As the rehabilitation of Lake Helen inches closer to the construction phase, a consultant has been re-hired to handle state and federal grants. Gothenburg City Council members, at their May 7 meeting...

Council votes to stay with same health insurance carrier During the city’s first-ever Pony Express BBQ Challenge, April 26-27 at Lafayette Park, several competitors and judges said they were impressed...

Hat Toss: Following commencement 2013 at Gothenburg High School Sunday afternoon in the Community Building, graduates put on “2013” glasses and toss their mortar board hats into the air. Pictured...

Social skills mentored through program With a light agenda, Dist. 20 board members spent most of their Monday night meeting learning about a new mentoring program. Called “Circle of Friends,”...

Feet set, weight back, elbow up, eyes on the ball. Life is full of surprises. Know the strike zone. Don’t commit too early. We are all pitched a few curves. Watch the ball all the way in. Don’t...

Inside my front door and up a few steps on the left, a distressed metal word rests on top of the ledge. The curvy red letters serve as a reminder as I come and go ... BELIEVE. It’s a common decoration,...

Rearranging storage tubs in my garage the other day, I ran across one of the most prized possessions from my childhood: my Girl Scout sash. Immediately, the words of the Girl Scout promise came to mind. On...

The Gothenburg girls didn’t let some challenging weather conditions affect them Thursday at the District B-5 track meet at Lexington. “The weather was probably not optimum for performances,”...

Gothenburg placed eighth out of 10 teams May 6 in the Cozad Invitational. Holdrege edged the Kearney JV team 312-313 for team honors. Gothenburg came in with a 401. Jake Matthies posted the low score...

Gothenburg golfers showed improved scoring Thursday, but it wasn’t enough to finish among the leaders in the team or individual standings at the Ogallala Invitational. McCook was the team champion...

The Gothenburg Legion Baseball Program is back to full strength with Seniors and Juniors teams playing this year. Last season, participation numbers weren’t sufficient to field a Juniors team. The...

Taking care of others: Brady third and fourth graders presented “Peter Pan” to the public Tuesday night in the Brady school auditorium. During a dress rehearsal, Nana the dog (Triston Stearns),...

SATURDAY MEET: Eight Brady students competed in the Hershey Youth Track meet in North Platte last Saturday. Four earned a first or second place and will compete at a state meet in Grand Island on June...

Several Brady athletes competed April 30 in the Best of the Midwest track meet at Sutherland. “Competition is very good at that meet,” coach Rich Britten said. “It’s difficult...

Water for Food speaker says solutions are within reach. LINCOLN—Dilip Kulkarni remembers the first global Water for Food Conference in Lincoln in 2009. “Another water conference” was...

LINCOLN—University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists are experimenting with the use of corn silage in cattle finishing diets, finding that it can be an economical replacement for corn in feedlot diets...

LINCOLN—Nebraska’s pastures are starting to grow again, but the effects of last year’s drought linger and might cause complications for producers, University of Nebraska-Lincoln forage...