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Farmers and ranchers are invited to attend a FREE clinic. The clinics are one-on-one, not group sessions, and are confidential. The Farm Finance clinic gives you a chance to meet with an experienced ag law attorney and ag financial counselor. These clinic staff specialize in legal and financial issues related to farming and ranching, including financial planning, estate and transition planning, farm loan programs, debtor/creditor law, water rights and other relevant matters. Here is an opportunity to obtain an experienced outside opinion on issues that may be affecting your farm or ranch. Bring your questions!

The extreme heat and drought of 2021 across much of the country has turned many lawns brown. Damaged lawns may be thin, contain dead patches or are overrun with weeds.

The Range Beef Cow Symposium (RBCS) will be held in person November 16-17 in Rapid City, SD. The RBCS has been held every other year since 1969 and is hosted by South Dakota State University, Colorado State University, University of Wyoming, and University of Nebraska beef cattle extension.

Wednesday, September 15 Spirit Squad practice 6:30 a.m. FFA Officer meeting 7:00 a.m.

Lincoln – The state has issued a health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Willow Creek Reservoir in Pierce County. Wirth Brothers Lake in Johnson County and Swan Creek Lake (Willard L. Meyer Recreation Area) in Saline County are still on health alert.

Cody-Kilgore School Monday, Sept. 20 - Breakfast: Cody - Breakfast bar, cereal, toast, fruit, juice, and milk.

Each September, the Northern Hemisphere experiences the autumnal equinox, which marks the official beginning of fall. In the Southern Hemisphere, spring is arriving at this time.

In 2019 I decided to treat my 20 year old kitchen to some upgrades for all our sakes. Being my father’s daughter, I was able to discover “good deals.” My friend recommended a painter. She and I bonded over lunch when she worked on my cabinets. I found a name brand gas stove top for a fraction of the cost at Lucky Leroy’s. The countertop guy was highly recommended as fair and honest. But my favorite “new” item in my kitchen is really 150 years old. It was fashioned from a stately black walnut tree.

I came home Tuesday night, several years ago, turned the TV on and sat transfixed as they were starting to pluck 33 trapped miners from what could have very well been their grave; pulling them with a cable, in a capsule the width of their shoulders, through a tube, just bigger in circumference than the capsule, drilled a half-mile through solid rock.

Erie, PA (August 24, 2021) — Purple Martin pre-migratory roosts are forming now. North America’s largest species of swallow, Purple Martins, nest and raise their families in North America and winter in the rainforests of Brazil.