In a little more than two years as CEO of a small hospital in Wyoming, Dave Ryerse has witnessed firsthand the worsening financial problems eroding rural hospitals nationwide. In 2022, Ryerse’s South Lincoln Medical Center was forced to shutter its operating room because it didn’t have the staff to run…
For the second time this season, Sydney Gray has been named the Big Ten Softball Player of the Week. Gray is the first repeat winner of the award this year and is the first Husker to win two Big Ten Player of the Week awards in the same season since…
Junior Rhett Stokes has been named the Big Ten’s Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon. Stokes hit .750 (9-for-12) with four doubles, five RBI and two runs in three games vs. South Alabama, while recording a 1.083 slugging percentage and .750 on-base percentage. The Roswell, N.M.,…
OMAHA, Neb. -- A last-second road win over perennial power Villanova on Saturday helped the Creighton men's basketball team improve to No. 8 in the Associated Press and sixth in the USA Today Coaches polls released on Monday. It's a big jump at the right time for Creighton, which was 10th in both polls last…
LINCOLN - The Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame Board of Directors has unveiled the seven members of the 2024 Hall of Fame Induction Class. This year’s class is made up of seven individuals that have made great impacts in Auto Racing, those individuals that will be enshrined include Jim…
If you frequently drive Highway 2 between Hyannis and Alliance, chances are you have seen Jacki Musgrave out pounding the pavement running, preparing for her next race. Musgrave, of Bingham, Nebraska, is a long-time research technologist at the Gudmundsen Sandhills Laboratory, and recently accomplished her long worked-for goal of running…
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a new policy mandating that all meat products sold with the “Product of U.S.A.” label must be derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the U.S. This rule addresses a loophole created by the repeal of mandatory…
Washington, D.C. – On Saturday, President Biden signed Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations legislation into law that provides funding for several federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the U.S. Department of the Interior. NACD appreciates that the enactment of final federal spending legislation prevents…
Wildfires in the Texas Panhandle caused significant cattle losses for individual ranchers, but should not impact beef cattle markets or consumers, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Dr. David Anderson, AgriLife Extension economist in the Texas A&M Department of Agricultural Economics, Bryan-College Station, said it may be weeks before there…
MANHATTAN, Kan. — For Kansas gardeners, St. Patrick’s Day means something much more than donning a favorite green outfit and heading to local celebrations. Traditionally, the Irish holiday signals the date for planting potatoes. “Actually, anytime from mid- to late-March is fine for potato planting,” said Kansas State University horticulture expert…