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September 4, 2025 - Lincoln, NE - Nebraska State Troopers removed 80 impaired drivers from the road during the last few weeks of the summer travel season. The arrests came during a nationwide campaign focused on impaired driving, called Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.

Lincoln, NE - September 4, 2025 - The Nebraska State Historic Preservation Office is pleased to announce the publication of Agriculture in Nebraska, 1850s–1960s. The 539-page historic context study examines Nebraska’s agricultural heritage from the mid-19th century through the 1960s.

Physical activity is crucial for people who aspire to maintain their overall health as their bodies age. Exercise improves flexibility, contributes to a healthy weight, reduces the risk for chronic illnesses, and may even help seniors maintain their independence well into their golden years.

Valentine, NE – Visitors to Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge are invited to join National Park Service rangers and an American Conservation Corps intern on a new guided foraging program which explores the edible, medicinal, and culturally significant plants that thrive along the Fort Falls Trail, Saturday, September 6, 2025. The program will be offered at 10:00 a.m. and again at 2:00 p.m., CST.

We’re busy, and there’s no slowing down. We scroll our phones and get lost in apps. We spend hours of the day working to support ourselves or care for others, and when we’re home, there is always more to do. There’s an “extinction of experience” happening around us, and if we’re not careful, we might sleep right through it.

It takes just one spark to ignite a wildfire. With several harvest seasons opening September 1, including dove, grouse and archery deer, hunters are reminded to act responsibly in the field and to do their part to prevent wildfires.

Cats Champion, Adley Swanson; Reserve Champion, Laramie Foster; Purple, Adley Swanson; Blue, Tee Morgan; Red, Case Larson. Clover Kid Cats, Isa Foster, Jenessa Garwood.

Agility Level 1 Champion, James Walkling; Reserve Champion, Henry Johnson; Purple, Chloe Christiansen, Annalena Nelson; Blue, Katie Schumacher, Becca Schumacher, Olivia Ormesher, Sarah Burge, Kimber Burge; Red, Rylie Sexson. Beginning Rally Champion, Katie Schumacher; ReserveChampion,OliviaOrmesher; Purple, James Walkling; Blue, Sam Johnson, Chloe Christainsen, Marlie Burge; Red, Kimber Burge, Henry Johnson.

The Lawrence picnic was held August 3, 2025, at the City Park pavilion. In attendance was Lawrence Turner of Valentine, three generations of Caroline Graham, of Rushville; her grandson Dustin, and his daughter, Gracie, of Miller, SD.

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