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Community Builders to meet in Albion April 24

Ncj Staff Report
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Community Builders announces the next town tour to be held in Albion on Thursday,April 24, 2025. The tour begins at 11 a.m. at Boone County Ag & Education Center at 2616 Fairgrounds Rd. Lunch will follow at noon at The J Sports Bar & Grill.

Boone-Nance Cattlemen plan annual banquet

Ncj Staff Report
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
ALBION — Boone-Nance Cattlemen are planning their annual banquet for Saturday, April 5, at the Event Center at the Boone County Fairgrounds in Albion.A social hour will begin at 6 p.m. followed by the prime rib dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Cornhusker Public Power Trustee Abie Czapla (left) presents $300 to Fullerton’s Future Inc. for playground equipment. Accepting the check is Infant Lead Teacher Riley Buck. Photos provided

Cornhusker Public Power Trustee Abie Czapla (left) presents $300 to Fullerton’s Future Inc. for playground equipment. Accepting the check is Infant Lead Teacher Riley Buck. Photos provided

Cornhusker PPD customers give $5,700 to help their communities

Ncj Staff Report
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Cornhusker Power Goodwill Fund trustees awarded $5,700 to 23 organizations at the February 3 meeting. Cornhusker Public Power District CEO/GM Clay Gibbs said, “These organizations are doing great things in the community, and we are very proud to be a part of it.
Water resources technicians Josh Schnitzler and Connor Baldwin, who both work for the Lower Elkhorn Resources District in Norfolk, prepare to test the water in a monitoring well near the north fork of the Elkhorn River in 2022. A recent stateled effort to test private wells in Nebraska found 15% had nitrate levels above what the Environmental Protection Agency considers safe. Photos by Ryan Soderlin for the Flatwater Free Press

Water resources technicians Josh Schnitzler and Connor Baldwin, who both work for the Lower Elkhorn Resources District in Norfolk, prepare to test the water in a monitoring well near the north fork of the Elkhorn River in 2022. A recent stateled effort to test private wells in Nebraska found 15% had nitrate levels above what the Environmental Protection Agency considers safe. Photos by Ryan Soderlin for the Flatwater Free Press

WATER WORRIES

Yanqi Xu
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
In 2023, nearly 29,000 households scattered across rural Nebraska received postcards instructing them how to get their drinking water tested, free of charge, for a harmful contaminant state policymakers have been aware of for decades.
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Health survey available for residents 65+

Rick Holtz
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Emily Frankel, an Omaha resident with ties to Nance County, needs your help.Frankel, a doctoral candidate in Gerontology at the University of Nebraska Omaha, is specializing in the study of aging. Her team is conducting a survey to understand how nutrition impacts quality of life and well-being.
Photo provided by Rachel Bittner

Photo provided by Rachel Bittner

Snowfall brings fun outdoors

News Staff
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The recent snowfall allowed some fun outdoor activities. Cousins Charlotte Bittner, George Bittner, Conley Reuling and Henry Reuling all enjoyed time out in the snow. 
LSCF Trixxy won reserve grand champion female at the 2025 National Western Stock Show’s Super Point Roll of Victory (ROV) Angus Show, Jan. 17 in Denver, Colo. Addison Crouse, Belgrade, Neb., owns the October 2023 daughter of Colburn Primo 5153. She earlier won senior calf champion. Jake Scott, Gordon, Neb., evaluated the 117 entries. Photo by Legacy Livestock Imaging.

LSCF Trixxy won reserve grand champion female at the 2025 National Western Stock Show’s Super Point Roll of Victory (ROV) Angus Show, Jan. 17 in Denver, Colo. Addison Crouse, Belgrade, Neb., owns the October 2023 daughter of Colburn Primo 5153. She earlier won senior calf champion. Jake Scott, Gordon, Neb., evaluated the 117 entries. Photo by Legacy Livestock Imaging.

Crouse wins Reserve Grand Champion in Denver

News Staff
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
LSCF Trixxy won reserve grand champion female at the 2025 National Western Stock Show’s Super Point Roll of Victory (ROV) Angus Show, Jan. 17 in Denver, Colo. Addison Crouse, Belgrade, Neb., owns the October 2023 daughter of Colburn Primo 5153. She earlier won senior calf champion.
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Bird flu detected in Nance County

Ncj Staff Report
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA), in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has detected the first cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in 2025.