by Paul Hammel, Nebraska Examiner LINCOLN — A rural state senator called Tuesday for providing financial incentives for farmers to use less nitrogen fertilizer and help clean up the state’s groundwater.

By Guyla Mills Bob Remmenga of Elwood was only 18 years old, in 1954, when he began drilling wells. Nebraska experienced a severe drought in the early 1950s, and his Uncle Ernest Fastenau of Smithfield saw that the relatively new irrigation industry was on the precipice of a boon.

CAMBRIDGE - Jackie Schamel is a sixty-nine-yearyoung German immigrant living in Cambridge. Jackie is known locally for being a jackof- all-trades, willing to take on all manners of work that most people shy away from.

Lewis “Lewie” Ivan Palmer, age 88, of Mc-Cook, NE passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at Hillcrest Nursing Home in McCook. Lewie was born April 13, 1935, in Wilsonville, NE to parents Ivan and Nellie L.

The Southwest Public School board called the monthly meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. Board members John O’Dea and Duane Teter were absent from the meeting; the present school board members approved their absences.

Students in kindergarten through 12th grade can discover the outdoors by participating in the Nebraska Fish Art Contest. The 2024 contest, sponsored by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Wildlife Forever and Bass Pro Shops, is accepting entries through Feb.

The Village of Oxford Board of Trustees approved a series of items as directed by 5-Rule to move forward with future community planning at their regular meeting on Monday, February 12, 2024. Board chairman Mike Minarik reported that Village Attorney Justin Daake felt the items looked good.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today that most farm loan borrowers will be able to make payments to their direct loans online through the Pay My Loan feature on HYPERLINK “http://www.farmers. gov/” \\t “_blank” farmers. gov in early February.

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The Elwood Public Schools Board of Education met on Monday, February 12th, 2024. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m.