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Dr. Jeffery Gold wants to 'keep Nebraska competitive and growing' as he tours state as President of NU
OMAHA, Neb. — The new President of the University of Nebraska is kicking off a five-day blitz across the state. Dr. Jeffrey Gold took over as president on July 1. His statewide tour will start on Monday in Nebraska City, and will end in Scottsbluff. Gold said the conversations...
Senator Brewer’s Weekly Update
This week I have really good news for Western Nebraska. The ROTC program at Chadron College will be reinstated. ROTC is an acronym for Reserve Officer Training Corps. In the program, college students train to become officers in the United State Military. The program has branches in the Army, Navy, and Air Force. When I received my commission in the US Army as a Second Lieutenant, I graduated from an ROTC program at Doane College in Crete in 1982.
Hay yield and quality varies across the Upper Great Plains
Rain has been a blessing for some hay producers and a curse for others in Nebraska and the Dakotas. According to University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor of agronomy and horticulture Jerry Volesky, yield for grass and alfalfa hay has been relatively high this year in central and eastern Nebraska, an area that has had much-needed rain after a long period of drought. Areas in the Nebraska Panhandle have seen comparatively lower hay yields due to not as much rain.
Nebraska teen charged with criminal mischief for causing train to derail for YouTube video
A 17-year-old boy in Nebraska was charged Wednesday with two counts of criminal mischief for tampering with a rail switch so a train could derail and hit an empty railcar for a YouTube video.
Center pivots: Innovation that grew crops and acres in Nebraska
Lincoln, Neb. —The center pivot is the one invention that has changed the irrigated agricultural landscape worldwide. Center pivot irrigation has increased irrigation water use efficiency and reduced labor costs. It has also allowed agricultural development on marginal land with varying soil types and topography. Irrigated acres in Nebraska have increased from 3,998,000 acres (1960) to 9,378,462 acres (2022).
Ex-Nebraska football quarterback officially gets his next shot at NFL
As NFL training camps open and start kicking into gear, one former Nebraska footbal star is hoping this time is the charm. Adrian Martinez tried to catch on with an NFL team last year and for a while, looked like he had a chance. After entering the preseason with the...
Paul Finebaum Issues Major Warning To Nebraska's Matt Rhule
We haven't even seen the first rendition of the 12-team College Football Playoff and people are already discussing how the committee got it wrong. Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule was highlighting how much deeper and more difficult it will be to win in the new look Big Ten. A conference that was ...
Unusual animal shows cap Friday at the fair
Eight exhibitors showcased nine animals Friday evening at the Lincoln County Fair, including a turtle, a hedgehog, two cats, a rabbit, a guinea pig, a hamster, a bearded dragon, and a spotted gecko. The entries were in the Companion Animal Show. The animals were judged on overall health and appearance,...
Holdrege man dies after two-vehicle crash near Pleasanton
PLEASANTON, Neb. (KSNB) - The Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a two-vehicle crash that resulted in the death of a 29-year-old Holdrege man on Saturday at 1:26 a.m. According to the sheriff’s office, an ambulance was traveling southbound on US Highway 10, north of Pleasanton, transporting a patient...
Waverly nursing home where living woman was declared dead is on probation
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — The Waverly nursing home where a woman was wrongly pronounced dead is on probation. The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services provided several documents to Channel 8 on Friday in response to a public records request. The documents shed new light on how the...
Nebraska football projected to flip 4-star Isaiah Mozee
The next few days will be massive for Nebraska football recruiting and the good news has already started coming in for the Huskers. Five-star offensive tackle David Sanders has arrived in Lincoln. Nebraska football quarterback Dylan Raiola asked Husker fans to come out and show Sanders the love and they did that. A bunch showed up and Raiola has posted pictures of him and Sanders in Lincoln.
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