April 2024

An adult painting class will be featured at the Albion Public Library on Monday, April 15, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The class will be open to 12 people, and willl be taught by Jerene Kruse.

For the week ending Sunday, April 7, there were five days suitable for fieldwork across Nebraska, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 12% very short, 29% short, 56% adequate, and 3% surplus.

The 2024 Spring Gathering for the Central Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Nebraska Synodical Women’s Organization will be held Saturday April 13, 2024 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Grand Island.

In partnership with Medica, the Nebraska Library Commission (NLC) can assist Nebraska’s public libraries with the purchase and installation of new network technology to improve internet access and digital equity for their communities.

A program called “Reality 101” was presented to students at Boone Central Middle School Tuesday afternoon, April 9. I wish I had more time on deadline day to get involved with this, because I believe it has great value.

The ethanol and ethanol coproduct industry continues to be a main economic driver in Nebraska, producing near-historic averages in 2020, despite lower ethanol prices and COVID-related production issues, according to a new University of Nebraska-Lincoln study.

With no permanent zoning administrator on staff and uncertain prospects for finding one, Boone County Commissioners on Monday approved an agreement with Marvin Planning Consultants, Inc. to provide additional services.

Of the many conservation activities that Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts are tasked with, tree sales and the planting of trees might be the best known to Nebraska residents. Each spring, technicians from the Lower Loup NRD use tractors and specialized equipment to “machine plant” long rows of trees on farms, ranches, and acreages across the district.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10: ENT-Dr. Bliss, BCHC.

Newman Grove High School celebrated prom on Saturday, March 30, at the Creek Road Barn. There was a processional followed by the dinner and a dance. Above, King Trent Patzel and Queen Carmen Montoya (center) are flanked by attendants Austin Wiese, l., and Christyan Anderson, r. Jansell Enriquez-Lopez was also an attendant. After the dance, the students went back to the school for their post-prom event.