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Are you creative? Do you know what a lick tub is? Then you are highly qualified to enter the second RC&D Lick Tub Challenge. Kim Burge, director of the RC&D announced that entries are being accepted to the Lick Tub Challenge.

Mike and Kim Burge are the new owners and managers of KVSH Radio, 940 on your AM dial. Mike was born and raised in Valentine and graduated from Valentine High School.

Gardening is widely regarded as a moderate to strenuous form of exercise. All that bending, lifting, digging and hauling burns calories and builds muscle.

Wood River, (AP) - One worker died and four others were injured in an explosion at an ethanol plant in eastern Nebraska. The explosion was reported Monday afternoon, April 17 at a Green Plains ethanol plant in Wood River, which is about 160 miles west of Omaha.

W From calving and planting to spring cleaning to graduations, busyness often seems to take on a special intensity across the early months of the year. This year has been no exception, and in the House of Representatives the new Majority has been hard at work on behalf of the American people.

Unlike many conditions, stroke is not necessarily linked to aging. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 38 percent of people hospitalized for stroke in 2014 were younger than 65. Stroke is a leading cause of death for Americans, but stroke risk will vary based on race and ethnicity, among other factors. Blacks are nearly twice as likely to experience a stroke as Whites, and Blacks have the highest rate of death due to stroke, according to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Here are a few other stroke stats, courtesy of the CDC.

As seems to happen every couple of years at this point, Capital Hill is abuzz with discussions of whether the U.S. will default on its debt. In fact, if the debt ceiling isn't raised this summer - potentially as early as June - the U.S. will default for the first time. With Republicans in control of the House and Democrat Joe Biden sitting in the Oval Office, the raising of the ceiling - which, at one point, was a pro forma vote without any controversy the horns of partisan conflict are blowing loudly. While most people understandably tend to tune out the grandstanding of D.C. mucketymucks, this is one issue that has the potential to have a big impact on your finances.

Lincoln, (AP) - It took a long time for Frank Solich to put aside the bitterness he felt toward Nebraska following his controversial firing. Twenty years and some prodding by athletic director Trev Alberts later, Solich was back at Memorial Stadium on Friday to begin a weekend of events honoring him for his contributions as a player, assistant and head coach.

Look to the garden when struggling to find the best gift for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, birthdays, or other occasions. A gift of plants, seeds, or gardening tools and accessories provides months and years of beauty and enjoyment.

M Monday, May 1 - Breakfast: Cody- Cook’s choice, cereal, toast, fruit, juice, and milk. Kilgore - Pancakes on a stick, cereal, toast, fruit, juice, and milk.