A new farm safety website, “Telling the Story,” features firsthand accounts by farmers who have been injured or who have lost family members to agriculture-related incidents. The website debuts just
Hand cornhusking is a family affair. At least two families had four generations present as competitors and spectators at the state competition held Saturday. The Allen family of Blair had
The 104th annual Harvest Festival, with the theme ‘Get Fit Gothenburg,’ was a piping-hot party. With temperatures in the low 90s, partakers of Gothenburg’s yearly celebration had a red hot
Taxes will be lower in the Village of Brady. After a public hearing on Sept. 12, the Village of Brady Board of Trustees approved its 2018-2019 budget, which includes a
From Scottsbluff to Omaha and Albion to Ogallala, community leaders are asking for assistance to ensure that children and families have access to high-quality early childhood programs and services. More
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, DVM and U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. announced a joint public meeting to be held on Oct. 23-24, 2018 to
LINCOLN — Following last week’s heavy rains, growers in south central Nebraska are reporting sprouting corn kernels in ears in drought-stressed and hail-damaged fields as well as in fields with
Connecting with the agricultural community and with her roots is particularly important to Helen Cool, the chairman of local hand cornhusking contest committee and vice president of the national hand
The District 20 school board met on Monday, Sept. 10 for a budget hearing, a tax request hearing, and the monthly business meeting. The $10.3 million budget required just a
Riley Gruntorad of Lexington has been selected as the new CEO of the YMCA of the Prairie association that includes branches in Lexington, Holdrege and Gothenburg and serves more than