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By the time you read this, seven of the 2022 Spring High School Rodeos will be complete and there will only be five high school rodeos left before State Finals. Following are the results of the McCook, Hyannis, Arthur, Burwell and Madison High School Rodeos.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln conferred a record 3,612 degrees during commencement exercises May 13th and 14th. The 3,523 graduates are from 58 countries; 45 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico; and more than 250 Nebraska communities.

The University of Nebraska at Kearney announced students who earned a place on the dean’s list for the spring 2022 semester. Students who are on the dean’s list must have completed 12 credit hours or more of classes with a 3.5 grade-point average or better on a 4.0 scale.

Long Pine City Council to Meet Long Pine City Council will meet in regular session on Thursday, June 2nd at 7:00 p.m. at the Long Pine Community Center.

A&R Construction started placement of the new concrete pavement east of Richardson Drive. According to NDOT Project Manager Carl Hart, the west entrance to Bomgaars opened Monday morning for public access. They planned to fill in the open area of the concrete pavement on Tuesday.

Graduating Summa Cum Laude - GPA of 4.0 were Ainsworth seniors (Left to Right): Alyssa Erthum, Benjamin Flynn, Eden Raymond, Ty Schlueter, Haley Schroedl and Elizabeth Wilkins. Graduating with GPA of 3.8-3.999 were these Magna Cum Laude students (Front Row - Left to Right): Summer Richardson, Maia Flynn, Madelyn Goochey and Shawna Fernau; (Back Row - Left to Right): Caleb Allen, Bria Delimont, Allison Taylor, Maren Arens and Gavin Olinger.

A regular meeting of the Brown County Hospital (BCH) Board of Trustees was held on Monday, May 16, 2022. The meeting was called to order by Chairman, Brent Deibler, at 4:05 p.m. Other members in attendance were John Gross, Tate Schipporeit and Brian Delimont. Jim Walz was unexcused. Also attending was Ruth Stephens - Interim CEO, Tad Stearns - CFO, Brandy Bussinger - D.O.N, Erica Hasenohr-Clinic Manager and Tawny Allen - Recording Secretary. Dr. Campbell joined the meeting at 4:25 p.m.

Nebraskans are 4th worst in the U.S. at wearing seat belts, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) Highway Safety Office.

Electric customers in Nebraska may soon be receiving an email request to participate in the 2022 Residential Appliance Survey, which helps inform Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) on how residential customers are using electricity and how that might change in the future.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that Nebraska’s preliminary employment for April 2022 reached an all-time high of 1,040,325. This means nearly 22,000 more Nebraskans are working now than prior to the pandemic (February 2020). Additionally, Nebraska’s unemployment rate is at 1.9%. That’s tied for the lowest rate ever achieved by any state.