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Eclipse Glasses Available at Atkinson Public Library
After applying for a NASA Grant, the Atkinson Public Library received the grant money to purchase 1,000 eclipse glasses. These glasses are important for watching the eclipse safely without risking per...
Aug 15, 2017
Large Numbers Expected for Total Solar Eclipse Viewing This Weekend.
The Nebraska Department of Transportation released this morning that oversize-loads will not be allowed to travel on Nebraska highways and Interstate 80 from sunset Friday, August 18 until sunrise on ...
Aug 14, 2017
Felton Earns Certified Professional Coder Certification.
Kryssiah Felton, a coder/biller at Valley County Health Systems (VCHS), recently earned her Certified Professional Coder (CPC) certication from the American Academy of Professional Coders. Medical cod...
Aug 14, 2017
Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation Awards First Rural Radio Foundation Scholarship
The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation has awarded the Nebraska Rural Radio Foundation Scholarship in Honor of Max & Eric Brown to Sasha Taylor of Ainsworth. The $2,000 scholarship awards non-tra...
Aug 11, 2017
Burwell Elementary Start Postponed
Burwell Elementary will have the first day of school postponed until Monday, August 21, due to the summer construction project. Junior and Senior High will be starting on Wednesday, August 16, as orig...
Aug 10, 2017
Residents Voice Air Quality Fears for Nebraska Chicken Plant
FREMONT, Neb. (AP) Some residents in eastern Nebraska are calling for a delay in the construction of Costco's planned chicken processing plant, arguing that the plant could hurt air quality.About 75 p...
Aug 10, 2017
Mexican Soccer Player Among 22 Sanctioned for Drug Ties
MEXICO CITY (AP) The U.S. Treasury Department says legendary Mexican soccer player Rafael Marquez Alvarez is among 22 people sanctioned for alleged ties to a drug trafficking organization.Marquez is a...
Aug 10, 2017
Nebraska Extension in Ord for 2017 Soybean Management Field Days
Nebraska Extension hosted a Soybean Management Field Day in Ord today at the Tad Melia Farm near Ord. The field day consisted of learning about early season crop stress effects on production, insects ...
Aug 09, 2017
University Bars Visiting Professor Accused of Sex Harassment
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) _ A visiting professor whos been accused of sexual harassment wont be teaching this fall at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.University spokesman Steve Smith says the university d...
Aug 09, 2017
Ord City Council Met Monday Evening, August 7.
The Ord City Council Meeting met Monday, August 7 at the Ord City Hall.Approval of the 2017-2018 Budget and Setting of Public Hearing was the first item on the agenda and was approved and set for publ...
Aug 09, 2017
