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Nebraska cattle on feed up 3%

Nebraska cattle on feed up 3%

LINCOLN – Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.39 million cattle on feed on July 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 3% from last year. 08/07/2024 12:00 AM

Nebraska crop progress, condition reported

Nebraska crop progress, condition reported

LINCOLN – For the week ending Aug. 4, 2024, there were 6.7 days suit- able for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 12% very short, 37% short, 47% adequate, and 4% surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 10% very short, 33% short, 53% adequate, and 4% surplus. 08/07/2024 12:00 AM

Pierce County Fair competition winners are announced

Pierce County Fair competition winners are announced

PIERCE – A number of competitions were held during the Pierce County Fair, which took place July 24-28. They included team roping, pedal pull, demolition derby, donkey polo, Double S Extreme bull riding and bull fighting. The winners are listed here. 08/07/2024 12:00 AM

Schools to begin classes next week

Schools to begin classes next week

OSMOND – Students who attend classes at Osmond’s schools will return to the routine next week. Thursday, Aug. 15, marks the beginning of the 2024-25 school term. 08/07/2024 12:00 AM

Caydence Krienert, Anna Kahny write about trip to Uganda

Caydence Krienert, Anna Kahny write about trip to Uganda

OSMOND – Osmond graduates Caydence Krienert and Anna Kahny recently traveled to Uganda on a mission trip with the organization Love Africa Mission. The two were there from June 3 to June 17, helping people in the Kyangwali Refugee Camp. 08/07/2024 12:00 AM

Supt. Bremer, Principal Polt attend Nebraska Educator Retreat

Supt. Bremer, Principal Polt attend Nebraska Educator Retreat

(By Skip Bremer, Osmond Community School Superintendent) LINCOLN – The Nebraska Army National Guard held a Nebraska Educator Retreat on Wednesday, July 31. This educator event began at the Lin- coln Air Base and included flying on a Chinook UH-47 to Greenlief Training Site in Hastings for marksmanship instruction and shooting with the M17 9 mm pistol, a flight to Seward and the National Guard Museum, and finished with a bus ride back to Lincoln due to the storms. 08/07/2024 12:00 AM

Ortmeier honored for 40 years of coaching

Ortmeier honored for 40 years of coaching

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Coaches Association (NCA) sponsors several annual awards to recognize those coaches and support personnel that contribute to the success of athletic programs in schools in the state of Nebraska. Each of the recipients are recognized at the annual Awards and Recognition Banquet, held on Sunday, July 21 this year, and receive an engraved plaque symbolic of the award. 08/07/2024 12:00 AM

August 11 is final day for swimming

August 11 is final day for swimming

OSMOND – The swimming season for Osmond youth will come to a close on Sunday, Aug. 11. That will be the final day for swimming at Osmond Municipal Pool. The pool will be open from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. that day, and there will be free admission. 08/07/2024 12:00 AM

Community Calendar

Community Calendar

Every Monday – Al-Anon meets at St. Joseph’s Parish Center, Pierce, 6:30 p.m. 07/31/2024 12:00 AM

Project will improve access for boaters, anglers at Grove Lake WMA

Project will improve access for boaters, anglers at Grove Lake WMA

Access for boaters and shore anglers will improve thanks to a project that began July 16 at Grove Lake Wildlife Management Area in Antelope County. 07/31/2024 12:00 AM

Secretary of State certifies Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petition

Secretary of State certifies Robert F. Kennedy Jr. petition

The Nebraska Secretary of State's office has certified for the general election ballot Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nonpartisan presidential candidate petition. Kennedy’s campaign collected 4,442 valid signatures from registered Nebraska voters. The campaign needed to collect valid signatures from at least 2,500 registered Nebraska voters. 07/31/2024 12:00 AM