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Eleven students from Lourdes Central Catholic competed in the Nebraska Academic Decathlon State Competition held at Bellevue University on Feb. 18 and 19 and brought home major hardware, placing firstin the Very Small Schools category, designated as schools with enrollment of up to 126 in grades 9-12. The Lourdes team also placed third in the Small Schools category, which expands to include schools with an enrollment under 650.

Since Southeast Community College Culinary/ Hospitality program Instructor Brandon Harpster is “obsessed with dry-aged meats,” he’s especially excited about the latest addition to the program: A dry meat ager.

Nebraska City has added another indoor mural to its already impressive art collection. On Wednesday, Feb.

Students and staff at the Nebraska Center for the Education of Children who are Blind or Visually Handicapped (NECEBVI) celebrated 2-22-22 as Tutu Day. Mrs. Robke modeled a tutu made especially for her by the residential students, Toni Bruce went all in for the special day, and Mrs. Graves struck her best ballerina pose for the photographers. While the food service staff didn't wear tutus, they got in the spirit of the day by adding large "2"s to their uniforms.

Nebraskans know every drop of water is precious. Agriculture is our top industry. It makes up 20 percent of our economy, and it generates one in four jobs in our state. Access to water makes this possible. We have the most irrigated acres of cropland in the country. Three of eight acres of farmland in Nebraska are irrigated.

Colossians 2:14 “Having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.” My mom was doing books for my dad, and could not account for two cents. Finally after two days of this I looked at my mom and reached in my pocket and said, “Here! Take this, put it in the account and forget about it, and move on!” “Son, it’s not that easy.