Four of Nebraska’s largest school districts use debt collectors to go after unpaid lunch tabs

Four large school districts in Nebraska -- Lincoln, Kearney, Columbus and Scottsbluff -- are sending private debt collectors after parents over unpaid student lunch bills.

February 16, 2024Updated: February 16, 2024

By News Channel Nebraska

Regional

Developer feels shoved out of Grand Island good life district, seeks state intervention

Hastings Candidate Forum Continues with City Council Candidates

Start Date Set for Construction on I-80 From Giltner to Hampton

Royal Engineered Composites announces $5M expansion in Minden

Osborn addresses campaign finance and policy priorities in Kearney town hall

Berke Buyuktuncel enters transfer portal

State

Restoring windmills for the next 100 years

Four of Nebraska’s largest school districts use debt collectors to go after unpaid lunch tabs

Regional

Developer feels shoved out of Grand Island good life district, seeks state intervention

Hastings Candidate Forum Continues with City Council Candidates

Start Date Set for Construction on I-80 From Giltner to Hampton

Royal Engineered Composites announces $5M expansion in Minden

Osborn addresses campaign finance and policy priorities in Kearney town hall

Berke Buyuktuncel enters transfer portal

State

Restoring windmills for the next 100 years

Two arrested in Cheyenne infant homicide investigation

Deshler man dies in accident at Reinke Manufacturing facility

Nebraska attorney faces suspension over alleged AI use in state Supreme Court brief

Lodgepole to hold special election

Well-known toy collector comes to northeast Nebraska

Sports

Michael Lorenzen throws efficiently into the 6th, Rockies beat Astros 9-1 to complete 3-game sweep

Scottsbluff edges Sidney to win Red Raider Golf Invite

North Platte St. Patrick’s sweeps team titles at Storm Invite in Chappell

WNCC softball falls twice to Southeast in exciting action

Colorado sports notes: Avalanche beat the Blues 3-1 to clinch Central Division and top seed in the Western Conference

Norfolk announces new coaches for girls basketball, cross country, dance

Ag & Outdoor

Outdoor notes: NGPC offering pastures, hay tracts to those affected by wildfires

Outdoor notes: Work to begin soon on Smith Lake WMA Aquatic Habitat Project

Outdoor notes: Game and Parks urges caution when recreating outdoors due to wildfires

Outdoor notes: Temporary closure of Clear Creek WMA for safety

‘Worst-case scenario’: Fertilizer, fuel cost spikes hitting Nebraska farmers hard

Outdoor notes: Haag shares 100 years of Nebraskaland