http://www.albionnewsonline.com The Albion News Online Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:44:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A snow emergency was declared for the City of Albion beginning Friday, February 3, 2012, and will be in effect until further notice. A significant winter storm event is expected this evening. All citizens should move their vehicles to off-street parking during declared snow emergencies so as to expedite the snow ... http://www.albionnewsonline.com/2012/02/03/city-of-albion-declares-snow-emergency/ "Hee Flaw" will be presented the second weekend in April at the Boone Central Middle School Gym as part of Petersburg's Q 125 celebration. A spin-off of the American television variety show, "Hee Haw" (1969-1993), featuring country music and humor, "Hee Flaw" will be set in rural Boonefield Kounty. If you would ... http://www.albionnewsonline.com/2012/02/02/auditions-set-for-q-125-production-hee-flaw/ Petersburg Community Club will meet Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 at 8 p.m. in the Legion Club. Petersburg Village Board will meet Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at the village office. Both meetings are open to the public. http://www.albionnewsonline.com/2012/01/31/petersburg-community-club-village-board-to-meet-next-week/ Mabel Ragan of Albion will turn 111 on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Mabel resides at Good Samaritan Society Albion, Wolf Memorial Home, and she is currently Nebraska's oldest resident. She was born Feb. 1, 1901 on a farm near Newman Grove. http://www.albionnewsonline.com/2012/01/31/mabel-ragan-turns-111/ Preparations are continuing for the second Home, Farm & Garden Show to be held Saturday, March 24, starting at 8:30 a.m. at the Boone County Fairgrounds. About 50 vendors had signed up for the show by Jan. 31, according to Theresa Scheffler, chairperson. Boone County Agricultural Society is the show sponsor. The day ... http://www.albionnewsonline.com/2012/01/31/home-farm-garden-show-preparations-underway/ Landowners seeking to transfer irrigated acres for use in 2012 in the Lower Loup Natural Resources District have until March 1 to apply for those transfers. NRD Assistant Manager Russell Callan said that there are a number of steps involved in the transfer of irrigation rights from one parcel of land ... http://www.albionnewsonline.com/2012/01/31/march-1-is-deadline-for-irrigated-land-transfers/ Although it isn't yet being called a drought, conditions in Nebraska are unusually dry and warm this winter. The U.S. Drought Monitor lists much of the eastern two-thirds of Nebraska as "abnormally dry" through Jan. 24, 2012. In the Boone County area, snowfall amounts have been unusually light in December and January, ... http://www.albionnewsonline.com/2012/01/31/conditions-are-dry-warm-in-boone-county/ Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) has announced it will hold town hall meetings in five Nebraska communities in SourceGas' service territory during mid-February. The first of these meetings will be held Monday, Feb. 13, at 11 a.m. in Plainview at the old Plainview High School Gym. Other town hall meetings are set ... http://www.albionnewsonline.com/2012/01/31/sourcegas-distribution-rates-to-be-subject-of-psc-hearings/