Category Archives: KLIN News
New Unemployment Insurance Claims Declined 40 Percent Last Week
The Nebraska Department of Labor (NDOL) announced today that 15,994 new unemployment insurance claims were filed during the week ending April 11, 2020. This is a decrease of 40 percent from the previo...
Apr 17, 2020
Nebraska's COVID-19 Case Total Surges Past 100
Three new COVID-19 related deaths were reported to the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Thursday, bringing the state's COVID-19 death toll to 24, according to the agency's COVID...
Apr 17, 2020
Bryan Medical Starts In-House COVID-19 Test Processing
Bryan Medical announced today they have started processing COVID-19 tests in-house rather than having to send the test out to 3rd party labs. John Woodrich CEO John Woodrich, at the regular media brie...
Apr 16, 2020
Meat Costs Rise, Selling Costs Drop: Meat Packers, Farmers And Consumers Square Off
Meat prices at the grocery store are hitting the pocketbooks and the state’s cattle producers are seeing dangerously low prices at the markets. The new coroavirus continues to pose issues to tho...
Apr 16, 2020
Lincoln Teen Robbed, Assaulted For Jordans
A meet-up over a pair of shoes turns into an assault and robbery. Lincoln Police Officer Erin Spilker said a 16-year-old boy contacted officers Wednesday afternoon after he reported being attacked at ...
Apr 16, 2020
April Rural Mainstreet Index Collapses to Record Low: Nine of 10 Bank CEOs Expect Rural Recession
The Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) plummeted in April to its lowest level since beginning the survey in January 2006. According to the monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of ...
Apr 16, 2020
Update: Man Arrested For Bashing Lincoln Liquor Store Employee Over Head With Bottle
, A man has been arrested for the assault of a Lincoln liquor store employee. Lincoln Police Officer Erin Spilker says 20-year-old Izaiah Bartu was taken into custody Wednesday evening in the 400 bloc...
Apr 16, 2020
Three Additional Cases Of COVID-19 Announced Thursday
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird and the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) announced today that three new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Lincoln, bringing the communi...
Apr 16, 2020
Department of Labor Issuing Federal Unemployment Benefit Payments
The Nebraska Department of Labor (NDOL) announced payments are being issued for the new federal unemployment insurance benefits provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) A...
Apr 16, 2020
More Cases, One Death From COVID-19 In Nebraska
One new COVID-19 related death was reported Wednesday, bringing the state's COVID-19 death toll to 21, according to the Nebraska Department of Human Services COVID-19 Dashboard. The most recent death ...
Apr 16, 2020