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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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by the Greely Citizen John Smyth of Greeley was awarded the Nebraska Coaches Association Media Person of the Year Award at a ceremony held Sunday evening at Lincoln. The award is presented to members of the media that have assisted in the promotion and coverage of high school sports in Nebraska. Smyth has been the sports correspondent for the Greeley Citizen for over 30 years. He is a 1966 graduate of Sacred Heart High School in Greeley. Past area...
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A former Nebraska police officer accused of having sex with an underage girl has been convicted of sexual assault during his third trial. Prosecutors say 54-year-old Larry Williams was found guilty Wednesday in Buffalo County District Court of first-degree sexual assault of a child and five counts of first-degree sexual assault. The first-degree sexual assault charge carries up to 50 years in prison. Sentencing is set for Sept. 9. Prosecutors say Williams was sexually involved...
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