Medicine Valley junior Kevin Bantam broke three McCook school records at the 2023 NSAA State Swim Meet in Lincoln Friday. Medicine Valley co-ops with McCook for swimming and diving.

by Maria Tibbetts In the 1980s Jason Anderson realized that in the cattle business, his options were to get better or get out. Anderson, president and founder of Power Genetics, chose to get better.

In 2024, broadband infrastructure is just as central to life as traditional physical infrastructure. The days are far behind us when internet access was a luxury — now it’s vital for daily life.

“I’ve got this cough that just won’t go away,” my patient says, and I know this story all too well. Chronic cough, a cough that lasts more than two months, is a common ailment which in most cases is benign. But for the patient it is both bothersome and worrisome.

LITCHFIELD - After a 5432 setback in Thursday’s Subdistrict final at Dundy County-Stratton, the Cambridge boys basketball team earned itself a trip to a district final Saturday via wild card. But against another of the top teams in Class D1, the Trojans’ offense was suffocated by an active zone defense as Ansley-Litchfield rolled away to a 46-23 win to clinch a State Tournament berth.

With resounding victories in their district final contests Friday and Saturday, the Southern Valley girls basketball and Maywood-Hayes Center boys basketball teams clinched berths at the State Tournament. Southern Valley defeated Amherst 54-33 Friday night before the Wolves rolled past Potter-Dix 60-21 on Saturday.

SOUTHERN VALLEY - At its district final Friday, the Southern Valley girls basketball team did what it’s successfully done all season. The Eagles dealt a knockdown blow in the opening quarter, then maintained that early lead to the finish of a 54-33 district championship victory over Amherst, clinching the Eagles’ second-straight berth at the State Tournament.

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KEARNEY - For the second-straight year, the Maywood-Hayes Center girls basketball team battled Elgin Public/Pope John in a backand-forth battle for a trip to the State Tournament. And for the secondstraight year, the Wolfpack got the better of the Wolves with a 51-44 district final victory that propelled EPPJ to the State Tournament.

Beware of False Spring! Warmer weather and longer days are starting to show up, giving so many of us hope and excitement for the new growing season. Beware of “False Spring,” where the warm days can be followed by cold snaps and potential spring blizzards that will visit the region at some point in March and April.