Firth News

The National Weather Service is confirming that a brief-lived tornado hit near Firth in rural southeast Nebraska.

Jan Mosby, general manager of the Eastern Nebraska Grain terminal in Lincoln has been selected as the 2008 2009 President of the Nebraska Grain and Feed Association.

During the past year Firth Norris Middle School Principal Barry Stark has traveled to 20 states and five countries, given speeches and presentations and even testified before a congressional subcommittee.

This is the 17th year for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension's plastic pesticide container and crop protection drum recycling program that helps recycle 1- and 2.5-gallon plastic pesticide containers ... via High Plains Journal

A Paxton food company is gaining recognition in national competitions. Rafter 7S is located on a cattle ranch and operated by the Seifer family. via KRVN-AM Lexington

“We started going back the other way”

In an empty middle school classroom in rural Lancaster County, a mild-mannered math teacher engages in subterfuge.

He speaks animatedly into a video camera, his voice rising and falling as he explains the metric system's many advantages.

'Hi. My name is Tom Price. I'm a math teacher, and I want to change this country to the metric system,' he says. 'Why? Because two systems do not work.'

Later, he'll upload the video to YouTube. He hopes it will light the spark necessary in federal lawmakers to convert the United States to the metric system. Read more

“This is the latest in a series of steps we will be taking to improve quality and oversight in nursing homes”

Lakeview Rest Home of Firth was added Tuesday to the federal list of 131 nursing homes nationwide with a history of serious quality issues. via Lincoln Journal Star

State regulators will be giving closer scrutiny to two Nebraska nursing homes now that they have been added to the federal list of 131 facilities nationwide with a history of serious quality issues. via Beatrice Daily Sun

“There's an opportunity for a motivated student to come out of 12th grade with a year of college credit in hand already”

In general, high school hasn't changed much in the last 50 years. Sure, there are computers in the classrooms and opportunities to take the occasional college course for dual credit, but the core of the high ... via Beatrice Daily Sun

A Lincoln woman is dead after a car accident on Highway 77 on Friday. The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office said Berl Damkroger of Lincoln was driving northbound on Highway 77 around 6 p.m. on Friday when he ... via KOLN-TV Lincoln

“Jeremy gave as a child as much as he gave as an adult”

The firetrucks and rescue units came from Wood River, Auburn, North Bend, Firth, Fairbury, Hickman, Marysville, Kan., and dozens of other communities. via Lincoln Journal Star

EMAIL ARTICLE Article Posted: 11/02/2007 8:51:48 AM Nebraska's World Language Educators Recognized The Nebraska International Languages Association named Ricardo Varguez, a Spanish teacher at Omaha Westside ... via Southwest Nebraska News

Authorities are investigating the theft of about 1,500 quail from the Cortland area. via Lincoln Journal Star

Arop Daljang, upon being told that Venh Lam could not find him an Asian prostitute, suggested a sexual relationship with Lam's 14-year-old daughter, sending Lam into a lethal rage, prosecutors would have ... via Lincoln Journal Star

Arop Daljang, upon being told that Venh Lam could not find him an Asian prostitute, suggested a sexual relationship with Lam's 14-year-old daughter, sending Lam into a lethal rage, prosecutors would have ... via Lincoln Journal Star

Arop Daljang, upon being told that Venh Lam could not find him an Asian prostitute, suggested a sexual relationship with Lam's 14-year-old daughter, sending Lam into a lethal rage, prosecutors would have ... via Lincoln Journal Star

Police are looking for a Firth man suspected of assaulting and strangling a 31-year-old woman around 2 a.m. Saturday. via Lincoln Journal Star

FIRTH, Neb. _ The Nebraska Department of Education has named Mary Schlieder the state's Teacher of the Year. via KTIC

The crowd at Friday's non-league contest between the Norris Titans and the visiting Fairbury Jeffs , observed Norris's football squad defeat Fairbury by a count of 29-13. The Titans now own a 4-0 record. via MaxPreps