Larry Doyle age 83 of Bartley, passed away at the Kearney Regional Hospital on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. He was born in McCook, NE on September 13, 1940, to William and Eula (Tiller) Doyle. Larry attended school in Bartley and graduated from Bartley High School in 1958. In March of 1962, he enlisted in the United States Air Force. He was trained as an Aircraft Refueling Specialist.

Nancy Lee Nissen Deselms, 93, died Thursday, February 15th at the Regent Park Nursing Home in Holyoke, Colorado. Nancy was born May 28, 1930, in Oxford, Nebraska to William J.

Peggy Joyce Mak, age 87, of Elwood, Nebraska passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2024, at the Elwood Care Center in Elwood, Nebraska. She was born on October 9th, 1936, in Gosper County, Nebraska to Charles & Eunice (Fong) McGraw.

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.

Agriculture is the heart and soul of what we do in Nebraska. It’s the backbone of our state’s economy.

“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.

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.

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.

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.

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.