Longtime radio engineer retires

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…
Drop in Farm Income Projected

Drop in Farm Income Projected

Nebraska net farm income this year is projected to be $6.0 billion according to a report by the Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center at the University of Missouri in collaboration with the Center for Agricultural Profitability at the University of Nebraska. If accurate, income will decline $1.2 billion…
Suspicious vehicle leads to drug arrest

Suspicious vehicle leads to drug arrest

At approximately 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9th, 2024, a Kearney Police Department K-9 Officer was on routine patrol, when he observed a suspicious vehicle parked near a storage facility in the 1600 block of 30th Avenue and saw two adult male subjects standing outside the car.  The officer recognized…
Troopers locate thousands of suspected Fentanyl pills in traffic stop

Troopers locate thousands of suspected Fentanyl pills in traffic stop

Courtesy/ Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. Tyrone Cash. APRIL 11, 2024 (NORTH PLATTE, NEB.)  —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…
MPCC nursing program receives Outstanding Technical Program award

MPCC nursing program receives Outstanding Technical Program award

The nursing program at Mid-Plains Community College has been honored with an Outstanding Technical Program award from theAmerican Technical Education Association. The recognition came Thursday afternoon during the 61st ATEA National Conference in Wichita, Kan. The selection was based on the nursing program’s many accomplishments in 2023. Those included a…
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in South Dakota Dairy Herd

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in South Dakota Dairy Herd

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture (DANR) and the Animal Industry Board (AIB) have received confirmation from the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratory (NVSL) of the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy cattle herd in South Dakota. This is the first…