Nebraska Update

St. Patrick's Day festivities in Nebraska's "Irish capital" of O'Neill will move forward despite flooding in the region. Some events were held earlier in anticipation of severe storms this week.

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He turns 100-years-old today, but for John Boosalis of Lincoln, Nebraska, what happened to him 76 years ago this month doesn’t seem like that long ago. As a young Navy radioman and gunner, he found himself on a remote island in the middle of the South Pacific, long before “Lost” was a TV show and “C...

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Cold temperatures, snow, ice and wind are making this a difficult calving season for Nebraska ranchers. Bruce Treffer, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln extension educator in Dawson County, said he would imagine most ranchers have seen an increase in mortality of calves in February and March.

Weed killer dicamba has caused damage to some specialty farms. State departments of agriculture are largely responsible for enforcement of EPA rules about dicamba.

There’s still plenty of snow on the ground in parts of Nebraska, but spring is coming. With it comes the migration of sandhill cranes along the Platte River. That migration has inspired many artists, both local and visiting.

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