(Omaha, NE)  --  The city of Omaha's revenue loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic is less than expected.

(Des Moines, IA)  --  Public universities in Iowa are studying how to help international students who could be affected by a federal rule issued this week. 

(Omaha, NE)  --  The Nebraska State Patrol is revealing the results of its holiday traffic enforcement. 

(Jefferson City, MO)  --  The governor is urging all Missourians to stand up for law enforcement officers after two Kansas City Police officers were shot in separate incidents last Thursday. 

(Fort Dodge, IA)  --  The Iowa Department of Corrections is reporting the first coronavirus-related death of a prison inmate. 

A COVID-19 testing site in south Omaha is closed down.  The Douglas County Health Department and the University of Nebraska Medical Center closed the site at 50th and G streets on July 4th due to a shortage of lab supplies.

(Wentzville, MO)  --  Almost 150 thousand people have joined the Facebook group "Keeping Bruno Safe" which has been chronicling the adventures of a black bear that left Wisconsin and ended up in Missouri. 

(Washington, DC)  --  U-S Senator Chuck Grassley says he wouldn’t have an objection to the idea of renaming military bases. 

(Kansas City, MO)  --  Kansas City police say an officer shot in the head during a gunfight last week is showing “promising” signs of recovery.

(Bloomfield, IA)  --  The Davis County Sheriff’s Office says a 26-year-old man lit a firework with a short fuse and it exploded, causing extremely serious hand injuries. 

(Omaha, NE)  --  The swimming pools at two Omaha clubs are closed after a lifeguard at each location tested positive for the coronavirus.

(Omaha, NE)  --  Omaha police are investigating a possible hate crime.  City officials learned on Monday that swastikas and other racist symbols and language were painted on the grass at Zorinsky Lake Park.