Ord News

The University of Nebraskaa 'Lincoln Extension in Garfield, Loup & Wheeler Counties, the Burwell Affiliate of the Nebraska Cattlemen, and Arrow Seed is proud to announce that they will be sponsoring an Alfalfa Field Day on Thursday, July 9, 2009.A The site for the event will be an alfalfa field of Vaughn Svobodaa TMs located 1 mile west of Ord on ...

Nebraska riders will compete June 9-12 and June 16-17 in University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension 4-H District Horse Shows.

Just before their school closed for good Friday, the students at Valleyside, south of Ord, gathered as a group to take the flag down one last time.

AgStar Financial Headquarters: Mankato Description: Part of Farm Credit System, serving 69 counties in Minn.

An Omaha-based company is buying two Nebraska ethanol plants formerly owned by VeraSun Energy of Sioux Falls.

Classes May 23-25 in Lewellen. Registrations are now being accepted for the second module of the Permaculture Design Course gardening techniques.

On Friday morning, they will gather around a freshly dug grave, look down at a white marble headstone that reads "Sgt. 1st Class Patrick James Arthur" and remember a man they never quite forgot.

The Ord ethanol plant has a new owner. A group of lenders led by AgStar Financial Services submitted a successful bid of $324 million for 6 of plants of the "US BioEnergy Group" a division of bankrupt VeraSun ...

LeRoy Svoboda, age 67, a former Ord Police Officer was arrested Tuesday, March 17, 2009, by the Nebraska State Patrol in Grand Island, NE for a warrant issued out of Valley County District court, for the ...

Ord Attorney, Greg Jensen is one of Eight lawyers, seeking to replace a Sidney, Nebraska, judge voted off the bench last November.

If it's even partly true that you're known by the company you keep, then the farmer-loved ethanol business got a lot less lovable Feb.

The Valley County Supervisors are expressing concern about the lack of communication between the city of Ord and the county on law enforcement issues and emergency communications.

The Jorgensen/Brown family recently lost most of their possessions in a house fire.

Former Valley County Sheriff, Larry Ronzzo was named interim Police Chief for the city of Ord at a special meeting of the Ord City Council on Friday afternoon.

The lakes _ all in eastern or central Nebraska _ will be stocked with 10-inch rainbow trout.

That's when Bryan Kirby steps down from the post, which he's held since 1997. Kirby resigned in a letter to the City Council and says he wants to try something other than police work.

Valley County Health System announced that on Wednesday, January 21, the third of several issuances realized $5.33 million dollars in bond sales. The sales rate for this issue was 4.86%, which is favorable to...

A fire late Saturday afternoon quickly engulfed the J and S Diesel Shop in Ord. Eyewitnesses said the fire appeared to spread quickly. First reports of smoke came from the public sometime between 5:30 and 5:45 pm Saturday afternoon. Several passersby reported hearing explosions or ...

Ethanol producer VeraSun Energy Corp. is putting seven of its ethanol plants up for auction, including plants in Ord and Central City, as part of a debtor-in-posession agreement with lender Agstar Financial ...

VeraSun Energy Corp. must sell seven of its plants including plants in Ord and Central City, Nebraska as part of a U.S. bankruptcy court approved debtor-in-possession financing plan approved on Thursday, ...