Freshman Johnathan Taylor rushed for a season-high 249 yards and two touchdowns to lead a punishing ground game that helped ninth-ranked Wisconsin wear down Nebraska in the second half of a 38-17 win Saturday night.
Ten US Air Force planes, including two E-4B "doomsday" aircraft, were damaged when a tornado hit near Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska last week, the service told CNN on Friday.
An 8-year-old Nebraska girl got an apology, and shout-outs from a few soccer superstars, after she was kicked out of a soccer tournament because officials thought she was a boy.
Cyclists in Omaha, Neb., raised awareness of protected bike lanes by gluing 120 plungers to the street Monday along the designated lanes.
Two inmates were killed in a Nebraska prison Thursday, the Associated Press reported.
Nate Mason had 25 points in 28 minutes with his best shooting performance in Big Ten play, Jordan Murphy posted his sixth double-double in the last seven games and Minnesota breezed by Nebraska 88-73 on Thursday night for its eighth straight victory.
National Guardsmen from Nebraska and Iowa have been assigned security and other duties for Friday's presidential inauguration of Donald Trump.
The New York Giants have taken Iowa safety Tyler Sash with their second of 3 picks in the sixth round of the NFL draft on Saturday.
