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Mitchell Business Owners Gets Funding for new Alfalfa Pellet Mill
The City of Scottsbluff has signed off a $150,000 LB840 funding request for a new alfalfa mill company. Ryan Walker and Levi Umble or the owners of the Wyobraska Alfalfa Mill, located on Sunflower Oil Road in Mitchell at an old Hergert Milling Location. Umble told the Scottsbluff City Council…
NU Regents select Dr. Jeffrey Gold as priority candidate for system President
Courtesy/University of Nebraska -- Dr. Jeffrey Gold Lincoln, Neb. -- The University of Nebraska Board of Regents Wednesday selected Dr. Jeffery Gold as the priority candidate to become system President. They announced their decision after emerging from a nearly 90-minute executive session. Gold is currently chancellor of the University of…
Microwaved Peppers Cause Partial Evacuation at Scottsbluff Hotel
A sold out Eagles tribute band kept downtown Scottsbluff rocking Tuesday night, but it was red hot chili peppers causing a commotion at the hotel afterparty. https://youtu.be/kySSZ3fdC50 Scottsbluff fire crews were dispatched to the Hampton Inn around 9 p.m. for a odor check on the 3rd floor and a haze on…
Huskers find replacement for Alberts
The Nebraska Cornhuskers have already found their next athletic director. This morning, Nebraska's Interim President Chris Kabourek announced that Troy Dannen will be coming to Lincoln after a short stint with the University of Washington. Dannen will replace Trev Alberts who left for Texas A&M last week. “From my first…
Devastating diseases threaten Kansas pets and livestock. This K-State lab keeps watch.
MANHATTAN — The samples that could determine the fate of Kansas' economy come to a small backroom at the back of Kansas State University's College of Veterinary Medicine at dusk and dawn, as they do at midday and midnight.They come hand-delivered by courier or in nondescript packages and United States Postal Services…
Lolli- PHS Pet of the Week
Meet Lolli, the Panhandle Humane Society's featured Pet of the Week! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp1qCeTsW4E
Nebraska Farmers Union delegation attend National Farmers Union Convention
Ten members of the Nebraska Farmers Union (NeFU) recently converged in Scottsdale, Arizona, for the annual National Farmers Union (NFU) Convention, held from March 10 to March 12, 2024. Reflecting on the convention, President John Hansen remarked, “Our members were privileged to engage with a diverse array of leaders and…
Farmers Applaud EPA’s Acceptance of Atrazine Science Panel Recommendations
March 19, 2024—EPA recently agreed with the recommendations of the atrazine Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP), removing several poor-quality studies that played a role in the agency’s recommendation for an ultra-low aquatic level of concern for atrazine. The SAP was held in August 2023 at the request of agriculture groups active…
Medical professionals launch ‘better’ initiative on women’s healthcare
A committee of Nebraska medical professionals launched the Protect Women and Children Initiative Tuesday, a ballot initiative proposing a Nebraska constitutional amendment to safeguard women's health care with clear, commonsense abortion limits and exceptions in cases of rape, incest, and to protect the life of the mother. Protect Women and…
Fischer Pulls Back Curtain on EV Climate Crusade
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) delivered a speech on the Senate floor today debunking the Electric Vehicle (EV) myths pushed by the Biden administration and climate activists ahead of an expected Environmental Protection Agency announcement tomorrow on tailpipe emissions.During her remarks, Senator Fischer outlined the numerous concerns…