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Beef Reproductive Strategies Symposium to be in North Platte

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
by Natalie Jones, IANR Communications North Platte - Beef industry professionals from across the country will gather in North Platte this fall for the 2025 Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle (ARSBC) symposium, the premier national event focused on beef cattle reproductive management.The...

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International organist to be in concert

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Florence Jowers, revered music professor and choir director from North Carolina, will be in concert at Episcopal Church of Our Savior, North Platte, at 7 p.m. CT o n Friday, Sept. 5.Featured will be the nine-rank, two-manual Snyder-Neumann pipe organ (Seward, NE, 1964) and so me hymn singing.The...
Gerri Peterson, her family, and the Hooker County Tribune are a cornerstone of Mullen. Remarkably, the paper has more subscribers than there are residents in the county. courtesy photo

Gerri Peterson, her family, and the Hooker County Tribune are a cornerstone of Mullen. Remarkably, the paper has more subscribers than there are residents in the county. courtesy photo

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Newspapers: The good, the bad... and not just the ugly

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
by Jerry Raehal, OnePress Chief Growth Officer When Gerri Peterson was wrapping up her college degree, she had no idea she’d soon be running a newspaper.“My dream job fell into my lap,” she says.After graduating from college, she spent six months shadowing the retiring publisher of the Hooker...

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Avocet WMA boat ramp to be open, Frye to close

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
A new boat ramp is about to open at one Sandhills lake near Hyannis, while another one will be temporarily closed. Construction workers are nearing completion on the new boat ramp at Avocet Wildlife Management Area’s Beem Lake, and it is scheduled to open Aug. 21.

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Tips for maximizing your mulch

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
by Connie Knoll, ULNRD If you have placed synthetic mulch fabric in your shelter belts, here are some tips for maximizing its benefits.Synthetic mulch fabric, often made of woven polypropylene, can be a valuable tool for tree care, offering benefits such as weed suppression and moisture...
Flatwater explains: What’s a Runza?

Flatwater explains: What’s a Runza?

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Flatwater explains: What’s a Runza?

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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
by Natalia Alamdari Flatwater Free Press The handheld meal keeps football fans warm at Memorial Stadium during chilly Husker games. Drivers chow down on them straight from the bag on long drives down Interstate 80.
A recovering burn scar

A recovering burn scar

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A recovering burn scar

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Chuck Anders of Mullen shared these photos with the Tribune, taken in about the same area mid-April and then mid-July of the burn scar in southern Hooker County along Highway 97. The area burned in a large fire on Feb. 25 and looked pretty bleak early this spring.
Sisters Bridget Barron and Catherine Sullivan stopped by the Lots of Love Day Care lemonade stand during fair week, where the offerings were not only traditional lemonade, but strawberry lemonade and baked goods as well. Gerri Peterson

Sisters Bridget Barron and Catherine Sullivan stopped by the Lots of Love Day Care lemonade stand during fair week, where the offerings were not only traditional lemonade, but strawberry lemonade and baked goods as well. Gerri Peterson

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Lots of Love Day Care holds lemonade stand for toy bins

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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
by Lori Freeze The children at Lots of Love Day Care held a lemonade stand on Thursday, July 31. Afterwards they had a field trip to the bank to deposit the money.The lemonade stand is a great way for the children to learn patience, confidence, gratitude and about our community.
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