Stories from Friday, March 22, 2024

After a substantial wait, I have finally received my test results from the Ancestry DNA folks. The noteworthy headline is that I’m not nearly as Irish as I have been led to believe. As it turns out, I am genetically more Scottish, English, and Western European than Irish, and I must now, painfully, retract any derogatory comments directed at Elizabeth Warren...

Dear Editor, I've had so many people tell me they miss my adventures, I thought I might describe two episodes that happened to us in a forty-year span. The youngest daughter and I were checking cows on horseback years ago when we crossed a narrow path that we had done many times before but this day there were some open holes beside the path and as we walked single file we and each of our horses saw movement underground...

The good news, LB 388 advanced by a legislative committee, is projected to lower school property taxes by more than half. The bad news? It would raise the state sales tax by up to a penny, although that might not be necessary. Oh, and it’ll actually cost you more to buy soda and candy and have your dog groomed...

McCOOK Neb. - Julie Kotschwar shared on her Facebook page that a skinny and scared Great Pyrenees mix was found on Road 380 west of McCook. Neighbors had reported that he had been out there for two days. “This breed tends to wander, so we hope someone recognizes and claims him. Sadly, his actions indicate that he was dumped. Under normal circumstances, the Great Pyrenees would have kept on their journey and not stayed in the same place. I believe he was waiting for that person to come back.” ...