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Getting straight answers — and not half answers — harder and harder

Getting straight answers — and not half answers — harder and harder

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Getting straight answers — and not half answers — harder and harder

Paul Hammel
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
ALL THINGS NEBRASKAA crusty, old state worker once told me that “the story of government is not what is said is not so, it is what is so is not said.”Wise words that seem to get wiser by the year.That’s because the opportunity to actually interview an elected officer or state agency director, face...
High Plains graduate Peyton Hofmann has had a busy start to her post-high school career as she has already played in three all-star games and still has two more to go with Centennial Classic Basketball on June 16 and Classic Volleyball on June 18. Fellow graduating senior Gahvi Lesiak will join her at the all-star basketball game. Here she is with her dad Tom Hofmann as she is introduced before the CRC-GRC All Star Basketball Game. PCN photo by Ken Kush

High Plains graduate Peyton Hofmann has had a busy start to her post-high school career as she has already played in three all-star games and still has two more to go with Centennial Classic Basketball on June 16 and Classic Volleyball on June 18. Fellow graduating senior Gahvi Lesiak will join her at the all-star basketball game. Here she is with her dad Tom Hofmann as she is introduced before the CRC-GRC All Star Basketball Game. PCN photo by Ken Kush

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Hofmann’s High School Career Drawing to a Close

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

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Governor Pillen Directs DHHS to Seek Medicaid Work Requirement

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Lincoln, NE – Governor Jim Pillen has directed the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to seek federal approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to apply a temporary high-unemployment hardship for Medicaid expansion beneficiaries residing in Dawson...

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Gresham News

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Monthly Fireman’s meeting will be Monday, June 15th, at 7:30 p.m at the fire station.Centennial FCCLA Summer National Leadership workshop will take place in Grand Island Monday, June 15th.Presbyterian Church Session will meet Sunday, June 21st, following worship service at 10 a.m.
Photo courtesy of the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

Photo courtesy of the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.

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UNL experts monitoring New World screwworm following Texas detection

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Lincoln, Neb. —The Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is aware of the confirmation of New World screwworm in Texas earlier this month and is monitoring developments related to the parasite.
Vacation Bible School in Osceola was last week at St. Paul Lutheran. Above: Miranda Ericson leads the kids. Below: Kids are excited to learn about God. Photos provided.

Vacation Bible School in Osceola was last week at St. Paul Lutheran. Above: Miranda Ericson leads the kids. Below: Kids are excited to learn about God. Photos provided.

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Osceola VBS Shares God’s Word

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Calvary Lutheran of Swede Home, Osceola Methodist, and St. Paul Lutheran recently joined together to host a community Vacation Bible School in Osceola.

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God’s Word: Verses for this Week

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Jesus Calms the Storm 23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us!
Shelby-RC’s Coy Vrbka runs down the South quarterback and records a sack. The North lost a 14-7 decision to the South at Ron and Carol Cope Stadium on the UNK Campus this past Saturday at the Nebraska Shrine Bowl. Photos provided by Kelsey Vrbka.

Shelby-RC’s Coy Vrbka runs down the South quarterback and records a sack. The North lost a 14-7 decision to the South at Ron and Carol Cope Stadium on the UNK Campus this past Saturday at the Nebraska Shrine Bowl. Photos provided by Kelsey Vrbka.

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VRBKA SHINES AT NEBRASKA SHRINE FOOTBALL GAME

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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
GOTHENBURG, NE – Today, Governor Jim Pillen, Senator Mike Jacobson, and Sherry Vinton, director of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture, joined members of Nebraska’s agricultural industry at the Machine Shed near Gothenburg to celebrate passage of a first of its kind bill for protecting...