Merna News

Wreckage of the B-17 near Wellfleet, April 10, 1945. In a pasture south of Wellfleet, a low-altitude B-17 'Flying Fortress' flew into a ridge in the dark, slashing a long furrow in the Nebraska soil.

By MICHELLE ZLOMKE Chief Managing Editor After early reports that Nebraska farmers could expect high yields this season, snow blanketed much of the state, jeopardizing those predictions.

By MICHELLE ZLOMKE Chief Managing Editor Jeanette Embree Hopkins imparted rhymes, jingles and a little encouraging advice on familiar territory last week.

Craig Safranek of Merna, is shown above with some Peruvian boys as they visited a local zoo in Peru.

Two accidents claimed the lives of two people in central Nebraska since Friday, the State Patrol reported.

A 24-year-old man died after his car ran under a semitrailer and burned a mile east of his hometown of Merna in central Nebraska.

Two separate crashes involving semi trailer trucks have claimed the lives of three people in the past two days.

A Merna man is dead, after being involved in a car versus semi-trailer accident.