Ord News

No-till farming can mean increased profitability, better understanding of soils and fertility, and increased efficiency.

While many women served for the United States in the world wars, it was in World War II that the group known as WASP came out.

Shalee Paxton of Thedford, Neb. Shalee's photo spotlights cows coming in to feed.

Mark Sintek, resource conservationist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Ord, announced that there will be a Winter No Till Conference held March 17 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Veterans Club in Ord, Neb.

A 30-year-old Ord man was arrested Wednesday in connection with seven Valley County burglaries.

Nebraska Wesleyan University and its Phi Kappa Tau fraternity have reached a settlement with the family of a student who died from a campus fire.

A man who was injured in a central Nebraska crash has died at a Lincoln hospital.

Ord High School students will be getting a new high school courtesy of the voters. A $9.8 million bond issued passed by 160 votes or 54.05%.

Central Community College plans to begin construction on its Ord facility on October 26th. According to Caleb Pollard, Executive Director of Valley County Economic Development, the College plans to be open for the start of the spring 2010 college semester in January.

The Lower Loup Natural Resources District invites the public to a free hot dog lunch and workshop designed to assist landowners with management of red cedar trees and other woody areas on Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at 12 noon at the Aagaard Nature Farm north of Ord.

The Ord board of education voted unanimously Monday night to let the citizens vote on a $9,800,000 school bond issue.

Great Western Bank on Thursday announced it will buy 32 TierOne Bank branches in Nebraska and Iowa for $39 million.

An absconded sex offender from Texas was arrested in Ord on Saturday, August 29th. According to Valley County Sheriff Casey Hurlburt, 29 year-old William Sharp was arrested on a felony warrant from Ochiltree County Texas.