A a half-dozen tornadoes raked across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa in the afternoon and evening hours of Friday, including five rated as an EF-3 according to damage surveys.
The twister that dropped over the northeastern edge Lincoln on Friday toppled a manufacturing plant, trapping several people inside and resulting in multiple people being hospitalized for injuries.
A relatively new member of the Hudson Volunteer Fire and Rescue has died in a motorcycle crash in Waterloo. The crash was reported just before 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday in the area of Fletcher Avenue and University Avenue. 26 year old Riley Gilbert was rushed to a hospital but was pronounced dead th .