Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a “Talk with Your Doctor” initiative as part of its TIPS From Former Smokers campaign.

More than 120 officers and 200 first responders and volunteers searched throughout the day in Webster, Boone and Hamilton Counties, trying to locate 15 year old Kathlynn Shepard. The search has been driven by investigative leads. This information...

Fiscal year 2011 marked the first decrease in per student public education spending since the U.S. Census Bureau began collecting data on an annual basis in 1977, according to new statistics released today (dollars not adjusted for inflation). The...

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey today commented on the Iowa Crops and Weather report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through October.

Mayor Jack Hobbie and representatives of Nebraska City Tourism and Commerce and Nebraska City News-Press awarded the 2013 prestigious tree award to Skip Hammond for the “treaty tree” during the community tree planting activities at the...

Irrigation proved to be the difference between the "haves" and "have-nots" in farm income in drought-stricken 2012 in Nebraska.

Vandals have targeted some of the professional artwork that has been installed around the community as part of the Enchanted Arboretum public art project.
The question now is how to protect the art pieces.

Does your child often seem sad, tired, restless or out of sorts? Does he or she spend a lot of time alone? Have low self-esteem? Have trouble getting along with family and friends?

Beverly Hermann fell asleep Tuesday night watching the televised Louisville baseball game, but was searching for new Rutgers University gear by noon.

Nichole Goebel set a new mark this winter for the youngest member of the Nebraska City Emergency Medical Services and says growing up with a father volunteering for the rescue squad help prepared her to follow her heart.

Nebraska, May 13- Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have risen 23.4 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.68/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national...