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Friday night's races at fairgrounds cancelled
(Local News ~ 05/23/14)
The races scheduled for tonight (May 23, 2014) at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds have been cancelled.
- Jurascals (Weekend Menu ~ 05/23/14)
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Dundy County designated disaster area for drought
(Local News ~ 05/23/14)
LINCOLN, Neb. - Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Director, Dan Steinkruger, announced that Dundy County has been designated as a primary natural disaster area due to the ongoing drought affecting Nebraska. Dundy County was declared a Secretarial Disaster on May 21, 2014, based on the U.S. ...
- Jurascals (Weekend Menu ~ 05/23/14)
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Flags ordered to half staff
(Local News ~ 05/23/14)
LINCOLN, Neb. -- Today, Gov. Dave Heineman ordered that U.S. and Nebraska flags be flown at half-staff until noon on Monday, May 26 in observance of Memorial Day. Gov. Heineman said, "Our flags will fly at half-staff to honor the courage and dedication of those who have sacrificed for our freedom. Memorial Day is a day to remember and to recognize the brave men and women of the United States armed forces who have served and who are currently serving. We appreciate their service to our country."...
- Return of Katnip World (Weekend Menu ~ 05/23/14)
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CCC announces honor lists
(Local News ~ 05/23/14)
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. -- Central Community College has announced the names of full-time students who earned spots on the President's and Dean's honor lists for the 2014 spring semester. The students were enrolled at one or more CCC locations, which include the Columbus, Grand Island and Hastings campuses; Holdrege, Kearney and Lexington centers; and learning centers in about 60 central Nebraska towns...
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Memorial Day forecast: storms to slash Plains drought
(State News ~ 05/23/14)
Memorial Day Forecast: Storms to Slash Plains Drought AccuWeather Global Weather Center -- 23 May 2014 -- AccuWeather.com reports while many areas in the East and the West will be free of rain this Memorial Day, repeating storms will bring flash flooding and will begin to break the drought in parts of Texas and the Plains...
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McCook military legacy in spotlight for Memorial Day
(Editorial ~ 05/23/14)
It's hard to believe now, but many of us used to grow tired of hearing war stories from our fathers. For children of World War II parents, those stories are fast becoming a precious commodity. Even stories from Korea and Vietnam are nothing to be taken for granted...
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It's hard to get there from here
(Column ~ 05/23/14)
I made my semi-annual trip to Arkansas last week to see my boys and quickly found out it's not easy to get there from here if you're flying. I quit driving last year because 10½ hours on the road is no fun at all; not even in a Thunderbird. So I decided from then on that I would fly...
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Concordia names honor students
(Local News ~ 05/23/14)
SEWARD, Neb. -- Concordia University, Nebraska, named 223 students to its honors list for the spring 2014 semester. The top 25 percent of all undergraduate students who complete at least 12 credit hours qualify for the honors list. Spring honors students from Southwest Nebraska include:...
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