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Upland bird hunting prospects optimistic

Upland bird hunting prospects optimistic

Positive surveys and field reports point toward a more optimistic outlook for Nebraska upland bird hunting seasons this fall. 09/25/2024 12:00 AM

Events commemorating October as Nebraska Reptile Month

Events commemorating October as Nebraska Reptile Month

October is Nebraska Reptile Month. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission educators, along with partners, have scheduled interesting and engaging events to celebrate and raise awareness of these species. 09/25/2024 12:00 AM

Nebraska cattle on feed up 2%

Nebraska cattle on feed up 2%

LINCOLN – Nebraska feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.32 million cattle on feed on September 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was up 2% from last year. 09/25/2024 12:00 AM

Sensory Safari October 2 at Lincoln Children’s Zoo

Sensory Safari October 2 at Lincoln Children’s Zoo

Sensory Safari is an event Oct. 2 where visually and sensory impaired guests will have the opportunity to touch, feel, hear, and smell at interpretative stations located throughout the Lincoln Children’s Zoo. 09/25/2024 12:00 AM

Inside Billy’s Brain

Inside Billy’s Brain

A Desire to Assist 09/25/2024 12:00 AM

Pierce County Courthouse News

Pierce County Courthouse News

Kelcee E. Albin, Unlawful/ficti tious display of plate, $99 The following are for speeding: Terry J. Rakowsky, $59; Tim J. Abramson, $59; Allison M. Siefker, $74; Earl H. Pendleton, $124; Michael R. Shimkus, $174 REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Ted Williams Barnes and wife to Ted Barnes and Marjorie Stuart Living Trust, Pt. N½, SW¼, Pt. SE¼NE¼, 26-28-4. 09/25/2024 12:00 AM

Chicken and egg numbers are up

Chicken and egg numbers are up

LINCOLN – All layers in Nebraska during August 2024 totaled 8.63 million, up from 7.89 million the previous year, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. 09/25/2024 12:00 AM

USDA releases crop production report

USDA releases crop production report

LINCOLN – Based on Sept. 1 conditions, Nebraska’s 2024 corn crop is forecast at 1.89 billion bushels, up 9% from last year’s production, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This would be a new record high production if realized. Area harvested for grain, at 9.70 million acres, is up 2% from a year ago. Average yield is forecast at 195 bushels per acre, up 13 bushels from last year. This would be a new record high yield if realized. 09/25/2024 12:00 AM

News about weeds that affects you shared by county

News about weeds that affects you shared by county

(Pierce County Weed Control) Fall is an excellent time to control noxious weeds. Nebraska’s noxious are translocating nutrients to their root systems during the cool autumn months to survive the winter and get a good start next year. These weeds include Canada thistle, musk thistle, plumeless thistle, leafy spurge, spotted knapweed, diffuse knapweed, purple loosestrife, saltcedar, Japanese knotweed, giant knotweed, phragmites and sericea lespedeza. 09/25/2024 12:00 AM

Community Calendar

Community Calendar

Every Monday – Al-Anon meets at St. Joseph’s Parish Center, Pierce, 6:30 p.m. 09/25/2024 12:00 AM

Legion Auxiliary plans upcoming projects, events

Legion Auxiliary plans upcoming projects, events

OSMOND – American Legion Auxiliary to Unit 326 met Monday, Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. The meeting was called to order by President Barb Rohde. Vice President Diane Borst and Chaplain Holly Koehler gave the opening prayer. 09/25/2024 12:00 AM