New season of ‘Backyard Farmer’ sprouts April 4

New season of ‘Backyard Farmer’ sprouts April 4

The popular lawn and garden series “Backyard Farmer” begins its 72nd season at 7 p.m. CT, Thursday, April 4 on Nebraska Public Media. Host Kim Todd, Nebraska Extension landscape horticulture specialist, and a panel of Nebraska Extension experts and other horticulture professionals help viewers answer questions about insect pests and…
Charges against Cozad man enhanced

Charges against Cozad man enhanced

A Cozad man charged with fatally injuring an infant has had his charges enhanced. NTV News reports that according to Dawson County District Court records, prosecutors filed an amended information Thursday charging Draven Haynes, 23, with committing child abuse intentionally resulting in death and committing child abuse intentionally resulting in…
Governor Pillen Honors Vietnam War Veterans at State Capitol Ceremony

Governor Pillen Honors Vietnam War Veterans at State Capitol Ceremony

LINCOLN, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen and Nebraska Department of Veterans’ Affairs (NDVA) Director John Hilgert honored Vietnam-era veterans at Nebraska’s annual Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony.  “We owe our veterans a debt of gratitude for securing our peace and liberty,” said Gov. Pillen. “As we celebrate National Vietnam War Veterans…
Report sheds light on accident involving BCSO  cruiser

Report sheds light on accident involving BCSO cruiser

An accident report sheds more light into a two-vehicle crash in northeast Kearney involving a Buffalo County Deputy Sheriff. It occurred around 11:00pm on Friday February 2, 2024 at the intersection of 56th Street and Ave N. Based on prior information from the Buffalo County Sheriff's Office and the Nebraska…
FNBO Invests in the Future of Agriculture with $39,000 in Donations

FNBO Invests in the Future of Agriculture with $39,000 in Donations

Omaha, NE, March 28, 2024 — FNBO (First National Bank of Omaha) is investing in the future of agriculture by supporting FFA with donations in Nebraska, Colorado, Illinois, South Dakota and Wyoming, announced Christina Kahler, Managing Director, Marketing & Philanthropy. FNBO’s contributions are part of its broader efforts that celebrated…
Work Will Begin on N-18, on the Bridge South of Curtis

Work Will Begin on N-18, on the Bridge South of Curtis

(McCook, Neb.) — Weather permitting, work will begin, April 1 on N-18, on the bridge,at reference post 0.35, over Medicine Creek just south of Curtis. The work on the bridge, at referencepost 10.75, over Medicine Creek just east of Stockville, is anticipated to start in late June, according tothe Nebraska…
Daffer named Custer County Foundation Executive Director

Daffer named Custer County Foundation Executive Director

BROKEN BOW - The Custer County Foundation has named Rilee Daffer as its next Executive Director. She will take over at the end of May. "I am looking forward to continuing to grow the Foundation and connections within our community," Daffer said in a release. Daffer has been a teacher…
 Prospective Plantings, Quarterly Grain Stocks Reports

 Prospective Plantings, Quarterly Grain Stocks Reports

USDA sees producers planting 90.0 million acres of corn and 86.5 million acres of soybeans this year, in USDA's prospective plantings report released on Thursday. All wheat came in at 47.498, cotton at 10.673, sorghum 6.395 million acres. From Arlan Suderman at StoneX: USDA released its quarterly stocks and planting…
More traffic lanes to be built on I-80 west of Lincoln

More traffic lanes to be built on I-80 west of Lincoln

Travelers from rural Nebraska into Lincoln will encounter a construction zone on Interstate 80 over the next couple of years. Work will be starting next week to widen Intersate 80 to 6 lanes further west from Lincoln. It will add a lane to a 7.6 mile long stretch of Interstate…
Commissioner Miller Provides Update on HPAI Detection in Texas and Kansas

Commissioner Miller Provides Update on HPAI Detection in Texas and Kansas

AUSTIN – Wednesday, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller provided an update on the confirmed presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) found in diagnostic samples from dairy operations in Texas and Kansas. Diagnostic samples of unpasteurized milk from affected cattle collected from two dairy farms in Kansas and one in Texas were…