Loomis Juniors End Season at State

Loomis Juniors End Season at State

HARTINGTON - After winning the opening game of the Class C State Legion Baseball Tournament, the Loomis junior legion baseball team dropped two straight games and saw their season end earlier today in an 11-3 loss to Hartington. Loomis got down early 2-0 and then fell behind 5-1 after four…
Motorcyclist Arrested Following Pursuit in Lincoln County

Motorcyclist Arrested Following Pursuit in Lincoln County

(NORTH PLATTE, NEB.)  —  Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested a man following a pursuit in Lincoln County. Thursday evening at approximately 6:00 p.m., a trooper patrolling on Highway 83 near mile marker 104 attempted a traffic stop on a motorcycle traveling at 122 miles per hour. The driver…
UNL leadership webinar focuses on rural Nebraska communities

UNL leadership webinar focuses on rural Nebraska communities

A three-part webinar series facilitated by University of Nebraska-Lincoln educators has been created to address the need for leadership resources in rural Nebraska.  Tyler Quick, one of the coordinators for the Lead and Succeed Lunchbox Series, shares how a brainstorm session the previous year turned into a program for “discussions [that]…
Legion Baseball Scores 7/19-7/21

Legion Baseball Scores 7/19-7/21

Friday 7/19 North Platte FNBO Nationals over Kearney Misko Sports 7-6 (Class A7 Senior Area Tournament) Kearney Pinnacle Bank Post 52 over North Platte FNBO Nationals 15-0 (Class A7 Junior Area Tournament) Saturday 7/20 Blair over Holdrege Inspire Rehabilitation Seniors 12-1 Blair over Holdrege Inspire Rehabilitation Seniors 11-3 Crete Juniors…
Class A Area Tournament Area Results

Class A Area Tournament Area Results

A7 Juniors Tournament - Kearney Pinnacle Bank Post 52 as the one seed won Saturday over Grand Island Five Points Bank 7-6 and then defeated Hastings 6-1 yesterday to advance to championship Tuesday. Kearney will play Hastings or Scottsbluff in the championship tomorrow at 5 PM. A7 Seniors Tournament -…
Nebraska State Fair planning for dairy cattle amid H5N1 concerns

Nebraska State Fair planning for dairy cattle amid H5N1 concerns

Grand Island, NE — The Nebraska State Fair Board announced Friday that despite recent concerns regarding the dairy strain of the H5N1 virus, impacting lactating dairy cattle, the Fair will proceed with the species while adding in precautionary protocols. There are currently no reports of a positive case in Nebraska,…
Animal Medical Clinic Donates Pet Oxygen Masks to GIFD

Animal Medical Clinic Donates Pet Oxygen Masks to GIFD

Grand Island, Neb. — When firefighters rush to the scene of a structure fire, the top priority is making sure everyone in the home has made it out of the home safely, and that includes your family pets. However, sometimes pets are in the home alone, which leads to them…