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DEVELOPING: XGR–BEATRICE PROBLEMS, BKC–BIG 12 COACHES
ADDS: IMMIGRATION RAIDS-STILL WAITING, COUNCIL BLUFFS NEWSPAPER, EARNS-ROHM & HAAS
XGR–BEATRICE PROBLEMS
LINCOLN—Mounting problems at the Beatrice State Developmental Center have convinced some lawmakers that the state can’t be trusted to run it without someone looking over its shoulder. On Monday, members of a special legislative committee that investigated the center were slated to argue that they should continue scrutinizing it. By Nate Jenkins.
IMMIGRATION RAIDS-STILL WAITING
GREELEY, Colo.—Ernesto Garcia counted himself lucky after he was swept up in a 2006 immigration raid on a northern Colorado meatpacking plant: Unlike hundreds of co-workers here illegally, he was allowed to stay in the U.S. Two years later, he’s jobless and barely getting by while he waits for his immigration case to be resolved. By Ivan Moreno. Eds: Note Nebraska mentions. Also moving on national lines.
BUSINESS:
COUNCIL BLUFFS NEWSPAPER
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa—The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil has announced that it will stop publishing a Monday edition, hoping to offset the rising costs of supplies. Publisher Tom Schmitt said Monday that the newspaper will suspend indefinitely publication of its Monday edition beginning Feb. 16. The paper is owned by the Omaha World-Herald.
EARNS-ROHM & HAAS
NEW YORK—Rohm & Haas, the specialty chemicals maker embroiled in an acquisition fight with Dow Chemical, said Monday its fourth-quarter earnings fell 82 percent as several charges and a drop in sales sapped profits. During the September-to-December period, the company earned $32 million, or 17 cents per share, compared with $180 million, or 91 cents per share, in the year-ago period. By Energy Writer Ernest Scheyder. Eds: Note Nebraska mention. Also moving on national lines.
ALSO:
— ADVISING GROWTH—More investors seem to be turning to independent financial advisers for help managing their money instead of large brokerages.
SPORTS:
BKC–BIG 12 COACHES
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Unless they choose to be rude, most Big 12 coaches say avoiding high school prospects and their families during non-contact recruiting visits is nearly impossible. By Sports Writer Doug Tucker. Eds: Note Nebraska interest.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— DOG ATTACK—The 48-year-old woman attacked by a pit bull at a west Omaha home is listed in fair condition at the Nebraska Medical Center.
— PICKUP-TRAIN FATAL—A 21-year-old man was fatally injured when his pickup collided with an empty coal train at a crossing in southeast Nebraska.
— MISSOURI RUNOFF—The Army Corps of Engineers said current snowpack is a good sign but not a certainty that runoff into the Missouri River reservoir system will be normal this year.
— PAY CUTS—Some University of Nebraska at Kearney faculty members are proposing pay cuts as a way to ward off job cuts.
— STATE FAIR—Construction is expected to begin this spring on the future site of the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island.
— ZOO JOB FAIR—The sour economy helped drive hundreds of people to Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo this weekend in search of a job.
— SUMMER LUNCH—Sponsors are needed for the Nebraska Education Department’s Summer Food Service Program.
— SPIDERS IN OFFICE—The Nebraska Vocational Rehabilitation Office in Lincoln is looking to leave behind its office space, which workers say is plagued by poisonous spiders.
The AP, Omaha.
