Sargent teacher to be recognized at Husker Spring Game

Sargent teacher to be recognized at Husker Spring Game

SARGENT - A sixth grade teacher at Sargent Public Schools was recently honored with the University of Nebraska Athletic Department's Touchdown for Teachers Award. According to Husker Athletics, Touchdown for Teachers recognizes teachers who have gone above and beyond to support their students and improve communities across Nebraska. Tami Phillipps…
Gothenburg Invite results

Gothenburg Invite results

Gothenburg, Neb. - The Swedes hosted their annual Dutch Zorn Track and Field Invite on Thursday. The Sidney girls took the team title, cruising to a 32-point lead over runner-up McCook. The boys team standings were much closer at first and second with hosting Gothenburg edging out McCook by one…
NIFA Publishes Report on Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program

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

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…