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LINCOLN – Historic structures in Verdigre, Comstock and Beatrice, Nebraska, have been selected for grants to help fund rehabilitation work.

BROOKINGS, S.D. – More than 3,400 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance over the fall 2023 semester at South Dakota State University, Brookings, by being named to the dean’s list.

It’s a few weeks into January– how are those resolutions going for you? I wonder if we might do well to shift our focus from lofty goals to small habits. Those small habits are usually the means by which we achieve the lofty goals, after all.

LINCOLN – History Nebraska, formerly the Nebraska State Historical Society, would become an agency under the governor’s control under a proposal from State Sen. Steve Erdman.

WAYNE – Visiting artist Sophie Isaak’s exhibit “The person I am on vacation” opens Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 4:30 p.m. in Wayne State College’s Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery, located on the main level of U.S. Conn Library.

LAUREL – Robert Parsons sees censorship as a double-edged sword.

PARK VIEW HAVEN ACTIVITIES: Wednesday,Jan.17: Catholic Communion, Chair Exercise, Linen Helpers, Open Centers, Card Club.

Hall earns spot on Morningside Dean’s List

HARTINGTON – Cedar County has a new clerk.

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HARTINGTON – Jessica Schmit is ready to serve the people of her home county in a public capacity.

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Commissioner first to file for re-election   false

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Department of Agriculture plans to award about $5.1 million in grants this year to help smaller meat processors expand and improve operations.

LINCOLN – Bills to eliminate tenure protection for university professors in an effort to halt “indoctrination (of) leftist ideology,” and one to do away with Nebraska’s inheritance tax were among 37 proposals introduced during a snowy Monday at the State Capitol.

LINCOLN – A group of state senators are expressing hope they can reverse Gov. Jim Pillen’s recent rejection of $18 million in federal funds to expand a summer grocery benefit for low-income families.

LINCOLN – The state’s tax system is “upside down,” with low- and middle-income Nebraskans paying a higher share of their income on taxes than more affluent residents, a watchdog group said Tuesday.

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy will begin accepting applications for the 2024 Revitalize Rural Nebraska Grant Program on Jan. 15, with the application period closing on Feb. 29.

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Environmental Trust voted Thursday to award nearly $20.5 million in grants to 49 projects, ranging from recycling and groundwater monitoring programs to restoring streams for trout and marshes for waterfowl.

HNS All State honors

WEST POINT – Gwen Lindberg sits in her plush beige recliner, and listens to the news.