NIOBRARA, Neb. | People who suffered losses when the Spencer Dam failed in northern Nebraska have gotten more bad news: A state law limits the liability of the dam's owner.

Spencer Dam's collapse raises questions about what went wrong with 92-year-old structure Records indicate that the dam was last inspected in April 2018 and rated in “fair” condition.

By David Hendee / World-Herald staff writer Oct 23, 2015 Updated Oct 16, 2019 0 ...

A district judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the widow of a 71-year-old Niobrara man who disappeared and is presumed dead following the Spencer Dam collapse in 2019.

About 65 miles (105 kilometers) west of Spencer, in Rock Valley, Deb Kempema lost her home decor store, First Impressions, after a river levee broke. It was “7,000 square feet of very pretty ...

In Spencer, Engelkes still wasn’t able Monday to get back into his apartment on the first floor of a building close to the Des Moines River, nor could he go to work at a flooded chicken hatchery.

More rain possible in deluged Midwest as flooding kills 2, causes water to surge around dam More than 3 million people live in areas touched by flooding, from Omaha, Nebraska, to St. Paul, Minnesota.