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BENNINGTON, Neb. (WOWT) -Bennington and Omaha firefighters responded to a house fire near 162nd and Ida just before 1:30 a.m. Sunday. The full extent of the damage was not immediately known. Douglas County officials said no one was injured. The cause of the fire remains unknown. — Watch breaking news unfold...

A man died Saturday afternoon after being struck by a Union Pacific train in central Council Bluffs, police said. The investigation remains ongoing. Originally published by Iowa Pulse . For more verified Iowa news and real-time updates, follow Iowa Pulse.

Authorities said Wyatt Bernal, 19, of Omaha, was recovered from Chalco Recreation Lake after a canoe capsized earlier in the week. Originally published by Iowa Pulse . For more verified Iowa news and real-time updates, follow Iowa Pulse.

Our Independence Day should wrap up beautifully, with temps dipping down into the lower 80s and some partly cloudy skies. By Sunday, things are trending not just drier, but cooler with highs back down into the upper 80s. We will just likely see some partly cloudy skies, and virtually no wind.

RALSTON, Neb. (WOWT) - Joe Siwa was up by 9 a.m. Saturday, setting up a cookout that has become a nearly 30-year Independence Day tradition — one that includes 300 ears of corn and a standing invitation to the Tangier Shriners. The Siwa family hosts the Shriners each year...

If there is one thing that Flagship Restaurant Group is good at, it is creating spaces where people love to hang out. I have lots of memories tied to Flagship dining rooms, all the way back to when I first visited the original Blue Sushi location in west Omaha. Twenty-four years ago, when it opened in 2002, it wasn’t j

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha’s founding dates to this day in 1854, according to the National Park Service. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created the Nebraska Territory, drawing thousands of people to the new land. Many of Omaha’s first residents came from Council Bluffs and marked the occasion with a picnic.

(Council Bluffs, IA) — Governor Kim Reynolds has reappointed Council Bluffs resident Jerry Mathiasen to the State Terrace Hill Commission, extending his service on the nine-member panel that helps preserve and oversee Iowa’s historic governor’s residence. Mathiasen began his new three-year term on July 1. The appointme

VALLEY, Neb. (WOWT) - The City of Valley is urging residents to temporarily reduce water usage. A notice from the City of Valley says residents are advised to reduce their water usage. The initial cause of concern was a loss of water pressure in multiple homes in Valley.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Storms that moved through parts of the Omaha metro Friday night and into Saturday morning left behind tree damage in the southwest part of the city. A tree split and fell into the street near 126th and Augusta Avenue. City crews responded to the scene to remove the tree and reopen the road to traff