Holdrege News

Holdrege area families learn about a program to help them embrace a better lifestyle.

Proposals in Congress would allow states to up the weight limits for commercial trucks traveling on Interstate highways, allow for longer trailers and, in some states, increase the available routes for drivers pulling double- and triple-trailers. Read more ... The CEO of the YMCA in Holdrege and Lexington hit his goal of losing 100 pounds, but it ... (more)

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Proposals in Congress would allow states to up the weight limits for commercial trucks traveling on Interstate highways, allow for longer trailers and, in some states, increase the available routes for drivers pulling double- and triple-trailers. Read more ... The CEO of the YMCA in Holdrege and Lexington hit his goal of losing 100 pounds, but it ... (more)

In the last two years, Jeff Morgan, chief executive officer of the YMCA of the Prairie in Holdrege, Neb., and Lexington, Neb., has lost 100 pounds with the support of his wife, Rachel, friends and Y members.

The mayor signals Thursday that combating gangs and gun violence will be a top priority for his administration in the coming year.

Creighton's championship hopes are in danger of turning into roadkill. The 17th-ranked Bluejays dropped their second straight Missouri Valley game away from home Tuesday night, scoring just one point in the final five minutes and 25 seconds of a 65-57 loss to Evansville before an announced crowd of 5,128 at the Ford Center.

The NFL's greatest quarterbacks are usually ranked by the number of rings they've won.

It's too early to say for sure whether a proposal to allow senators to serve three terms will make it to the full Legislature for debate, a senior lawmaker said Wednesday.

Sen. Tom Carlson of Holdrege is the chairman of the Agriculture Committee. He says the bill is a compromise that includes input from the state Department of Agriculture, the Nebraska Humane Society and dog breeders.

Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday that would prohibit minors from lying about their age while working with police on enforcement investigations at alcohol retailers.

Two University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers say they may have found a nature-friendly answer to how best to feed a growing world: irrigated corn.