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The Friday Channel Final Bell with Jeff Peterson with Heartland Farm Partners | 04/12/24
How are the corn and soybean markets looking? What are the factors to watch in the corn and soybean markets going forward? How does the weather look in South America? What are the corn and soybean crops like in South America? How does the US weather look to you? Any…
New Street Construction Underway in Scottsbluff
Construction crews are working hard to pave the way for new infrastructure in Scottsbluff. A new stretch of 28th Street will be opening up a new area for development just west of Avenue I. Public Works Director Mark Bohl says the concept for the project came up when the nearby…
Construction on canal tunnels could begin in fall
The 2024 Yonts Water Conference, on April 10, hosted representatives from the Goshen Irrigation District and HDR Engineering, who presented an update on the progress of replacing the tunnels on the Goshen and Gering-Fort Laramie Irrigation Districts 129-mile-long mainline canal. “We’ve selected a contractor, Atkinson Construction, a relatively large full-service…
Larry the Cable Guy brings bounty bull to Lincoln PBR event
Larry the Cable guy is no stranger to the PBR. In 2007, he was part owner of World Champion Bucking Bull, Chicken on a Chain, and is now the proud owner of high caliber bull, Mr. Koolie. With a 95.7% buckoff rate, Mr. Koolie will be used as the bounty…
Trial Date Set for Man Charged with Killing Gering One-Year-Old
A tentative August trial date has been set for the Gering man charged with killing a one-year-old child last month. 31-year-old Tyler Green was arraigned on a Class 1B Felony charge of Intentional Child Abuse Resulting in Death last week in District Court. He was arrested on March 13th after…
NIFA Publishes Report on Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program
Since 2010, the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture’s Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program (VMLRP) has served the needs of food animal veterinarians and stakeholders in animal agriculture across the nation by supporting veterinary educational debt repayment in return for veterinarians’ services in designated, high priority, shortage situations. In this time,…
Longtime radio engineer retires
A 47-year career in the KRVN Engineering Department comes to an end this week when Jim Liffrig retires. His primary responsibility over the years has been the 880 AM transmitter site near Holdrege. Fresh out of engineering trade school in Minneapolis, Liffrig moved from Minneapolis to Holdrege with intentions to…
Track & Field results from Gothenburg Invite
The Scottsbluff girls and boys track and field teams were in action on Thursday at the Gothenburg Invite with the girls team finishing in 5th place while the boys finished in 11th place. Hannah Rugroden led the Bearcat girls to a pair of wins including the open mile with a…
NSP traffic stop leads to discovery of nearly five pounds of suspected fentanyl
Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a Utah man after locating nearly five pounds of suspected fentanyl pills during a traffic stop in North Platte. Sunday, April 7, at approximately 11:00 p.m., a trooper observed a Kia SUV traveling without headlights or taillights on Jeffers Street north of…
Bridgeport Golf Invite results
On Thursday Bridgeport hosted their Boys Golf Invite and it saw Mitchell's Cael Peters rip off a 68 to win by nine shots while Hemingford won the team title. Peters cruised to the win with the under par round while Dax Powell of Hemingford finished second with a round of…