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A new Sciences Education Complex in Kearney promises to supply panhandle residents with more health professionals and to give them a location closer to home in which to study. Construction is set to begin in January 2014 on the $19 million University of Nebraska Medical Center-University of Nebraska-Kearney complex. The significance of this campus to those in the panhandle is that students who want to get an education in health professions through University of Nebraska won't have to travel all... Full story
The prospect of funding a new and modern elementary school with higher property taxes is cause for debate among Sidney residents. A bond election wherein residents will decide whether or not to fund the school is scheduled for Sept. 10. The bond is set at nearly $16 million and would raise property taxes by around $125 per year for every $100,000 worth of property, according to Sidney schools superintendent Jay Ehler. The exact cost cannot be finalized until the interest rates are determined,... Full story
Winter wheat has been harvested, but the threat of crop destruction has not gone away. The enemy farmers face even after the combines are parked is so tiny that a microscope must be used to see it. The wheat curl mite itself does not kill a plant. Rather, a virus often carried by the mite, known as wheat streak mosaic virus, can infect a field. Infected crops can be identified by mottling and light green streaks, which eventually give way to blotches that leave a mosaic pattern. Justin McMechan from the University of Nebraska Lincoln...
