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CURTIS, Neb. — Youth can get a new perspective of growing crops out in the field through the eyes of an aerial drone.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Service Centers in Furnas and Red Willow counties are hosting a disaster assistance workshop Thursday, May 5, 2022 at 5 p.m. at the Cambridge

The second major wildfire in three weeks covered 41,000 acres.

Archeological digs have opened a doorway to the past, tracing the sometimes slow, sometimes rapid changes in the lives and cultures of the various peoples who have called Nebraska home.

Dan Stehlik is a lifelong learner and educator.

In Nebraska, the conforming mortgage borrowing limit is $647,200. If you need a bigger loan for your home, you may have to get a jumbo loan.

ALL TOGETHER: Everyone has a role in the Hochstein Dairy farming operation near Wynot, Neb., including Neal and Sharlee Hochstein (right), along with their daughters, Whitney, Joslyn, Sonya and Shelby, and son-in-law, Connor Wuebben (left). Hochstein Dairy near Wynot, Neb., is a family operation, with each person taking on a crucial role. Milking time is family time at Hochstein Dairy near Wynot, Neb. Neal and Sharlee Hochstein and their four daughters — Shelby, Sonya, Whitney and Jos...

-IANR News Service Nebraska 4-H, in collaboration with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Animal Science, offered the second year of the Nebraska 4-H Fed Steer Challenge in 2020. The Fed Steer Challenge cultivates the next generation of leaders in the Nebraska cattle industry by providing youth opportunities. This challenge enhances the educational value of traditional 4-H beef projects and provides affordable options to reward production merit and market animal carcass value; acc...

Elijah Walters of Hemingford finished out his senior year in 4-H with the 2020 Nebraska 4-H Fed Steer Challenge. In its second year, the challenge had 20 youth from 15 Nebraska counties participate. The youth selected and purchased their steers in Overton. Walters narrowed his choices down from five steers. “I narrowed it down on [...]

With temperatures falling down to the teens. and a different kind of dusting in frontier county, nebraska. >> yikes! >> check out this dust storm, taking visibility to near zero. ill have to look to see if this is near the nebraska sand hills. theres all these sand dunes in nebraska. look at the debris, the dirt whipping past the camera. wind gusts topping 60 miles an hour. beautiful country out there, really beautiful country, but not right then. >> not so much in a dust storm. what you can s...