New personal banker

Union Bank and Trust in Pawnee City has a new personal banker, Kelly Huls. She lives in Sterling with her husband, Steve. They have five children, Trevor Paige (husband Evan); Joshua, Sidney and Macie. They have a grandson, Jacob.

HTRS Homecoming Royalty

Front row: Hunter Bohling, Laramie Glathar. Middle Row: Brandt Leech, JJ McQueen, Avery Dierberger, Gabby Siegel Back Row: Niccolo LaRosa, Isaac Bittner, Lennox Pechmann-Sadlo, Nicolas Knudson, Andrew Stalder, Brooke Hain, Allie Howe, Saydee Hardesty, Mikkayla Flynn, Ellie Schaardt.

CHECK CROPS FOR FALL ARMYWORMS

There has been damage to alfalfa fields from fall armyworms in southeast Nebraska. Reports of fields in Gage and Otoe Counties were reported last month, but more recently fields in Jefferson and Saline counties have reported damage.

Taking Personal Responsibility

We’ve come a long way over the last year. Nebraska has managed the coronavirus pandemic without lockdowns, without statewide mandates, and without vaccine passports. We have the third-lowest fatality rate from COVID-19 in the country. And we’ve fully vaccinated 87.5% of our 65+ population.

Health Alert Issued for Three Lakes

Lincoln – The state has issued a health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Calamus Reservoir in Garfield County, Iron Horse Trail Lake (WMA) in Pawnee County and Kirkman’s Cove Lake in Richardson County.

Lewiston enrollment down 10

Lewiston Consolidated Schools enrollment is 168 compared to 178 last September.

1970 Cuda fulfilled a dream for Bill Cary

His wife, Betty, was looking through classified ads in the Omaha World Herald back in 1995. The ad said for sale AAR 1970 Cuda. Bill and his son Zach were up to get it the next day. They knew what they had found, a rarity. The Cuda was Plymouth’s entry in the Trans Am racing circuit.