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DEVELOPING: WATER WOES, RURAL TOUR-NEBRASKA,
ADDS: T25-NEBRASKA INJURIES
WATER WOES
KEARNEY—Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman was scheduled to speak to water officials from across the state at a time when some think he is trying to strong-arm them into tighter restrictions on irrigation. His administration has said that irrigation may have to be shut down in the Republican River basin during dry years to send Kansas water it is owed under a three-state compact. By Nate Jenkins.
AP Photos by Nati Harnik.
RURAL TOUR-NEBRASKA
GERING—About 200 people gathered at Scotts Bluff National Monument to hear members of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet speak about rural issues. Agriculture and revitalization topped the discussion list Monday in Gering at the forum being held by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. By Nate Jenkins.
BUSINESS:
— RETIREMENT EXPECTATIONS—A new survey suggests women may be OK retiring with a smaller retirement nest egg than the amount men say they want. Eds: Also moving on national lines and state news lines.
— BALLANTYNE CONTRACT—An Omaha manufacturer of motion picture and lighting equipment has landed a contract to install and service Barco’s digital cinema products in theaters. Eds: Moved on state news and financial lines.
SPORTS:
T25-NEBRASKA INJURIES
LINCOLN—Nebraska coach Bo Pelini says backup free safety Rickey Thenarse is “probably out for a while” after injuring his right knee in Saturday’s 55-0 win over Louisiana-Lafayette. Pelini said Monday on a teleconference with reporters that he didn’t know the extent of Thenarse’s injury. Pelini was unclear on how long Thenarse would be out, but he indicated the senior would miss the Oct. 8 game against Missouri in Columbia.
ALSO GETTING ATTENTION:
— NEB CHILDREN ASSAULTED—A 36-year-old Beatrice man has been given 14-to-30 years in prison for sexually assaulting two children in 2007.
— CHILD SEX ASSAULT—Two North Platte men have pleaded not guilty to allegations that they had sex with an underage girl.
— NEB MOTORCYCLE FATALITY—A Columbus woman who crashed her motorcycle off a two-lane rural highway in north-central Nebraska died later at a hospital.
— COZAD EMBEZZLEMENT—A lawsuit filed by the Cozad school district in western Nebraska has revealed the former employee accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
— FATAL SHOOTING-RECOVERED—A woman shot three times by her ex-husband has recovered from her physical wounds and says she tries not to remember that horrible night in Kearney a year ago.
— SEX ASSAULT CHARGE—A 35-year-old Columbus man is scheduled to go on trial next month in Platte County District Court for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl for more than a year.
— PARKINSON’S CONFERENCE—Progress in treating Parkinson’s disease will be the subject of an upcoming conference that will focus on getting information to health care providers and patients alike.
— NEB WRITERS CONFERENCE—This fall’s Nebraska Writer’s Guild conference will open at the Great Platte River Road Archway in Kearney.
— ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION-FREMONT—The Nebraska Court of Appeals could hear arguments as soon as November in a case stemming from Fremont’s proposed illegal-immigration ordinance.
— FAST TRAINS—An American high-speed rail delegation has returned after spending last week examining Spain’s train system. Eds: Note Nebraska mention.
— TODAY IN NEBRASKA-OCTOBER
The AP, Omaha.
