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Nance County Ag Society President Riley Lane presents a check to Brandyn Berlin. Photo provided

Nance County Ag Society President Riley Lane presents a check to Brandyn Berlin. Photo provided

Nearly $10k donated to cancer patient

FULLERTON — The Nance County Fair held its annual extreme bull riding competition at the end of June. To add to the excitement this year, a benefit for Brandyn Berlin, a Genoa native, was incorporated into the event.
Deb Fischer

Deb Fischer

Representing You

Last year, Time magazine published a sobering article describing the devastating impact of nuclear war. If an adversary attacked the United States with nuclear weapons, each strike would create a fireball as hot as the core of the sun.
Paul Hammel

Paul Hammel

All Things Nebraska

Every candidate for governor always promises two things – to cut property taxes, and eliminate the “waste” in state spending.Both of those pledges are awfully easy to make -- and play well on a TV ad -- and much harder to achieve.Current Gov.
ABOVE: Melinda Pickrel of Fullerton completes her horticulture judging project Tuesday morning.

ABOVE: Melinda Pickrel of Fullerton completes her horticulture judging project Tuesday morning.

4-H Expo this week at Nance County Fairgrounds

The Nance County 4-H Expo kicked off on Tuesday at the fairgrounds. The expo continues through Sunday. A complete schedule of events can be found on page 5 in today’s newspaper.

UNL Extension

Milkweed has become a popular plant for attracting and supporting Monarch butterflies. Once planted in a garden, it may be noticed Monarchs are not the only insect attracted.

Governor releases property tax plan details

LINCOLN — Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen has announced some of the objectives for when state senators return to Lincoln for the special session beginning on July 25.“Our decades-long property tax crisis must be resolved,” Pillen said in a news release. “Not getting the job done is unacceptable.