Harvard News

A Harvard, Neb., woman was killed in a car crash Tuesday morning about three miles southeast of town.

A 36-year-old Harvard woman was killed in a one-vehicle crash. Michelle Godding was driving eastbound on Road 319 just two miles from Highway 6 Tuesday morning, according to the Nebraska State Patrol.

A Harvard woman is on a mission to send a million greeting cards overseas to U.S. troops. via KOLN-TV Lincoln

One million homemade thank you cards requested for a July 4 Greeting Card Shower for the U.S. Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. via KHGI

“For their entire 1,000-year existence in the region, they have been at the bottom of the social order and continue to exist on the periphery of the society”

Brett Richard Chloupek, who is pursuing two graduate degrees at the University of Kansas, is the 14th winner of the Roy D. Laird Essay Contest sponsored by the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian ... via The University of Kansas

“And specifically they contributed more of their wealth to low-income student preparation, recruitment, support, and retention.”

Issue date: 4/15/08 Section: News If there were a race toward making college affordable, the U.S. government might be at the pole position. via Daily Nebraskan

“It's addictive to come over and do this”

Sitting in a horseshoe formation, a dozen musicians from throughout the area spent a recent Sunday afternoon jamming on old hymns and country songs for an audience in the Fairfield City Auditorium. via Southeast Missourian

“Generally, our instructors here try to take teaching pretty seriously”

When it comes to knowledge of U.S. history, college students from Harvard University on down deserve a big, fat F. At least, that's the conclusion of a new study that measured how much history students learn -- ... via Lincoln Journal Star

The Hastings College Department of Music selected students for vocal ensembles for the 2007-08 academic year. via York News-Times

If you're born in Alaska, like Jennifer Brice, you fly in an airplane before you ride in a taxi. via Lincoln Journal Star

A Harvard man has pleaded no contest to a felony theft charge after authorities say he stole nearly $20,000 of his mother's money. via York News-Times

“How much of the tribe's money does he need? When are we going to start seeing our own people working? When are we going to see unemployment go down?”

Members of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska are demanding to know who's benefiting from the tribe's $100 million business, Ho-Chunk Inc., which includes some 16 subsidiaries in six states, Mexico, Iraq and ... via Beatrice Daily Sun

“The decline in wages and disappearance of blue-collar jobs clearly reduced the incentives for many young men to enter and remain attached to the legitimate labor market”

Weary of scratching out a meager living as a Mississippi sharecropper, John D. Haynes in 1950 packed his family and headed north to a brawny Missouri River city called Omaha. via Omaha World-Herald

“Land prices and cash rent are way out of line with what the producer can generate for income.”

An index of rural economic health in nine Midwestern and Plains states declined for the second consecutive month, suggesting slower growth ahead. via Casper Star-Tribune