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Glenwood alum Schraft makes NCAA Nationals
(KMAland) -- Glenwood alum Janette Schraft punched her ticket to the 2024 NCAA Track & Field Championships on Saturday. Schraft is headed to nationals in the 3,000 meter steeplechase. She qualified through the NCAA West Regional in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The NCAA Outdoor Championships will take place June 5th through the...
Omaha/Council Bluffs Area Floodwaters
The National Weather Service in Omaha says severe storms will again be possible into the early afternoon after severe thunderstorms early Tuesday morning. The storms this morning dumped heavy rains leading to flooding including urban flooding in the Omaha Metro. A Flood Warning for the Omaha/Council Bluffs area is in...
Run-Off From Heavy Rains Continues To Flow In Omaha/Council Bluffs Area
The National Weather Service says flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone areas in the Omaha/Council Bluffs region continues due to heavy rain earlier this week. Emergency management reports flooding along Wahoo Creek in Saunders County. Some locations that will experience flooding include Ashland, Memphis, and Memphis...
Motorcyclist killed in downtown Omaha crash
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Omaha Police say a motorcyclist has died after a crash involving a Jeep in the downtown area. OPD tells 6 News they were called to a crash at 14th and Dodge just before 9:30 a.m. OPD’s initial investigation found Adam Mouw, 35, of Council Bluffs, was...
From punk to punchlines: Omaha’s homegrown comedy scene finds a home
On a still-bright Wednesday evening, a smattering of people step off of a sidewalk on Harney Street in Omaha and into a small space that one might easily miss, if not for a circle of people smoking outside. Through the large front windows, The Backline looks like your typical watering...
Council Bluffs man sentenced to federal prison for meth distribution
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - A Council Bluffs man has been sentenced to federal prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine. Alejandro Almaraz, 24, was sentenced Tuesday to seven years behind bars for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of meth. He will serve three years of supervised release after his prison term is complete.
Man to serve life in prison for murder of 19-year-old in Council Bluffs
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - A man learned Monday that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars in Iowa. Dontre Hudson, 21, was sentenced in Pottawattamie County District Court to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder plus 25 years for first-degree robbery. A jury convicted him on both counts last month.
Glenwood's West ready to run even more at Iowa Western
(Glenwood) -- Glenwood distance runner Ethan West found his love for running in the last couple years, and he will continue to do just that at the next level with Iowa Western. “At the end of the Harlan (cross country meet) this year, (Iowa Western head coach Marc Bierbaum) came...
Omaha Magazine – June 2024: The Food Issue
FROM THE EDITOR: CAUTION: THIS ISSUE MAY CAUSE MOUTH WATERING AND STOMACH GROWLING. Our annual Food Issue is always highly anticipated, and I am honored to be writing the main feature this year. According to the Douglas County Health Department, Omaha has more restaurants per capita than any other city in the United States. Rather than mountains or beaches or sights to see, Omaha boasts amazing food. Therefore, my main task for this issue was a difficult one—coming up with outstanding appetizers in our food-loving city proved to be no easy feat, and there’s only so much room on a page. Still, our list of restaurants in the main feature, though by no means comprehensive, provides an eclectic taste of some of the best bites Omaha has to offer.
Between the Lines – June 2024
Born in Omaha, George is the youngest of six. He graduated from University of Nebraska Omaha in the spring of 2024 with a BFA in Creative Writing concentrating on Creative Nonfiction and a minor in English. It was during his time at UNO that he started writing anything from restaurant features to coverage on supreme court decisions for Daily Record. When George isn’t sitting somewhere filling one of his four working notebooks, he can be found dancing to live music, or making art to hang on his walls. He also takes his role as the fun uncle to his seven nieces and nephews very seriously. George is currently trying to perfect his raspberry hot sauce and peach jam recipes. He dreams to find a full time writing position for a newspaper or magazine until he transitions into screenwriting. If you see him out driving, screaming along to Bad Brains or Cleo Sol feel free to sing along.
Bond set at $25,000 for Omaha woman accused of trying to castrate dogs
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — An Omaha woman accused of trying to castrate her dogs appeared in court Friday. Douglas County Judge Thomas Harmon set Jessica Charf’s bond at $25,000. She must pay $2,500 to be released from jail. And if she is, she cannot own any animals while...
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