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Classic Tractor Show

The Valley County Fair’s Tractor show has added something new this year. As in past years, Classic and antique...
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Press Release Calgary, Alberta – TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline project(Keystone) will be donating $5,000 to the Garfield County 4-H Council to help fund repairs to the 4-H Exhibit Hall. Garfield County 4-H Council serves rural Nebraska, a county of nine hundred square miles in the Sandhills area. Over seventy percent of the youth 5-18 participate in projects ranging from cooking to raising animals to robotics. 4-H serves as the largest youth experiential learning organization in our small county of 2000 residents. Presentation of...
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by Andrew Mihm Comstock, Ne. – A second t-shirt benefit fundraiser has been planned for young 3 year old Izie...
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(Ord, NE) – Bill and Nancy French, first place winners of $1000 in Ord Chamber Bucks from the ExtraORDinary Duck Race, held during ExtraORDinary Days, have chosen to donate their winnings to the Ord Township Library. Kristi Hagstrom, director of the Ord Township Library, expresses her gratitude by stating, “The Ord Township Library is thrilled to receive a $1000 donation from the French’s.  A few years ago, the library was fortunate enough to receive funds to put archived Ord Quiz...
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska has seen its first human cases of West Nile virus this year, and state health officials are urging residents to take steps to avoid the illness. West Nile is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito that has picked up the virus by feeding on an infected bird. The state Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday that four pools of mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile. They’re in Red Willow, Douglas, Lincoln and Cherry...
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LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) – Cell phone tracking helped Colorado police find and arrest a man who fled custody last weekend while at a Lexington, Neb. hospital. Authorities say 26-year-old Jacob Wolsleben was arrested Wednesday after a chase in eastern Colorado while driving an SUV stolen from Ravenna, Neb. The hunt for Wolsleben involved police in Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado and federal authorities. Dawson County, Neb., Sheriff Gary Reiber says Verizon Wireless helped in the search by tracking Wolsleben’s cell phone use in...
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman wants federal officials to declare agricultural disasters in nine counties. Heineman sent a request for the declarations into the U.S. Agriculture Secretary on Wednesday. Heineman says extensive crop damage was found in the nine counties because of heavy rains, hail, high winds and flooding. Once disaster declarations are issued, farmers in the covered counties will be eligible for USDA disaster assistance programs, including low-interest loans. Heineman’s request includes Boone, Box Butte, Boyd, Cheyenne, Dawson, Garfield,...
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Fremont Pathfinders at Fort Hartsuff Memorial Day weekend 2010 053

The Fremont Pathfinders and Friends of Fort Hartsuff will be stationed at Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park on Saturday,...
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Jeremy Trompke, 36

Funeral services for Jeremy Trompke, 36, will be held Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 11 a.m. at O’Brien-Straatmann Funeral...
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Ruby Fish, 81

Ruby Fish 81, of Grand Island, formerly of Ord died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at the Lakeview Golden Living...
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Marvin K. Collins, 83

Marvin K. Collins, 83 of Ord died Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at the Heritage Living Center in St. Paul. Funeral...
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Larry Lee Wajda, 63

Larry Lee Wajda, 63 of Ord died Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at the Veterans Medical Center in Grand Island. Funeral...
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