BEAVER CITY - A Beaver City man who pleaded no contest to a count of first degree sexual assault was sentenced in Furnas County District Court Wednesday.

The Gosper County Fair will continue this Saturday the 24th with the 4-H horse show at 8:30 a.m. in the Phelps County Rodeo Arena.

The Furnas County Fair wrapped up on Saturday with the demolition derby sponsored by the local Lion’s Clubs. In the trucks heat pictured above, Arapahoe’s Brandon Yeager took first, but not before needing some creative help to untangle the mess pictured above.

As we emerge from the pandemic and the economy begins to rebound, I’m focused on ensuring the industries that provide Nebraska jobs can continue to grow and thrive. The ethanol industry is one of those.

Kids say the darnedest things, so much so that they have made a long-running television show out of it. But from the mouths of babes come some of the funniest, most random and, sometimes, even harshest things human beings will say to each other.

On January 27, 2021, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed his “Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.” In this order, President Biden set a “goal of conserving at least 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030.”

Examples of accelerating scientific progress abound in human history.

A Graveside Service for Larry L. Dietz were held on July 19, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.

Lindsay Renee Collins age 42, from Lakewood, Colorado passed away on Wednesday July 14, 2021 at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver Colorado. Services are pending . A full obituary will appear in a following publication.

A Graveside Service for Edwin A. “Ed” Wetter will be held on Thursday, July 22, 2021, at 1:30 p.m.