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Army String Band to Perform at Nebraska State Fair

Aug 1, 2025 / Courtney Glock Marketing Director

The Nebraska State Fair will proudly kick off the America 250 Celebration by hosting the U.S. Army’s premier acoustic group, the Six-String S...

Plant Explosion Deemed an Accident, Based on Preliminary Investigation

Aug 1, 2025 / Regina Shields

DODGE COUNTY, NEBRASKA – At approximately 11:56 AM CST on July 29, 2025 the Fremont Rural Fire Department and multiple other agencies respond...

State Provides Resources to Assist in Recovery at Fremont Plant Explosion

Jul 30, 2025 / Laura Strimple

LINCOLN, NE – The state of Nebraska is providing resources to assist in recovery operations at the Horizon Biofuels plant in Fremont. Three p...

Terminating a Verbal Farm Land Lease

Jul 30, 2025 / By Jessica Groskopf, Nebraska Extension Ag Economist | Dave Aiken, UNL Ag Economist

Some farm leases are not written but are verbal or "handshake" agreements. Because nothing is in writing, the parties may have different recollecti...

‘Beefing Up’ Nebraska’s Ranching Industry

Jul 30, 2025 / Governor Jim Pillen

Built by generations of hard work and innovation, Nebraska’s ranchers are known worldwide for raising the highest quality, most nutritious, s...

USDA Designates 12 Nebraska Counties as Natural Disaster Areas Due to Drought

Jul 29, 2025 / USDA

This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-ne...