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LINCOLN, NE – Governor Pete Ricketts announced recent appointments he has made to fill Nebraska’s boards and commissions. The following appointees are unpaid and are not subject to Legislative confirmation: Abstracters Board of Examiners - Marcy A.

Incidents On 12/20/2022 at 4:00 p.m., an officer responded to the 100 block of South Main Street to conduct a welfare check. A 43 year old South Dakota man was found to be ok.

DECEMBER 31, 2022, LINCOLN — The Nebraska State Patrol is investigating an incident in which two adults were found deceased in a home in David City. The discovery occurred Friday afternoon after the Butler County Sheriff’s Office was called by family members to conduct a welfare check at a home in the 1100 block of N 4th Street in David City.

LINCOLN, NE – Nebraska Governor- elect Jim Pillen announced Moe Jamshidi will become the interim Director of the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) effective January 5, 2023. Jamshidi currently serves as the deputy director for operations at NDOT.

LINCOLN, NE – Nebraska Governor-elect Jim Pillen announced he will be retaining Major General Daryl Bohac as The Adjutant General of the Nebraska National Guard. “General Bohac is a man of character who leads the Nebraska National Guard with integrity,” said Governor-elect Pillen and Lieutenant Governor Joe Kelly in a joint statement.

Is it possible that because we’re Valentine, - the Heart City - that nearly 70 people would come together - all denominations, all faiths, and pray in the New Year with a Celebration of Love? Sandhills Community of Christian Faith held their second New Year worship service, January 1, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. at the Valentine High School auditorium.

The year ended a little on the wild side. Perhaps Mother Nature wanted to make sure we were all praying for moisture before she delivered? Unprecedented snow, extraordinary winds, darned cold windchills!?! Do weremembertheextremeheatof the summer? How dry it had been? What about last year’s winter weather?

LINCOLN, (AP) -Mickey Joseph, Nebraska's interim football coach for nine games this season who was charged with felony assault, is no longer part of the Cornhuskers' program, the athletic department announced Friday.

OMAHA, (AP)-When Republican Jim Pillen becomes Nebraska's governor next month, one of his first acts will likely be to name his predecessor and biggest supporter to fill an open U.S. Senate seat.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln conferred 1,288 degrees during commencement exercises December 16 and 17 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The 1,262 graduates are from 50 countries, 41 states and more than 170 Nebraska communities.