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The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA), in conjunction with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on Monday that it has confirmed the detection of a case of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a dairy herd in Nebraska. This is the first known case of HPAI in dairy cattle in the state. The herd is located in central Nebraska and has been quarantined.

10 YEARS AGO Nebraska Christian senior Katie Cumpston was named as a semifinalist in the sixty- first annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Tommy Wayne “Tom” Davis passed away on September 11, 2015 at his home in Central City.

Clarks is Full of Beans and Small Town Dreams. The Merrick County community’s annual Bean Day celebration— scheduled to run throughout the day on Saturday, September 13th—promises to be a gas.

Nebraska State Troopers removed eighty impaired drivers from the road during the last few weeks of the summer travel season. The arrests came during a nationwide campaign focused on impaired driving, called Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Officer responded to a citizen assist in the 2500 block of 28th Street, situation resolved. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Officer assisted the Merrick County Sheriff’s Department with a detail.

Senator Loren Lippincott • District 34 WHAT’S ALL THE HOOPLA ABOUT REDISTRICTING? Every ten years, the boundary lines for our three congressional districts are redrawn based on the United States Census. The same is true for our forty-nine legislative districts, the state school board, board of regents and the domains of many other elected officials.