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The great outdoors offers an abundance of adventures for the entire family, and health benefits both physical and mental – less stress, exercise, sunshine, improved moods, and fresh air are just a few of the rewards of spending time camping and getting away from external distractions.

Mount Marty University in Yankton, SD, is pleased to announce the Spring 2022 Dean’s List Honorees. The Dean’s List Honoree at Mount Marty University is defined as a full-time undergraduate student completing a full-time load of graded course work with a minimum term grade point average of 3.5.

Thursday, June 9 - Oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes, stewed tomatoes, roll, peaches. Friday, June 10 - Meat loaf, baked potato, cauliflower, bread, mixed fruit.

The Sandhills Peacemakers Quilt Guild met May 23, at 1:00 p.m. for their meeting which was held at the Baptist Church in Valentine. There were 15 members present plus an additional eight to 10 guests present for the special meeting presented by Gordon’s Willow Tree Quilt Guild. The lesson presented was titled A Border Affair by Kristy Paul and Linda Anderson. They shared some wonderful ideas for adding borders to a quilt.

Bring your overgrown lilacs, forsythia, mock orange, pieris and other spring flowering shrubs down to size while maintaining their natural beauty and spring floral display. Prune spring blooming shrubs right after flowering for maximum flowering.

LINCOLN – Governor Pete Ricketts and First Lady Susanne Shore revealed the design of the next general issue Nebraska license plate. The design is a mosaic pattern depicting the Genius of Creative Energy and is based on artwork inside the Nebraska Capitol Building.

Visit Nebraska parks, engage in healthy recreation — and possibly win prizes — by joining the 2022 Great Park Pursuit, an exploration of 20 official parks sites across the state. The free program encourages participants to visit the designated community, regional, state and federal parks between now and October 31, 2022.

Nebraska Extension will host a stocker/yearling systems summer meeting and tour Thursday, June 23 , 2022, in Imperial. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. MDT and the program will kick off at 9:00 a.m. MDT at the Crossroads Wesleyan Church, Imperial. Lunch is sponsored by Merck Animal Health, followed by a tour of Wine Glass Ranch in the afternoon.

On 05/24/2022 at 12:50 a.m., an officer responded to the 200 block of West A Street for a male laying in the middle of the road. Subject was removed from the roadway.

MAY 31, 2022 (NORTH PLATTE, NE) — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol removed from the road 20 impaired drivers during Memorial Day Weekend. Troopers also assisted 226 motorists in need of help throughout the state.