The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation awarded 10 scholarships worth $1,500 each to students enrolled in the Agricultural Education Teaching Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Each recipient will receive the scholarship during his or her student teaching semester at the university. In the application, students shared why they wanted…
OMAHA – The Omaha Supernovas are excited to announce the signing of Serbian outside hitter Jovana Mirosavljević (Yo-Vawn-ah Me-Row-Saw-Vleh-vich). A nine-year professional from Serbia, Mirosavljević will play in the United States for the first-time ever after spending time in Serbia, Romania and Germany. Mirosavljević is coming off a trophy-laden season…
Former Husker men's basketball guard and fan favorite Keisei Tominaga is getting a chance in the NBA after going undrafted last month. ESPN reports that the Indiana Pacers have signed Tominaga to an Exhibit 10 deal. As a senior last season for Nebraska, Tominaga averaged 15.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and…
As the Fourth of July comes and goes, so too does wheat harvest for many farmers. As of the latest USDA Crop Progress Report - which reflects conditions for the week ending June 30, 2024 - winter wheat harvested in Nebraska was 13% complete, ahead of 2% last year and…
SIOUX CITY, Iowa –The Winnipeg Goldeyes (25-24) claimed the series against the Sioux City Explorers (22-25) with a decisive 17-7 victory Thursday night. The fireworks started early for the Goldeyes as they picked up all 17 of their runs in the first two innings. The game started with a bang as…
DES MOINES, IOWA – The Omaha Storm Chasers dropped a back-and-forth game to the Iowa Cubs 5-4 Thursday, Independence Day at Principal Park. As the series shifted over to Des Moines for another three-game set, the I-Cubs scored first for the fourth straight night. A single and a walk put runners…
Fremont, Nebraska - On the Fourth of July, what do you expect? Explosiveness. Offensively, there was plenty of that at Historic Moller Field, Thursday. However, what The Fremont Moo did not expect was to lose to a team that had dropped their first thirteen games of the year. That happened... When…
LINCOLN – The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) has confirmed a case of equine infectious anemia (EIA) in a horse in Colfax County. This is the first confirmed case of EIA in Nebraska since 2013. The horses on the infected premises have been quarantined and will be released after state…
Anyone who has worked with plants can share that some grow better than others in their environment, and that is also true of forages used for feeding beef cattle, K-State Beef Cattle Institute nutritionist Phillip Lancaster said. Lancaster spoke about this topic on a recent Cattle Chat podcast when answering a question…
Both DeSoto and Boyer Chutes National Wildlife Refuges remain closed Thursday due to flooding. Missouri River water levels are decreasing, but the impact of those flooded areas is still evident. Some roadways in the refuges are water covered, others are under layers of mud, silt and debris according to refuge…
