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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Omaha, Nebraska – A colder shift settling into the central Plains just ahead of St. Patrick’s Day could turn part of an active storm track into accumulating snow across eastern Nebraska and much of Iowa...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Douglas County commissioners were alerted Tuesday that decisions will need to be made in the next couple of years about the future of a large county-owned parcel — the old county landfill at 132nd and State Street. The landfill closed in 1989. A contractor currently...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The warehouse where Omaha Fire crews spent days monitoring flames at the start of the year is now gone. Crews recently tore down what remained of the building near Dahlman Avenue and L Street in South Omaha. The three-alarm fire in January started on a frigid...

Sinkhole swallows two vehicles at Omaha intersection during afternoon commute, drivers escape unharmed. A massive sinkhole suddenly opened beneath two vehicles stopped at a red light in Omaha, Nebraska, swallowing both within seconds in a dramatic incident captured on security cameras. The collapse happened around...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A man being sought by Iowa authorities for failing to return to a work-release program also has a warrant for his arrest after he was shot in a botched robbery Monday, according to police. Zachary Russell “Tank Zilla” White, 25, is described as a white male,...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A soldier from Bellevue has been identified as one of four killed in a drone strike in Kuwait. The Department of Defense said Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, age 42, from Bellevue, Nebraska, was killed by a drone that struck where he and three others were working in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, on...

(Council Bluffs) -- A former Pottawattamie County supervisor is appealing a judge's decision late last year to remove him from office. Following a civil trial in December, including two days of testimony, Pottawattamie County District Court Judge Roger Sailer issued a ruling that Scott Belt could no longer serve on...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Following U.S. attacks in Iran, two Omaha-area experts say local residents should be paying attention to potential ripple effects — including cyberattacks and questions about presidential authority. “What happened this weekend really could have started a chain of events that we in Omaha should...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha officials gave an update on the latest details on repairs for the Pacific Street sinkhole Monday afternoon. In a press conference Monday, Mayor John Ewing said 67th and Pacific, the intersection affected by the sinkhole, is set to re-open by Thursday, March 5. City Engineer...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - We’ve made Friday a First Alert 6 Weather Day due to the increased potential for storms and the threat of severe weather. The first round would likely develop after midnight Thursday night and move in heading into Friday morning. Scattered downpours, lightning and some hail are the main threats...