The Valley County Fair’s Tractor show has added something new this year. As in past years, Classic and antique...
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New Tractor Show at Valley Co Fair
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TransCanada supports Garfield Co. 4-H council
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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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Jeremy Trompke, 36
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Funeral services for Jeremy Trompke, 36, will be held Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 11 a.m. at O’Brien-Straatmann Funeral Home in Kearney, Nebraska.
Visitation will be held Monday, August 2, 2010 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
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Buy a shirt for Izie, then ride
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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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French’s Donate ExtraORDinary Duck Race Prize
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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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Nebraskans urged to take care to prevent West Nile
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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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Man who fled Neb. hospital arrested in Colorado
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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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Heineman wants Boone, Garfield & 7 others declared ag disasters
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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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