Numerous homes, outbuildings destroyed. Initial report of no injuries

Numerous homes, outbuildings destroyed. Initial report of no injuries

Numerous tornadoes and funnel clouds in southwest and west-central Nebraska Thursday night May 24, 2024. Picture from between Hayes Center and Maywood's Highway 83 junction courtesy of Greg Tetley. Numerous reports of tornadoes and large hail as storms pass through southwest and west-central Nebraska last night, according to the North…
USMEF Conference Focus on Differentiation, Long-Term Investment

USMEF Conference Focus on Differentiation, Long-Term Investment

Emphasizing the quality and consistency of U.S. red meat is the key to expanding the international customer base, according to the impressive lineup of opening day speakers on Wednesday at the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) Spring Conference in Kansas City. USMEF members from throughout the nation also learned about additional resources…
Legion Baseball Scores 5 – 23

Legion Baseball Scores 5 – 23

Holdrege Inspire Rehabilitation Seniors over Gothenburg Melons Seniors 9-0 Minden Seniors over Sutton Seniors 10-1 Holdrege Wilkins ADP Juniors over Gothenburg Melons Juniors 12-4 Sutton Juniors over Minden Juniors 8-4 Loomis Juniors over Hi-Line 6-3
Hammond signs with SCC

Hammond signs with SCC

Braxton Hammond of Southern Valley high school signed a letter of intent yesterday to wrestle at Southeast Community College in Lincoln next year. Hammond had a great season finishing third in Class D at 120 pounds. he won 54 matches this year. During his career his placed three times at…
Nebraska Fertilizer Use

Nebraska Fertilizer Use

Inorganic fertilizers are a critical input into corn production. Partly because of their use, corn production in Nebraska has grown from 200 million bushels in the mid-1950s to over 1.8 billion bushels today. What are the trends regarding fertilizer use in Nebraska? A CropWatch article by Richard Ferguson, Bijesh Maharjan, and Javed…
WanderNebraska Travel Adventure Program 2024 Includes 195 Sites 

WanderNebraska Travel Adventure Program 2024 Includes 195 Sites 

Year 3 Kicks Off Memorial Weekend and Includes Prize Levels  LINCOLN, Nebr. (May 22, 2024) – Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation (NSHSF) will kick off the 2024 WanderNebraska Travel Adventure Program on Memorial Weekend with many updates for the third year of the program. WanderNebraska was created to promote the…
Partisan Farm Bill Passes House Ag Committee

Partisan Farm Bill Passes House Ag Committee

WASHINGTON – Today, House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member David Scott made the following statement after Chairman GT Thompson advanced partisan legislation out of Committee. “For over a year, Democrats have engaged with the Chairman, striving for a genuinely bipartisan farm bill that meets the needs of our farmers and the families they feed. This…
Inspire Rehab opens season with big win over Gothenburg

Inspire Rehab opens season with big win over Gothenburg

Holdrege, Neb. - The Holdrege Inspire Rehab Seniors had lofty goals coming into the 2024 Legion Baseball season, and they were immediately able to show why. Holdrege began their season by defeating the Gothenburg Melons 9-0 in five and a half innings. Inspire Rehab was led by their starting pitcher,…