitalized after being entrapped in an elevator at a Google data center. According to a release from the Council Bluffs Fire Department, crews responded to the scene at Google Southlands in Council Bluffs just after 5 p.m. Monday. CBFD says the...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The Douglas County Health Department has shared its most recent Cyclospora statistics. A release from the DCHD says confirmed cases in the area have increased to 71. The last report tallied Douglas County’s cases at 45, and the report prior logged 27. Nebraska’s current cases...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - Ten years ago today, a landspout tornado formed over Lake Manawa in what witnesses described as an unusual and largely stationary weather event. “And it come down right here, it is just so pretty here,” one witness said. “I have never [seen] anything like...

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (Daily Nonpareil) -- A contractor’s apprentice was seriously injured Monday evening after becoming trapped beneath an exterior construction elevator at Google's main data center in Council bluffs. The Council Bluffs Fire Department responded to Google's Southlands campus at 10420 Bunge Ave. around

Amazon switched on Prime Air drone deliveries in the Omaha metro on Wednesday, flying packages out of its Highway 370 fulfillment center in Papillion, Nebraska. It is the 11th Prime Air market in the United States and the first in Nebraska, landing four weeks after DroneXL reported the company was staffing up the site.

OMAHA, NEBRASKA IS GETTING A TASE OF THE U.K.—Since 2009, the annual MAHA music festival has brought together local and national acts to share their music in the heart of the midwest: Omaha. The festival returns this year on Saturday, August 8 at The RiverFront in downtown Omaha with...