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Lois Folk’s cousin, Gilbert Koch of Eustis, Nebraska, visited Lois Friday morning, Feb. 14 enroute to Wyoming and Colorado.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
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Nebraska’s wildfire crisis - caution after pile burning
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by John A. Erixson, Laura Field and Rob Robertson Lincoln - In recent days, Nebraska has seen an alarming increase in wildfires more than two dozen wildfires reported in just five days.The ongoing efforts to contain these blazes serve as a stark reminder of the growing challenges our state faces in...
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Local mail processing to remain in North Platte
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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), U.S. Representative Adrian Smith (NE-03), and U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) issued the following statements after the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced that local mail processing operations will remain at the North Platte Mail...
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Win prizes through NRD Recreation Exploration program
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Lincoln - Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) encourage participation in the NRD Recreation Exploration program, which is designed to inspire individuals and families to venture into the great outdoors and explore the state’s natural beauty.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Ira Supenko after the ceremony where she became a U.S. citizen last month. Ron Taylor
10 years after arriving in Mullen, Ira Supenko becomes U.S. citizen
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Iryna Supenko’s road to becoming a United States citizen may not have gone the way she thought it would back in 2008, but as of Feb.10, 2025, she is offi- one!Ira is from Donetsk, Ukraine, a city of nearly 1 million people.When she began talking with Dave Anderson of Mullen, Nebraska, in 2008, he...
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
U.S. Forest Service firefighter Ben Pickering battles the fire at peck hill south of Mullen last Tuesday evening. Dane Peterson
17,772 acres burned in Hooker County fire last week
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Gerri Peterson Mullen’s Volunteer Fire Department Fire Chief, Tyler Cash, said 17,772 acres burned in Hooker County last Tuesday, Feb. 25.The fire started just south of the Dismal River, west of Highway 97, from a brush pile that had been burned with a permit the week before.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Betterment Grants available to Hooker County organizations
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by Gerri Peterson With Eric Seacrest, the Mid-Nebraska Community Foundation’s Executive Director, visiting the Hooker County Commissioners meeting earlier this month, Hooker County residents should be reminded about the gift that the late Bob and Susan Childers left to the area.The Childers lived...
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
ULNRD recycles 188,924 pounds
ULNRD recycles 188,924 pounds
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by Gerri Peterson Last year there were 188,924 pounds of recyclables diverted from local landfills by residents in the Upper Loup NRD area.
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Jesse Coble to begin fellowship at Mayo Clinic next week
Jesse Coble to begin fellowship at Mayo Clinic next week
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by Gerri Peterson Jesse Coble, a 2018 graduate of Mullen High School, starts an Occupational Therapy Hand Fellowship at Mayo Clinic’s campus in Rochester, Minnesota, this coming Monday, March 3.Coble earned her Occupational Therapy Doctorate last May and spent this past fall and winter as a travel...
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Mullen Book Club will meet Wednesday, March 19
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The Mullen Book Club will be reading “The Coincidence of Coconut Cake” by Amy E. Reichert to discuss on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 6:00 p.m. at the Mullen Arts Center.Copies of the book are available at the Hooker County Library.
Tuesday, February 25, 2025