Just like everyone, I have enjoyed the moisture we've been blessed with lately. I will say that, as someone who works with hogs and baseball fields about every day, I am getting tired of mud. But I will deal with it.

Safety First when Packing a Lunch May 25 was National Brown-Bag-It Day, celebrating the convenience and health benefits of lunches packed at home. Carrying lunch to work or school is a great way to use leftovers from home, helping to eliminate food waste. While preparing and packing a lunch does take time, it is estimated that American families can save $500 per year just by taking lunch from home! Saving money and reducing food waste are excellent reasons to brown-bag-it says Debbie Kuenning, Nebraska Extension 4-H Educator based in Chase Perkins Counties. Follow these tips to make sure your lunch and the lunches you pack for others are food safe.

Memorial Day was born out of our nation’s most fractured and pivotal moment: the Civil War. Battered and worn after four years of internal strife, America nonetheless emerged intact in 1865, the dream of the Union preserved. The price of preserving our nation, our ideals, and our freedoms was approximately 620,000 American lives — nearly a quarter of a million more souls than our nation would give 80 years later to liberate Europe and defeat the Empire of Japan.

It has been a few years since my children were babies! Having spent my youth as a babysitter and a career in pediatrics, I was pretty comfortable in watching the developmental of babies, toddlers and young children. ( Teenagers are another story for another day!!) That isn’t always the case for young parents who may not have experience with this age group.

Memorial Day is Monday, May 27, 2024. There are many services planned at area cemeteries.

CAMBRIDGE - Twenty rural Nebraska communities, including Cambridge, are equipping their ambulances with telemedicine technology, or TeleEMS. TeleEMS gives EMTs twenty-four-seven online access to the knowledge of realtime doctors, paramedics, and nurses.

The Indianola City Council met for their second meeting in May on May 20th at 5:30 p.m. and began the meeting by approving the minutes of May 6th, as written, the claims, and the April 2024 Treasurer Report and file for audit. Madison Smith from Colonial Life Insurance then approached the council about voluntary benefits for employees. The opt-in program would include various forms of insurance through payroll deductions. The board agreed they would pass the information along to the city staff members. The previously tabled Ordinances 524 and 525 also made a reappearance. After continued discussion, the council agreed it would be best to table the ordinances once again and wait to receive input from the City Attorney Lisa Shifflet. The ordinances will appear on the June 17th agenda.

LINCOLN, NE (05/20/2024)-- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln conferred 3,566 degrees during commencement exercises May 3, 17 and 18. The 3,484 graduates are from 64 countries; 46 U.S.

Lincoln, Neb., May 16, 2024— Coming from a small school in rural southwest Nebraska with just 17 classmates, Karlie Gerlach will be graduating with highest distinction with a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication, along with minors in Agricultural Leadership and the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship program, from the College of Agricultural & Natural Resources on Saturday.

We’ve received some more really nice rains. The rains have been good moisture, but at the same time have been frustrating to those wanting to get some corn seed in the ground. The planters did roll a few days last week but most still have more acres to go. The spray planes have had problems finding time to be in the air. The wheat needs to be sprayed for rust and the pastures need weeds sprayed. The winds and rains have deterred all of the above. And, as of this writing Tuesday morning, it’s windy and I hear thunder. But, we’re still thankful for the moisture.