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With New Year’s approaching, consider the following tips to keep your pets safe and calm during fireworks shows that may make pets anxious. - Keep pets indoors.

During their Annual Business Meeting, the Nebraska Cattlemen (NC) membership elected Craig Uden to serve as president. Uden stated, “When it comes to the beef cattle industry, there will always be issues to solve.

Christmas is nearly upon us, but in The Good Life, the spirit of the season lasts all month long. You may recall that last year I featured our state’s Christmas City of Minden in my Christmas column.

Vice Chair Jason Appelt led the meeting. Appelt called the Niobrara Council meeting to order at 1:01 p.m.

The Ainsworth United Methodist Church hosted an event where local children shopped for free gifts to give their parents. The volunteers provided gift wrapping as well.

Nebraska Cattlemen is proud to announce Buck Wehrbein as the 2025 Nebraska Cattlemen Hall of Fame Award recipient for his exemplary leadership and service to the beef cattle industry. The Hall of Fame Award is the highest honor Nebraska Cattlemen can give one of its members.

AAA projects 122.4 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles from home over the 13-day year-end holiday period beginning December 20 and ending January 1. This year’s forecast is a 2.2% increase over 2024, surpassing last year’s record of 119.7 million travelers.

As the holiday season winds down and the New Year approaches, many of us begin reflecting on the past year and thinking ahead. It’s a natural time to set resolutions— those hopeful promises to ourselves to eat better, move more, stress less or simply live healthier.

A Friday evening fire damaged a home in Ainsworth. The Ainsworth Volunteer Fire Department was summoned at 7:45 p.m.

Join the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in marking America’s 250th anniversary by participating in the Outdoor Nebraska 250-Mile Challenge. This free, year-long initiative encourages Nebraskans to complete 250 miles of outdoor activity to promote physical and mental well-being through fun, noncompetitive adventure outdoors.