Dryland cropping system to be focus of upcoming Nebraska Soil Health School

Dryland cropping system to be focus of upcoming Nebraska Soil Health School

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) will host a Nebraska Soil Health School on Wednesday, April 24, at UNL’s High Plains Ag Lab in Sidney. Registration and refreshments will begin at 7:30 a.m., followed by a welcome from the event’s organizer, Bijesh Maharjan, UNL associate professor. Following last year’s successful Soil…
Pursuit and search in southwest Dawson County results in three arrests

Pursuit and search in southwest Dawson County results in three arrests

Multiple law enforcement agencies were involved in a pursuit late Friday night that ended in a search over the rural area southwest of Gothenburg. Three people were taken into custody. The Nebraska State Patrol is the lead agency in the incident. No further information has been released as of 4:45pm…
Broncos season comes to an end

Broncos season comes to an end

Wichita, KS – The Hastings College men's basketball team had its season come to end losing its NAIA National Tournament Opening Round game 68-67 to Mid-America Christian on Friday night inside the Garvey Center. It was a tough start for the Broncos as GPAC Player of the Year Reggie Thomas got into…
Loper wrestlers off to good start at nationals

Loper wrestlers off to good start at nationals

Kearney, Neb. – The fourth-ranked Nebraska-Kearney wrestling team has scored 40 points and will have five All-Americans after the first day of the 2024 NCAA Division II Championships in Wichita. The Lopers are aiming for a 22nd consecutive top eight team finish in this tournament. Individually, a top eight finish at each weight…
Caron leads Huskers to 7-6 win vs. Nicholls

Caron leads Huskers to 7-6 win vs. Nicholls

Josh Caron went 3-for-4 and drove in a career-high five runs, leading the Huskers to a 7-6 win vs. Nicholls in the series opener at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park on Friday night. Nebraska (11-5) totaled seven runs on 11 hits with an error, while Nicholls (17-4) tallied six runs…
Huskers rout Indiana, advance to Big Ten Semis

Huskers rout Indiana, advance to Big Ten Semis

MINNEAPOLIS - Behind a record-breaking 3-point shooting performance, the No. 3 seed Nebraska men's basketball team cruised past No. 6 seed Indiana, 93-66, in the Big Ten quarterfinals at the Target Center on Friday night.  The Huskers will face No. 2 seed Illinois in the Big Ten semifinals on Saturday at…
Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program announces 2024-25 scholarship recipients

Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program announces 2024-25 scholarship recipients

The Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has announced the recipients of scholarships for the 2024-25 academic year. The one-time scholarships will be awarded to over 100 students totaling $189,000 for the ensuing academic year.  The Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program was established in 2010 as a gift…
Attorney General Hilgers Challenges SEC Climate Rule

Attorney General Hilgers Challenges SEC Climate Rule

LINCOLN — Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a multi-state coalition, led by Iowa, in a lawsuit to block the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rule that unlawfully forces public companies to make climate-related disclosures. "Our security depends on access to reliable energy,” stated Attorney General Mike Hilgers. “This rule…
AAA Activates ‘Tow to Go’ for St. Patrick’s Day

AAA Activates ‘Tow to Go’ for St. Patrick’s Day

Omaha, Neb. -- The American Automobile Association (AAA)  is activating ‘Tow to Go’ for the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day weekend, in hopes that partygoers do not press their luck by driving impaired. Tow to Go is active from 6 p.m. Friday, March 15th to 6 a.m. Monday, March 18th. How does it work? When someone calls Tow to Go, AAA dispatches a tow truck to transport the…
Update: Fatality accident in Holdrege

Update: Fatality accident in Holdrege

Holdrege, Neb. -- Update: Seat belts were in use and alcohol is not believed to be a factor in a two-vehicle collision in Holdrege that resulted in the death of one person. That's according to an update from Phelps County Attorney Natalie Nelsen-Pacey as an investigation continues. Sandra Monthey, 81,…