Thedford News

By MICHELLE ZLOMKE Chief Managing Editor A recent decision by the U.S. Department of Transportation left Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway promoters a little deflated.

The North Platte City Council approved three collective bargaining agreements as it rolled through a relatively deep docket Tuesday night.

They shouldn't be in Nebraska. Corn grows here. Prairie grass grows here. Summer is hot here.

COZADa 'Dawn E. Bryant is the guest artist for the month at the Robert Henri Museum in downtown Cozad.

COZADa 'Dawn E. Bryant is the guest artist for the month at the Robert Henri Museum in downtown Cozad.

More than $1.5 million in federal stimulus money will be spent to polish the surface of Interstate-80 west of North Platte.

A lot of people around Thedford, Neb., are shaking their heads about the big construction project east of town funded with $7 million in federal stimulus cash.

A new study completed for the Nebraska Department of Economic Developmenta s Travel and Tourism Division indicates that travel and tourism has contributed meaningfully to the economies of all the statea s 93 counties.

For the second straight night, severe storms brought damaging hail, winds and rain across Nebraska on Saturday.