Hospitals remain busy despite dip in omicron

The Associated Press The pressure is easing on Nebraska hospitals as the surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious omicron variant continues to subside, but hospitals remain quite busy. Nebraska hospital officials said Monday that

Cap on school district property tax increases stalls

Unicameral Update A proposal to limit annual increases in the amount of property taxes collected by public school districts stalled Feb. 8 after a failed cloture motion. Under LB986, introduced by Sen. Tom Briese of Albion, a district’s

Dodge County Attorney Vaughan set to retire March 4

The Dodge County Board of Supervisors will receive County Attorney Paul Vaughan’s letter of resignation during Wednesday morning’s meeting. Vaughan, who has spent about half of his 40 years of legal practice working for Dodge County, is

Jo Ann Kubik

Jo Ann Kubik, 92, of Casa Grande, Ariz., formerly of Fremont, passed away Monday, Jan. 31, 2022, in Casa Grande. She was born June 1929 at Walthill to John and Margaret (White) Barada. Jo Ann grew up