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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.
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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.