Due to wet conditions, today's B-8 Sub-District games are being moved from Lexington Optimist Fields to Ray Ehlers Stadium. Lexington will play Gering at 3:30 CT pm and the Scottsbluff vs Holdrege game will be 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.
Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., a first-generation college student, heart surgeon and longtime college administrator who for the last decade has led the University of Nebraska Medical Center through a period of record growth, was confirmed Friday as NU’s ninth president by the Board of Regents. Dr. Gold, who also serves as the…
OMAHA — Gov. Jim Pillen joined leaders from the Omaha, Bennington, Elkhorn and Waterloo areas in thanking Nebraskans for listening to weather forecasts that warned them to take shelter during Friday’s storms. “It is an extraordinary miracle that we’ve had this kind of a cell come through, and no categories…
College is a life-changing experience for many people, but Jaiden Boomsma’s life changed well before she arrived on the campus of South Dakota State University (SDSU). Seven years ago this month, when Jaiden was 15, she lost her little brother Jaxon in a tractor runover on their grandparents’ farm. Soon…
Nebraska won the weekend series but couldn’t complete the sweep, as the Huskers fell 4-1 in the series finale against Iowa on Sunday at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park. Nebraska (27-14, 10-5 Big Ten) scored a run on two hits and an error, while Iowa (24-17, 10-8 Big Ten) recorded…
PARSIPPANY, N.J. & TEANECK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zoetis Inc. (NYSE:ZTS) and Phibro Animal Health Corporation (Nasdaq: PAHC) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement where Phibro Animal Health will acquire Zoetis’ medicated feed additive (MFA) product portfolio, certain water soluble products and related assets for $350 million, subject to customary closing adjustments.…
Clay County 911 received a 911 call at 11:42am Sunday about a train vs vehicle collision on Road K on the west side of Harvard. Clay County Emergency Manager Haley Malone says a southbound pickup pulling a trailer collided with a westbound train. The only occupant of the pick up…
LINCOLN, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has issued an emergency declaration in the aftermath of severe weather that started April 25 and continued through April 27, resulting in damage from thunderstorms, high winds, rain and reported tornadoes. Counties covered in this declaration include Douglas, Washington, and Lancaster. The declaration allows…
HASTINGS - The National Weather Service in Hastings says it confirmed five tornadoes in Buffalo, Sherman, Howard and Greeley counties from Friday's storms. The first twister touched down near the ethanol plant east of Ravenna at 12:16 p.m. and traveled 4.76 miles before lifting 15 minutes later near Highway 68.…
Crews spent the weekend working to restore power in Howard and Greeley Counties after Friday's tornadoes downed power lines and snapped power poles. Howard Greeley Rural Public Power District said that it hooked up a generator to its substation near Wolbach Friday evening while repairs were being done. Saturday morning…
