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Smith Announces Extended Application Window for Youth Advisory Council
Aug 6, 2025 / Jerad Reimers
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) has extended the application window for the 2025-2026 Third District Youth Advisory Counci...
1868 Foundation helps power the present and future of the Nebraska State Fair
Aug 6, 2025 / Jack Sheard
Opening night event, official gift shop, and donor-funded improvements all reflect mission to support, celebrate, and sustain the State Fair Wheth...
Beef Showcase Returns to HHD
Aug 6, 2025 / Stephanie Stalans
GRAND ISLAND, NEB. (Aug. 6, 2025) — The BEEF Showcase at Husker Harvest Days 2025 will feature a new partnership with Ducks Unlimited, bringi...
Returning to the Ranch extension workshop to guide families though farm and ranch transition planning
Aug 6, 2025 / UNL
Lincoln, Neb., August 5 — Returning to the Ranch, a workshop series for families who are in the process of transition planning and bringing f...
State Fair’s Older Nebraskans Day filled with celebration and connection
Aug 5, 2025 / Jack Sheard
The Nebraska State Fair invites guests of all ages to Older Nebraskans Day on Monday, August 25, for a full day of fun, wellness, and community, hi...
Attorney General Hilgers Leads Bipartisan Effort Urging U.S. Department of Justice to Help Curb Illegal Offshore Gaming
Aug 5, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications
Lincoln, NE – Attorney General Mike Hilgers today co-led a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Department of Just...
Hastings College Announces Three New Majors
Aug 5, 2025 / Michael Howie Hastings College
(Hastings, Nebraska) – Hastings College is excited to announce the addition of three new majors to its academic offerings: Environmental Stud...
Nebraska Sorghum Field Day moves to Axtell in September
Aug 5, 2025 / Jesse Harding Campbell
LINCOLN, Neb. (Aug. 5, 2025) – Nebraska sorghum growers, agribusiness professionals and industry partners are invited to attend the 2025 Nebr...
UNK degrees for 196 to be conferred at Friday summer commencement
Aug 4, 2025 / Tyler Ellyson, editor, UNK News
KEARNEY – Graduate and undergraduate degrees will be conferred for 196 summer graduates at University of Nebraska at Kearney commencement exe...
Honoring Third District Legacies
Aug 4, 2025 / By Rep. Adrian Smith
While Nebraska’s Third has existed since our state was first divided into congressional districts following the 1880 census, it first began t...
Gov. Pillen Joins NSP & NDOT Leadership Urging Driver Caution Following Worker Injury
Aug 4, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE -- Governor Jim Pillen joined leadership from the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) and the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) urgi...
Grocery industry summit focuses on the future of local stores
Aug 1, 2025 / Charlotte Narjes, Director, Nebraska Cooperative Development Center,
Lincoln, Neb., August 1 — The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Cooperative Development Center and the Nebraska Grocery Industry A...
UNL Researchers Contribute to National Award-Winning Project on Corn Pest Management
Aug 1, 2025 / Natalie Jones IANR Communications
North Platte, Neb., August 1— A team of University of Nebraska–Lincoln researchers has contributed to a multistate research initiative ...
NSP Investigating Three Crashes Within Two Miles in Dawson County
Aug 1, 2025 / Cody Thomas – Public Relations Director
August 1, 2025 (Lexington, Neb.) — The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating multiple crashes that left several people injured and clo...
Attorney General Mike Hilgers Sues Savage Enterprises for Violating Nebraska’s Consumer Protection Act and Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act
Aug 1, 2025 / Suzanne Gage Director of Communications
Lincoln--Today, Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced his office’s expansion of its fight against the sale of illegal or unlawful synthetic...
Ricketts Announces Upcoming Mobile Office Hours
Aug 1, 2025 / Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) announced his constituent casework staff will be hosting Mobile Office Hours arou...
Mid-America Manufacturing Slumps for July
Aug 1, 2025 / Creighton University
OMAHA, Neb. (August 1, 2025) — After six straight months of above growth neutral readings, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Cond...
Senator Ricketts’ Weekly Column: Producing the Good Life
Aug 1, 2025 / Pete Ricketts
Agriculture is the heart and soul of what we do in Nebraska. Family farms, ranches, and agri-businesses are the backbone of communities acros...
Wagner Family Breaks Ground on New State-of-the-Art Dealership Facility
Aug 1, 2025 / Hometown Family Radio
McCook, NE – On August 4, construction will officially begin on the future home of Wagner Ford-Toyota and Wagner Chevrolet – three gr...
Army String Band to Perform at Nebraska State Fair
Aug 1, 2025 / Courtney Glock Marketing Director
The Nebraska State Fair will proudly kick off the America 250 Celebration by hosting the U.S. Army’s premier acoustic group, the Six-String S...
Plant Explosion Deemed an Accident, Based on Preliminary Investigation
Aug 1, 2025 / Regina Shields
DODGE COUNTY, NEBRASKA – At approximately 11:56 AM CST on July 29, 2025 the Fremont Rural Fire Department and multiple other agencies respond...
State Provides Resources to Assist in Recovery at Fremont Plant Explosion
Jul 30, 2025 / Laura Strimple
LINCOLN, NE – The state of Nebraska is providing resources to assist in recovery operations at the Horizon Biofuels plant in Fremont. Three p...
Terminating a Verbal Farm Land Lease
Jul 30, 2025 / By Jessica Groskopf, Nebraska Extension Ag Economist | Dave Aiken, UNL Ag Economist
Some farm leases are not written but are verbal or "handshake" agreements. Because nothing is in writing, the parties may have different recollecti...
‘Beefing Up’ Nebraska’s Ranching Industry
Jul 30, 2025 / Governor Jim Pillen
Built by generations of hard work and innovation, Nebraska’s ranchers are known worldwide for raising the highest quality, most nutritious, s...
USDA Designates 12 Nebraska Counties as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Drought
Jul 29, 2025 / USDA
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-ne...