Red, White, Kaboom! to be held in Columbus Wednesday night

Red, White, Kaboom! to be held in Columbus Wednesday night

The 14th Annual Red, White, Kaboom! will be held on Wednesday at 10:00 p.m. at Columbus High School. Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce President Dawson Brunswick has the details of this year's fireworks show. Brunswick says the sponsored parking lot at Columbus High opens at 8:00 p.m. Brunswick has some…
KAAPA Ethanol Weekly Crop Progress Report | 7/1/24

KAAPA Ethanol Weekly Crop Progress Report | 7/1/24

From Water Street Solutions: Crop Progress as of June 30th:Corn Silking 11%; 4% last week; 6% on averageCorn Condition 67% G/E; 69% G/E last week, 51% last yearSoybeans Emerged 95%; 90% last week; 93% on averageSoybeans Blooming 20%; 8% last week; 15% on averageSoybeans Setting Pods 3%; 2% on averageSoybean…
Village of Kennard Board to meet Tuesday

Village of Kennard Board to meet Tuesday

The Village of Kennard Board is meeting Tuesday evening to discuss meter reading issues, a discussion of the Auditorium meeting and repairs to the auditorium for storm damage, as well as grant applications and other matters. That meeting starts at 7pm in the Village Office at 208 Main street in…
AAA Activates ‘Tow to Go’ in Iowa and Nebraska

AAA Activates ‘Tow to Go’ in Iowa and Nebraska

Omaha, NE (July 1, 2024) — As AAA prepares to rescue nearly 800,000 drivers nationwide with car trouble during the week of Independence Day, it will also provide a free service to keep impaired drivers off the road. The Auto Club Group is activating its Tow to Go program in Iowa, Nebraska and other select…
Daily Cash Grain Bids | Monday July 01, 2024

Daily Cash Grain Bids | Monday July 01, 2024

Central Valley AgElgin Corn - 395 Beans - 1071Humphrey Corn - 402 Beans - 1076Laurel Corn - 392 Beans - 1086Monroe Corn - 412 Beans - 1084Oakland E. Hub Corn - 403 Beans - 1086Royal Hub Corn - 392 Beans - 1076Wakefield Corn - 387 Beans - 1081Hinton, IA Corn…
Bumper crop: Kansas farmer sees best wheat yields in years

Bumper crop: Kansas farmer sees best wheat yields in years

As wheat harvest progresses across the Midwest, many farmers agree that this year has produced some of the best wheat they have seen in years. Cierra Dugan is the sixth generation on the seven-generation Dugan Farms in Leonardville, Kansas. "This is probably the highest-yielding year that I've ever seen on…
Geneva native off to Paris Olympics, breaks U.S. Trial record

Geneva native off to Paris Olympics, breaks U.S. Trial record

EUGENE, OR - Maggie Malone Hardin is heading to her third straight Olympics. She qualified to Team U.S.A team after throw of 64.58 meters (211 feet, 10 inches) to set a U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials record in the women's javelin. Malone Hardin also competed in the 2016…
Teen Missing After Wading into Platte River Near Fremont

Teen Missing After Wading into Platte River Near Fremont

On Sunday, June 30 at 9:00 p.m. the Dodge County Sheriff's Office received a call for a 17-year-old male that had gone missing after wading into the Platte River south of Fremont. Deputies responded to the area where the male was last seen, which was west of the Highway 77…
Supernovas officially hire Laura “Bird” Kuhn as Head Coach, drops Interim title

Supernovas officially hire Laura “Bird” Kuhn as Head Coach, drops Interim title

OMAHA, Neb. – The Omaha Supernovas are thrilled to officially announce Laura “Bird” Kuhn as head coach, dropping the interim title that she inherited from last season.  Kuhn continues her stay in Omaha after winning the first-ever Pro Volleyball Federation Championship on May 18 when the Supernovas swept the Grand Rapids Rise inside the CHI Health…