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Nebraska’s number of farms and ranches declined during 2024, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The number of farms and ranches in the state, at 44,300, was down 100 farms from 2023. Numbers of farms and ranches in Nebraska with less than $100,000 in agricultural sales decreased 400 farms from a year earlier while operations with agricultural sales of $100,000 or more increased 300 farms.

Nebraska Christian’s Jayden Elge controls Randolph’s Drew Loberg in the Class D state championship match at 138 pounds. Elge dominated the match, winning 16-4 and finished the season unbeaten at 37- 0.

After the recent arctic wasteland was vanquished by weather most lovely, the Merrick County Board got together for their second meeting of the year. Despite the smiling sun and kind weather, the meeting opened with anything but smiles.

The Merrick County Republican Party will hold its next monthly meeting on Monday, March 3, 2025, at ISI Solar in Central City. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. with coffee and cookies, followed by the meeting at 7:00 p.m.

Having been working at the Central City Republican- Nonpareil for nearly four months now, I’ve gotten into the swing of things when it comes to stories. I’ve covered city council meetings, interviewed people of all ages and backgrounds, and gone fishing for stories that don’t fit into any other category. However, this is where the conundrums come running. Sometimes, there are slow periods when potential newsworthy stories slip through the press’s fingers. The main difficulty with being a reporter stems from the aforementioned slow periods, and finding anything newsworthy can be difficult and demoralizing when nothing is found.

List includes students enrolled in nursing, dentistry, pharmacy and allied health professions programs. The University of Nebraska Medical Center has announced its fall 2024 dean’s list for students enrolled in nursing, dentistry, pharmacy and the allied health professions of medical imaging and therapeutic sciences program and medical laboratory science.