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The Salvation Army is collecting new fans to help reduce the dangers of heat exposure for the elderly, ill and disabled. The fan program runs until Sept. 7 and will provide a free fan to qualified individuals.

The man was not immediately identified. Police were investigating the circumstances of his death.

A storm with strong winds swept through the Omaha area early Saturday, leaving scattered tree debris and downed power lines in its wake.

More than 30 kids with special needs attended a basketball camp with members of the Creighton University men’s basketball team and physical therapy students.

A 10-year-old New York-based firm in the “destination branding” industry, Resonance sifted through an array of public data — including crime rates, air quality, housing affordability, entertainment offerings and economic vitality — to compile the rankings.

New leaders are coming to several Omaha Public Schools elementary schools this fall.

In the lawsuit, Century-Omaha and Don and Jeanne Wieseler alleged that Edwin Leslie made false statements that persuaded them to sell him 51 percent of the hotel property with a $4.5 million promissory note in 2016.

With temperatures heating up, the Omaha Salvation Army is trying to replenish its stock of fans for those in need.

“Unless something really unexpected happens, I think Oak View is probably irretrievably broken,” said Rick Quinlevan, president of brokerage services at the Lerner Co.

Omaha police have arrested one person in connection with a Saturday shooting downtown that killed one and injured six.