Dan Stehlik, agricultural mechanics instructor at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture (NCTA), was awarded the Honorary Nebraska State FFA Degree during the Nebraska FFA State Convention in Lincoln, recognizing his decades of dedication to agricultural education, student mentorship, and career development.

Alex Lashley of Southwest High School received his State FFA Degree. Congratulations.

The Curtis American Legion Post 95 is pleased to announce that four young men have been generously sponsored by Post 95, BSB Construction, and Midwest Special Services to attend the American Legion Cornhusker Boy’s State for 2026. The candidates are Ethan Brown (Post 95), Mason Roblee (Midwest Special Services), Lucas Einspahr (BSB Construction), and Tyler Bantam (Post 95). The Boy’s State program will be held May 31 – June 6, 2026 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln downtown campus. The annual citizenship program, sponsored by the Nebraska American Legion, is designed to provide youths with a better understanding of how city, county and state governments operate.

North Platte, Nebraska (April 13, 2026) – Nebraska Extension is offering a Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) and Beef Quality Assurance Transportation (BQAT) training on April 13, 2026 in North Platte at West Central Research and Extension Center. The event begins at 4:00 pm CT. Anyone involved in raising or handling cattle is encouraged to attend. Funded by the Beef Checkoff, the BQA program guides producers toward continuous improvement using science-based production practices that assure cattle well-being, beef quality and safety.

Cells are the basic building blocks of all living organisms. In a healthy body, cells follow an orderly life cycle: they develop from a systematic process called mitosis, perform important physiological functions to maintain body homeostasis (i.e., a stable internal environment), and die via apoptosis when they become dysfunctional, old, or no longer needed.

The wildfires across Western Nebraska are the worst since we became a state. They are the ninth-worst in all of American history.

Here in Nebraska, we reserve a special spot in our history and in our hearts for the North Platte Canteen. This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Canteen, a remarkable legacy of service and compassion.

June 22, 1937 – March 23, 2026 Marline Faye Horsky (Tucker), 88, of Florence, Oregon, passed away peacefully on March 23, 2026. She was born June 22, 1937, in Franklin, Nebraska.

Richard “Dick” Collicott was born December 3, 1948 to Earle and Alice (Jurgensen) Collicott. He attended school in Cambridge from fourth grade through high school.

Michael Gordon Monie, age 75, of Kearney, Nebraska, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, March 26, 2026. He was born on September 24, 1950, in Smith Center, Kansas, to Gordon and Geraldine (Yelken) Monie.