Lincoln-based student loan company Nelnet has filed a lawsuit against a former employee over his failed whistle-blower. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Nelnet filed its lawsuit on Nov. 29 in Lancaster County District Court against Rudy Vigil. Vigil sued …
Nebraska says this year’s flooding along the Missouri and Platte rivers caused about $20 million damage to roads, and the state is asking the federal government to pick up most of the tab. The Nebraska Department of Roads has submitted …
A fire that drove a family of four from its Omaha home was caused by a curling iron. KETV-TV reported the fire began in the home’s basement just before midnight Thursday. Fire department officials say in a news release the …
The parents of a Bellevue man who was killed when his bicycle was struck by a gas truck have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against a fuel supplier. The filing in Douglas County District Court says Nebraska-Iowa Supply Company Inc. in …
A trial has been delayed for a former Lincoln Public Schools worker accused of starting a fire that destroyed the district’s headquarters. The Lincoln Journal Star reports a Lancaster County district judge has granted a delay in Sharon Brewster’s case. …
Federal regulators have proposed $126,500 in penalties for a south-central Nebraska grain elevator that’s accused of safety violations. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the Cooperative Producers Inc. elevator in Franklin had committed six violations. …
A woman seriously injured in a fall down an empty elevator shaft at her workplace can sue a real estate company operated by her employers, the Nebraska Supreme Court said Friday. Darlene Howsden was an employee of a Lincoln funeral …
A Christian sisterhood that spent $15 million to renovate their Nebraska monastery says the contractor they hired overcharged them and performed shoddy ventilation work that spawned a mold outbreak. Missionary Benedictine Sisters Inc. in Norfolk filed a lawsuit in federal …
Weary Nebraska firefighters battled wind-swept grass fires Wednesday that devoured more than 20,000 acres of farmland and caused millions of dollars in estimated crop and property damage. At least one home was destroyed near the tiny town of Stapleton, a …
Firefighters on Wednesday battled a wind-swept wildfire that has burned more than 40-square miles in central Nebraska, destroying one home and sending one man to the hospital with burns. The fire started Tuesday near the small town of Stapleton, in …