Authorities say human remains have been found along the Elkhorn River in northeast Nebraska's Stanton County. The remains were spotted Tuesday night southwest of Stanton. The Stanton County Sheriff's Office says the remains appear to have been washed out of the river during recent flooding and appear to have been in the water for an extended period. The remains have not been identified, but are not those of 30-year-old Scott Goodman of Norfolk. He was last seen two weeks ago on top of his car

032719 504 Republican Governor Kim Reynolds today signed a bill into law that requires colleges to promote free expression and to avoid attempts to shield students from the speech of others. The new law also bans “free speech zones,” which some lawmakers say infringe on constitutional rights by only allowing expression in certain areas of campus. County treasurers in Iowa abruptly canceled a scholarship program Wednesday that benefited their relatives and employees amid criticism that the vendor

A mistrial has been declared in a northeast Nebraska murder case. Cuming County jurors had heard nine days of testimony surrounding the second-degree murder and other charges against Derek Olson. Prosecutors say Olson and his father, Jody Olson, killed 64-year-old Ernest Warnock more than 2-years ago, at Warnock's home in Rosalie. The judge said the mistrial was warranted because a former Nebraska State Patrol investigator mentioned a lie detector test taken by Jody Olson. The judge says Jody

The Iowa Senate has passed a bill to ban traffic cameras for the third year in a row. Supporters of banning traffic cameras say they violate due process rights and are a money-making scheme for local governments. Senator Brad Zaun of Urbandale, the self-described “poster boy” on this topic, says it’s the right thing to do. 0326zaun1 :12 “I want to make it very clear: our traffic laws are there for a reason. They need to be obeyed. But I have to stand up when our citizens are being taken

Three deaths have been blamed so far on flooding along the Missouri River and its tributaries. Two men remain missing in Nebraska. Yesterday authorities found the bodies of two men whose garbage truck was found in a flooded South Dakota river. The men were last seen Thursday driving away from a landfill in Mitchell. Crews spotted a damaged guardrail Saturday on a highway along the James River and later found the truck. The patrol says equipment failure likely caused the crash, but that the

Authorities are trying to find a Sioux City man suspected of shooting to death two people at their home in southeast Nebraska. The victims were the parents of his former live-in girlfriend. 36-year-old Brindar Jangir is charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Randal and Annette Grimes on Saturday. Court records say Jangir threatened to kill his girlfriend and her parents if she ever left him. The girlfriend moved out on March 12 th . Rain storms expected later this week