COVID-19

Nebraska Crossing Outlet Mall Ejects Reporters at Reopening

Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 2:33pm

Gretna – A shopping mall that pitched itself as a case study for how to reopen safely welcomed customers last Friday for the first time since closing because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Majority of Virus Deaths in Nebraska at Nursing Homes

Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 2:30pm

Lincoln – About two-thirds of deaths from the coronavirus in Nebraska have involved residents of long-term care facilities, the governor said.

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Virus Shuts Down Child Care Center at Offutt Air Force Base

Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 2:13pm

Bellevue – Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha has shut down an off-base child care center after a child care provider there tested position for COVID-19.

The infected person had been in contact with staff and children at the child development center before self-quarantining. Offutt said the center will be professionally sanitized before reopening.

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COVID-19 Postpones Sentencing in South Dakota

Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 2:13pm

Yankton, S.D. – Sentencing for the man convicted of killing a South Dakota woman in 2018 has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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Ex-Iowa Governor Urges State to Reconsider Its Virus Policies

Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 2:12pm

Iowa City, Iowa – Former Iowa Gov. Chet Culver is urging Gov. Kim Reynolds to back off policies that he says will force employees to be in unsafe workplaces that have had coronavirus outbreaks.

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Cheers Erupt as 91-Year-Old Virus Patient Leaves Hospital

Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 2:11pm

Lincoln – Doctors, nurses and administrators at a Nebraska hospital cheered as a 91-year-old woman was wheeled out of a unit housing COVID-19 patients.

The Lincoln Journal Star reported that Imogene Hostetler said that she felt “great” after she left the CHI St. Elizabeth last Thursday.

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Father of Nebraska Lawmaker Dies in NYC From COVID-19

Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 2:10pm

Lincoln – A Nebraska state lawmaker announced that his father has died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

Sen. Tony Vargas, of Omaha, said his father, 72-year-old Antonio Vargas, had spent 31 days on a ventilator in a New York hospital. The elder Vargas died early Wednesday morning, the senator said.

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Nebraska Saw Nearly 8,200 New Jobless Claims; Six Week Total Over 100,000

Published by Scott Stewart on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 2:06pm

Lincoln – Nebraska received nearly 8,200 new unemployment claims last week as the fallout from pandemic restrictions on business continued, according to new data released last Thursday.

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Seeking Virus Information, People Struggle With Trust

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 05/04/2020 - 7:22am

Washington – When John Manley tested positive for COVID-19, his sister urged him to get on the malaria drug that she’d heard Fox News hosts plugging and that President Donald Trump was heralding as a potential “game changer” for fighting the coronavirus.

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Omaha Restrictions Loosen Today; Lincoln Waiting a Week

Published by Scott Stewart on Mon, 05/04/2020 - 7:20am

Lincoln – Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced plans last week to ease coronavirus restrictions in Lincoln and other parts of the state, including some of the least-populated counties, even though the number of confirmed cases has surged.