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Matt Rhule Says NFL Experience Could Be Nebraska’s Secret Weapon in NIL Era

KLIN News Talk - Nebraska · July 3, 2025

Off the field, Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule is channeling his NFL roots into a clever playbook for modern college football. With the transfer portal wide open and NIL dollars flowing fast, Rhule is treating name, image, and likeness agreements...

Officials: At least 27 people dead in Texas floods as the search continues for the missing

WKBT - Wisconsin ·

KERRVILLE, Texas — Scores of rescuers searched Saturday for children from a girls' camp and many others who were still missing after a wall of water rushed down a river in the Texas Hill Country during a powerful storm that killed at least 27...

Huskers named to Deans’ List for spring 2025

The Grand Island Independent - Nebraska ·

LINCOLN — More than 6,700 University of Nebraska–Lincoln students have been named to the Deans’ List for the spring semester of the 2024-25 academic year. Qualification for the Deans’ List varies among the eight undergraduate colleges and the...

Nebraska Emerges From June With Needed Rainfall, Turns Toward Uncertain July

Successful Farming ·

As the Fourth of July nears and the calendar turns to a key section of the growing season, the state of Nebraska is experiencing some relief from a very dry spring that threatened to derail farmers’ plans. Eric Hunt, extension educator for...

MJPL hosts Wildlife Encounters at Middle School

Nebraska City News Press · July 2, 2025

Home Free MJPL hosts Wildlife Encounters at Middle School Two hundred twenty-four people gathered in the Nebraska City Middle School commons on Thursday, June 26, to learn more about six different animals during the annual Wildlife Encounters...

Neb. Environmental Trust opens applications for 2026 grant

Cedar County News - Nebraska · July 2, 2025

LINCOLN — The Nebraska Environmental Trust (NET) grant cycle for funding year 2026 will open for applications on Monday, July 14, 2025. Applications will be accepted until Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. Up to $25 million is available for...

Nebraska in the national news: June 2025

University of Nebraska-Lincoln · July 1, 2025

University of Nebraska–Lincoln research on short-form video messaging and synthetic skins was featured in national media outlets in June. The stories were among 30-plus national news stories featuring Husker faculty, staff, students, centers and...

National TV news largely failed to connect the record-breaking eastern U.S. heat dome to climate change

Media Matters For America ·

Media Matters searched transcripts in the SnapStream video database for all original episodes of ABC’s Good Morning America and World News Tonight, CBS’ Mornings and Evening News, and NBC’s Today and Nightly News, as well as all original...

Independence Day weather history and extremes in central Nebraska

Central Nebraska Today ·

Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today GRAND ISLAND — Independence Day ushers in our climatologically-hottest month of the year – July. The majority of Independence Days in the Nebraska Tri Cities feature afternoon high temperatures between the...

Johnston Recognized As An Emerging Leader By The Nebraska Rural Health Association

Frontier and Holt County Independent - Nebraska ·

1 of 1 Avera St. Anthony's Hospital is proud to announce that Sheila Johnston, pharmacy manager, was recently recognized by the Nebraska Rural Health Association with its “Rural Health Emerging Leader Award.” Each year, the Nebraska Rural Health...

Uncovering the Hidden Environmental Impact of an Industrial-scale Hog Farm

Global Investigative Journalism Network · July 2, 2025

Yanqi Xu is an investigative reporter for the Flatwater Free Press. She’s written extensively about the state’s nitrate contamination. Her partner in the collaboration, Sky Chadde, is a senior reporter at Investigate Midwest, which covers the...

Nebraska chocolate manufacturer talks impacts of nationwide cocoa shortage

KETV 7 - Nebraska · July 1, 2025

Baker's Candies chocolates follow a long road. In the Greenwood facility that churns them out, they're melted down, mixed with cocoa butter, slid across a conveyor belt and then nestled into the colored wrappers familiar to many.But the road...

Nebraska auditor claims tens of thousands of dollars improperly paid to state workers, some dead

Nebraska Examiner · June 30, 2025

LINCOLN — A new report from the Nebraska State Auditor reveals “tens of thousands of dollars in public funds wasted” on improper payments, including some to state workers who had died and others who left jobs shortly after receiving subsidies...

Nebraska lands commitment from one of the Midwest’s best OT prospects Claude Mpouma

On3 · June 30, 2025

Chicago (Ill.) Mount Carmel four-star offensive tackle Claude Mpouma announced his commitment to Nebraska on Monday. The 6-foot-8, 305-pound Mpouma chose to play for head coach Matt Rhule and the Huskers over his other finalists in Auburn,...

Nebraska GOP Rep. Don Bacon won't seek reelection, cites political dysfunction

ABC News - New York · June 30, 2025

OMAHA, Neb. -- U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican from Nebraska, announced Monday he will not seek reelection next year amid an increasingly polarized political climate. Bacon, 61, said at a news conference at Omaha’s airport that he would not seek...

Writing our Own Greater Nebraska Stories

Alliance Times Herald - Nebraska · July 2, 2025

By Jarrod McCartney My hometown of Red Cloud recently celebrated a massive milestone: after years of dreaming and planning and nailing down the details on the revitalization of a historic building, community members gathered downtown to cut the...

A Peak At Sustainability On UNL’s City Campus

Alliance Times Herald - Nebraska · July 2, 2025

Whenever I have had occasion to travel for work there are always windows for walkabout. Exploration typically strikes me on the second day, after weariness inherent with driving for hours evaporates following a good night’s sleep. Keep Nebraska...

Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon cites political dysfunction in deciding not to seek reelection

Associated Press · June 30, 2025

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican from Nebraska, announced Monday he will not seek reelection next year amid an increasingly polarized political climate. Bacon, 61, said at a news conference at Omaha’s airport that he would not...

Crop development rebounding for Nebraska farmer

Brownfield Ag News ·

News Crop development rebounding for Nebraska farmer July 1, 2025 By Kellan Heavican Filed Under: Crops, Nebraska, News South-central Nebraska farmer Mike Bergen says warmer temperatures and timely rains have sparked a noticeable improvement in...

Nebraska is latest state to ban transgender students from girls' sports | OUT WEST ROUNDUP

The Gazette - Colorado ·

NEBRASKA Transgender students banned from girls’ sports LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on June 4 signed into law a measure banning transgender students from girls' sports, making the state the latest to keep transgender athletes from competing...