MEXICO CITY (AP) — Cassandra Garduño squinted in the sunlight, her pink boots smudged by dirt as she gazed out over her family's chinampa — one of the islands first built up by the Aztecs with fertile mud from the bottom of a lake that, later drained, would one day become Mexico City.

GRETNA, Nebraska — The man behind the Gretna area’s “Good Life District” said Friday that his $5 billion vision has grown to 4,500 acres, has a name now and could become a place where youth sports meets Disneyland.

If Rod Yates’ plan materializes, the site between the state’s two biggest cities would have indoor surfing, sky-diving, rock-climbing, horseback riding and more.

LINCOLN – It appears it’s back to the drawing board for an ambitious proposal to dig a huge recreational lake between Omaha and Lincoln to rival Iowa’s Lake Okoboji.

That’s after a report, released Thursday, eliminated from consideration the initial location envisioned by state lawmakers – between Ashland and Gretna on the east side of the Platte River.